Hello, this is my 1st time on mumsnet, my baby boy is 5 weeks old, was born 7 pounds 1 @ 36 wks & has never had a problem bf, but in last 2 wks seems permanently hungry, is never awake & just happy, wakes up starving has to be fed immediately, yesterday fed for 4 hrs in the morning, with me trying to break him here and there but he was so hungry I had to keep giving him boob, until he was satisfied 4 hrs later, I express 3 times a day to have more milk to top him up, at 10pm I gave him 1 and 1/2 hrs of bf, then he took 6 ounces of expressed milk, then when I had used all that up he took 10 mins more of boob then went to sleep, he did sleep for 4 1/2 hrs. I had heard you empty a breast after 15 mins & many babies only feed for 15 mins, that doesn't seem to apply to me - am I doing something wrong, hv say he is comfort sucking, but I don't think so, he seems to be very hungry, I can't work out when boobs empty either, if I squeeze them after say 45 mins of feeding they still squirt out milk ...
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NK35f8bc5aX1132f476df0 · 25/06/2007 07:55
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