My baby is 6 days old. I breastfeed him approximately once every 3 hours. However he falls asleep at the breast after about 5 minutes. I then spend 5-15 minutes trying to wake him up to finish his feed. When he falls asleep he is absolutely passed out. Tickling his throat and playing with his toes has no effect. I have to run his feet under the cold water tap (at the advice of midwives) to get him to suckle for another few minutes and keep on repeating until he has done 10 minutes on each breast or 20 minutes on one.
My midwife said he should have 20 minutes on each breast but this is impossible as a 20 minute feed lasts about 1 hour as I have to spend most of the time trying to wake him. Which is best - 20 minutes on one breast or 10 minutes on each? I find the advice differs from midwife to midwife and from book to book. I want to make sure he gets the hind milk.
Many thanks for any advice as I'm going crazy!!