I am wondering if someone can offer me some advice please. Since birth ds (at birth 8lb 9 ou) has generally fed every 2-2.5 hours in the day and then every 2-4 hours during the night. I have no idea how much he gets, but he feds on average for 15 mins at a time (sometimes only 10 mins) at night. He lost 2 ounces in the first week, and has since put on 7 ounces in the second week. I try and get him to feed for longer (change nappy to stimulate and wake him up but even when I put him back on either he wont latch on or if he does he just falls asleep!) However, If I offer him my opposite boob after a nappy change he seems to be a bit more interested and i can sometimes get another 5-10 mins out of him. My baby whisperer book says to only offer one boob, can I offer my 2 boobs in one feed? And if I do which boob do I offer him first at the next feed if he has taken both previously??
Also -
Tonight from about 4pm ds has wanted to constantly feed, I have been swapping boobs every half hour (to ease increasingly sore nipples from so much feeding) He is a very chilled baby and his crying is very easy to read normally (wet, pooed tired, hungry etc...) but tonight he has rarely stopped unless he is on being b'fed. The thing is my boobs are soft and to me feel empty, does that mean he is feeding but not getting anything? Hence him crying with hunger?? He has literally just fallen asleep, I am sore as hell and I am convinced he's not getting enough milk.
On my right boob I can also feel a lump with a red patch on my skin above it, have tried massaging but cant seem to get rid of it??
sorry for all the questions its my first time at b'feeding and I really want to continue knowing I am doing it right.
tia x