Is my baby only snacking when feeding ?

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FTM to a 10 week old and wondering about her night feeds - if she is only 'snacking' in the night ?

At the moment she sleeps for 1 - 2 hour windows at night and when she wakes, I feed her and then 15 mins later we are all back asleep again.

She is exclusively breast fed - and I have no problem feeling her to sleep as I think this is natural (and it works!) but I read somewhere that 10 mins feeding is just 'snacking' and if I want her to sleep for longer blocks I need to push for bigger feeds in the night so she is full for longer and therefore won't wake so soon ....

This would mean trying to keep her awake, perhaps changing her nappy , and trying to offer the other boob ... to fill her up more - anyone think this is worth doing so she would hopefully sleep for longer blocks or should I just keep doing what we are doing ?

Would be good to get maybe a three hour sleep in every now and again!

Thanks ladies ...

Just keep what you are doing. She may be snacking, she may be doing it for comfort, she may be thirsty. All of these things are still valid needs for her. Honestly you can drive yourself mad trying to find the perfect combination of things for sleep but they'll sleep when they are ready unfortunately!

How long does she feed for during the day? My DS takes full feeds in about 7-10minutes...so could be that yours is similar and stretches will get longer naturally as she goes.

If you know she takes much longer feeds during the day, then yes could try to keep her feeding longer at night. Gently blowing or tickling their cheek tends to be a low-key way to keep them awake.