Do babies prefer one side over the other?

[kayzr]

DS2 doesn't latch on very well on my right breast but seems to be fine on the left one?

Can/do they have a preference?

How old is he? I think sometimes milk can come in/flow more quickly in one breast than the other in the early days of BFing so perhaps he's finding it easier/quicker to get milk from one breast than the other? Not an expert by any means though so that might be wrong...

yes they certainly can have a preference,.

I had a bit of an overactive letdown and it was worse on one side than the other. ds2 struggled with it and preferred the slower side until he was big enough to manage it

My son was like this and continued to have a strong preference for the left breast until he was 22 months old. I think it is because he is going to be left handed and liked his left hand free to poke/stroke me!

gecko has always had a strong preference for leftie
she is 23 months now and still seems to prefer that one

He is nearly 5 weeks old. Does it get better or will he always prefer the left one?

DD always preferred the right one - DS was so greedy he didn't care!

ds2 evened out after a while.
if you're having trouble getting him to feed from one side you could try holding him in the rugby ball hold, so he's in the same position as when he feeds from preferred side.
that might help?

Fooling him with rugby ball hold on the other boob may help (although it didn't with DS!) but your breasts will regulate themselves and get used to the left being "dominant" as it were. Mine did.

When I stopped BFing DS my left breast was definitely hard and a bit achy for a couple of days whereas the right one wasn't.

Yeah I'll give it a go in the rugby hold.

I find it a lot easier to feed DS (12 weeks) from the left breast. I think it's a little bit him and a little bit me - I'm right-handed so naturally cradle him on that side. It's got easier to feed him from the right breast as he's got older though. I still notice a difference but it's a lot easier.