Short feeding sessions

[KatieMcC1989]

Hi all! FTM here to a 9 wk old and EBFing. I’ve a question about length of feeds. So Marnie used to sit on the boob for ages… like 20 minutes and still clusters a bit in the evenings but during the day, she feeds for like 4-8 mins tops and is done. She seems content and in the mornings when I have rock boobs, they soften in that time. She’s still peeing lots and pooping as normal so I’m sure it’s fine but just looking for reassurance that feeds this quick are normal? I don’t think she’s getting to the fatty milk in one feed as when I try and swap her over, her poops are more foamy so I’m keeping her on one boob for a few feeds. She goes about an hr, hr and a half inbetween feeds and like 8-10 hrs in the evening.

Is this normal?!?

TYIA xxx

Hi there, my little one did this too. I was really worried at the time that she wasn’t feeding long enough - however she was gaining weight well so was advised she was just an efficient feeder! I’d say as long as she is gaining weight and seems alert/healthy then your LO is probably the same!

My DD only ever fed for 5 minutes at this age. When she was a bit older she used to squeeze my boobs so that the milk came quicker abs I think she went down to about 3 minutes. If she's gaining weight and is bright and alert at times I wouldn't worry

Ds2 has only ever fed for about 5 mins at a time (after he got over the newborn phase and had his tongue tie corrected etc).