Confused- bf 6 day old

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I'm just after some advice really- I've been told lots of different things!!

1. in hospital- if baby wants a feed in the same hour, offer same side.

2. latch in group- if baby wants a feed within half hour, offer same side.

3. kellymom- offer other side if they want more. I guess you then offer the same side at the next feed.

I'm confused- what do I do?

I've had a grumpy baby all day- feels like he hasn't setttled well and wants feeding so I guess I have entered growth spurt territory and would like to know how offer a second course!

I'd offer both each feed. If baby is not hungry they will stop feeding. Sometimes my baby fed from one side only and depending on how empty it felt depended on whether I offer that boob or the other.

I went with guessing.

If he'd had a big feed recently, then I'd switch to the next side no matter what.

If he'd had a fluttery little feed recently, then I'd probably use the same boob

At 6 days we were trying to get him up to birth weight (my milk was slow to come in), so actually, I'd offer both every time no matter what.

Of course all that assumes I could remember/tell which side I'd fed from last, which really wasn't as often as it would be for a more organised person. DS is a strapping 3 year old now, grew up his centiles at the time, so I can't have done anything that wrong

When the baby comes off, offer the other side.

To be honest, as long as you are feeding on both sides frequently and following your baby's cues (eg. not taking them off until they are finished) you can't really go wrong.

There's no need to either keep a baby on one side of x amount of time, or swap after x amount of time - just offer side one, when baby comes off offer side two, and repeat.

Thanks. Definitely hot a growth spurt so going to offer alternatively now before I properly lose the plot.