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    Posted: 06 December 2007 at 7:01pm
the last day or 2 Megan has only been feeding for about 5-10 minutes. She is having plenty of wet nappies about 5
so far today so she must be getting enough from me.

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Yep thats about how long Lauren feeds too. I have a very fast let down so she guzzles and then shes done!
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When Sam was around 6 weeks she started feeding for around 5 minutes max. She always got plenty though.
Sounds like you probably have a nice fast let down

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We've just been discussing this in the October 07 babies forum if you want to check it out

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When Ella was that age she would take about 30- 45 mins for a feed (man, I don't miss how long those middle of the night feeds would take).

Now she feeds 5 mins per side.

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Kate is a monster feeder and does a full feed in 4 mins absolute max. Shes done that since she was about 3 days old!
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My second baby feed very fast, about 5 mins per side.

As long as she has wet nappies I wouldn't worry. Like the others sounds like you might have a excellent let down reflex.

When she starts to get a little bigger and a little hungrier you might find that she increases the amount of time on the breast to stimulate more milk production.

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When Hayley was still so small she also only feed for about 5mins on the one side and 2-3min on the other side and the weight she put on was correct for her age...

i think that as long as the pick up what they are suppose to it doen't matter how long they feed...
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