hes a snacker

[hunny]

hi,  i have a 9 week old son and im a first time mum, my son has always feed for short periods of about 10-15 minutes on one side only with a break of 2-3 hours inbetween.  he is waking up 3 times a night and i think this is due to him not feeding enough but he has had good weight gain. could anyone help me

[rockmama]

Is he going 2-3 hours by his choice?  If he's gaining weight and isn't ready to eat before then, I'd say you're doing fine.  I'm a bit of an overproducer myself and I couldn't believe that DS could be done eating so quickly, especially when everything says a feeding should take 30 minutes!  But he hardly ever stays on the breast past 10 minutes and his weight is fine.

Some questions for you--when you first put your baby on does he cough/choke/sputter?  If he pops off the breast do you have to quickly cover up your nipple or end up squirting him in the face?  When you pump do you get 3 or 4 ounces out within 10 or 15 minutes?

If the answers are yes than you just have a fast letdown and make a lot of milk.  You're doing just fine.     Oh yeah, and he might wake up 2 to 3 times a night for a while yet.  Try dreamfeeding and you might get a good 5 or 6 hour stretch out of him.