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BF baby switching boob every 30 seconds

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FromWalesAndBackAgain · 05/10/2022 19:49

My DS has fed off both breasts since being about 2 months - he would do a solid 5-10 mins on each boob. We recently started weaning him but he is not consuming a lot and so BF as usual (on demand but usually every 3ish hours). He has taken more recently to doing his first 5 min feed, then wanting both breasts out and he places himself in the middle of the breasts and sucks off one nipple for 20-30 seconds then switches to the next nipple, does the same and so the cycle continues on repeat until I pull him away (I think he would happily do this indefinitely) in which he screeches for 20 seconds then gets over it and smiles. I don’t think he is hungry at this point, he is using it for comfort.

Does anyone else baby do this?

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bishbashboosh1 · 05/10/2022 20:48

i’m still bfing 18 months in and remember my LO doing this, can’t remember what age but i posted about it on a bfing page and they all said it just seemed to be a phase they all do. bit annoying isn’t it! especially in public 😂

FromWalesAndBackAgain · 06/10/2022 13:00

@bishbashboosh1 haha yes, that is my main concern - there is no way to feed like this discreetly 🙈

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FromWalesAndBackAgain · 14/01/2023 19:44

For anyone finding this in the future- this was about a month quirk which he grew out of :)

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PritiPatelsMaker · 14/01/2023 23:16

Oh that's good news @FromWalesAndBackAgain Wink

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