2 week old only feeding for a few minutes

[justkitty]

My dd seems to only nurse for 5 mins or so at a time. At night she wakes ever 2-3hrs but will only feed for a few mins even with nappy change and stripping her down. Today, rather than any long nursing sessions she has been on for a few mins off for maybe half hour. Is this normal?

 

[embeth]

Mine have always had very short feeds. Jacob feeds for maybe 10 mins, max 15mins, sometimes just 5 mins! and usually feeds every 2 hours in the day and 3-4 at night. My older two boys were exactly like this too. Jacob is a right chunky one so I am certain he is getting enough from doing that, I think when they are really tiny they sometimes like to feed little and often. xx

 

[babyface15]

You can try breast compressions. How is her weight gain and dirty diaper output? Some babies just don't take that long at the breast!

 

[Jaymelynn]

I was just about to post a similar question. My son is 10 days old and as of yesterday is only feeding for 15 minutes on one breast every 2-3 hours. Previously he was taking each breast for 15 minutes every 2-3 hours. Maybe they need less time on the breast after the milk comes in better? I dont know. I am glad to see it is not just my baby.

 

[aliss]

how are the diapers/

my son never nursed more than 5 minutes, he was just an efficient feeder, he was fine.

 

[justkitty]

She seems to be pooing ok and having wet nappies. I'll get her weighed next week so I guess that'll be a good indicator.

 

[NoodleSnack]

Mine fed for around 8 minutes because of overactive letdown, he fed little and often, if you can get her to feed for longer, it will help in the long run, I think the frequent feeding kept my supply up which meant he was unwilling to feed more at each feed. When I went in to see the lc, she burped him every 5 minutes, we ended up feeding the whole session, and then he slept the whole afternoon, I thought we finally cracked it, then we returned to form and the next two to three months were just miserable for us.

 

[sue_88]

If wet nappies, and weight gain is ok then sounds like an efficient feeder.

I've got one and it's great!! My friend has a not so efficient feeder and one feed takes 1-2hours