Baby having a nurse-in

[TinkerBellesMumandFiFi2]

I remember having a three day nurse-in with Tink, 45mins on, 15 off day and night. I have a good family around me so I was able to do it and just went with it as always.

Two questions:

1. Is it a real feeding session or (as another parenting forum told me) me being used as a "human dummy"? (not that I mind, just wondering)

1. Do all babies go through this?

Answer to the 2nd one - yes I think so! DS certainly did. It co-incided with some friends visiting, and he was almost constantly on the breast from the time they arrived - about 1pm - until we all went to bed at midnight.
Any reservations which the DH might have had about sitting next to a woman BFing were well and truely done away with that day!

Answer to 1st question.
What constitutes a real feeding session? BFing is about much more than just nutrition, so the comfort sucking or 'human dummying' is just as valid as any other kind of feeding I think. I always think it's a strange phrase, after all a dummy is just a plastic nipple. After 7 months DS and I have finally got the hang of feeding lying down, and so now in the mornings he comes into bed with me if he wakes up after DH has got up for work, has a nice feed and falls asleep while doing it, and doesn't wake up being transferred to his cot and therefore doesn't need his dummy.
Sorry that last was a bit of a waffle, I'm just pretty chuffed to have finally nailed it!

probably partly as a dummy, but shes stimulating your milk supply anyway so it all good, an as alilbaba says, a dummy is just a fake nipple...
all babies go through this i think, all that i've known who've been bf and not left to cry anyway.

I've been told that if they're on longer than a certain amount of time they're not taking anything, doesn't bother me because I know how it all works but I'm just wondering on whether they're actually getting 45 mins in every hour of milk for three days.

I always find the phrase "human dummy" hysterical Human Fake Human

I can't remember how old Tink was when she did the nurse-in, so I'm not sure when to be looking out for it again.

I love feeding in bed, my back doesn't allow me too, so I have to sit up at night [yawn]