5 month old nursing erratically

[JennVanessa1083]

Morning!

I was wondering if a 5 month old nurses anywhere from 3-3.5 hours is that common? She’s a month early so I feed on demand but she’s been wanting to comfort nurse before sleep. She doesn’t rely on feeding to sleep. Today she cried before her nap as if discomfort and rooting. I put my finger in her mouth and she was clamping down. Is this teething?

She’s doing 1.75-2 hour A times but is she hungry? Should I be doing a top up?

[*Ali*]

Sorry for the delay?

How are things now? Breastfed babies will nurse more often yes.  If she's rooting that sounds like hunger.

[JennVanessa1083]

Things are pretty good on the BF front. She’s eating  between 3.25-4hrs and one over night feed.

She is in fact teething so sometimes will want to stay on the breast for comfort. I let her bc it’s nowhere near sleep time.

I realized that sometimes she will root when she is falling asleep as a self-soothe like she turns her head and does the sucking sound. So I guess it was that