Endless feeding - can I interrupt DS to switch sides?

[Flugelpip]

DS2 is a week old and feeding is going well, but I'm concerned about his older brother (2 and a half) and our chances of ever leaving the house. DS1 bf incredibly slowly - for well over an hour until he was at least six months, and on a rigorous 3 hour schedule. Because it didn't go well at the start (poor weight gain, cracked nipples etc) I was completely devoted to his needs and never interrupted him or hurried him. I do want to bf again, but all of my friends have given up after a few weeks with their second, despite feeding for a year or so with the first, just because it's too hard to manage the logistics. If DS2 is like his brother, he will feed forever if allowed (he is at the moment, but it's early days, I appreciate). I know the advice is to let them feed until they come off themselves, but I am worried I'll just have to switch to ff to get anything done if I don't interrupt him. Any advice?

DD1 liked me tied to the sofa, I read to her, chattered to her and admitted her Duplo creations and, of course, I watched Cbbies with her. Generally I was a much more attentive mother than when I was not BF.
At 2 and 9 months she started going to preschool do DD2 and I could have a good feed then.

I have 3dds and I am ebf ing my dd3 at the moment who is 4 months . She has always fed incredibly slowly and for the first 12 weeks I fed almost non stop. Things have just got easier and it is v hard with 2 other dds ( age 4 and 2). I do what I can to entertain them while I am feeding, reading books, puzzles and the odd DVD. Anyway getting back to your question , I did used to switch sides as all her feeds merged into one mega feed. Don't give up u r doing a great job :-)

I am still feeding my first, so This is not tested by me, but I have heard that a sling could help? I also had a marathon nurser, until a BF consultant pointed out that she fed for about 20 mins, the rest was just comfort sucking (which I didn't mind, as I still feed her to sleep at 6 months). Also,sometimes she was waiting for another letdown, so yes, I would switch sides.

yes, definitely switch sides if he's taking ages.

I do sometimes take dd off if we have to go somewhere, knowing that she'll fall asleep in the pram/car and we can feed again when we get there.

Just simply that it does get better over a few weeks which feels like an awful long time at the time its happening but in hindsight doesn't feel nearly so bad.

Don't worry about hurdles before the are happening either as Ive spent weeks worrying about something only for something else to trump it before my worry became a reality! Could've saved that energy for something else...