Am I actally allowed to go to the toilet?

[randommummy]

Help. Am marooned in a chair. DS (1 week old)does not seem to ever be satisfied. I can feed him for 2 hours at a time and he is still displaying signs of rooting. I have had to start giving him a top up of formula in the evening or there really does seem to be no end to it. Am feeling quie despondent and like I am letting him down by doing this. Is this normal? Do people really feed for 24 hours straight? :(

I hatred dummies and was sure my kids were not going to have dummies. But after constant feeding and rooting like you describe which left me very sore and bleeding. I knew if I was to carry on breast feeding my boobs needed at least a couple of hours break between feeds. A dummy made me realize they were not hungry but just comfort sucking and allowed my boobs to have a bit of a break. I also second that sometimes they have too wait and yes they will cry but sometimes they have to.

You will be amazed how much faster and efficient they become at feeding with time. I read so many books in the early days whilst feeding my DS; now at 7.5 months he's almost finished by the time I've found the page I was on! :)