Ugh. I spent literally 5 straight hours with a little person dangling off my chest this afternoon. With a few short (like 5-10 minute) breaks. He's a slow eater. Doesn't get enough directly from the boob to satisfy him, so by the time he's too tired to suck more (after 30 minutes), he falls asleep for 5-10 minutes and then he's really hungry again. Today he woke up and cried every time I put him down when he looked like he was asleep. Finally he/we got a short break when I gave up and fed him a full BOTTLE of milk, then carried him in the Moby (or as Chris says "the Mobius strip").
I keep hoping as he gets bigger and more experienced, he will improve in the feeding speed (after all, yesterday was his due date).
In the mean time, I'm producing enough milk to feed triplets, but with only one munchkin to drink it.
Boy do I know how you feel! It will get better as he gets bigger. Then one day, you will miss all that boob time. I read many books while parked on my couch with my little remora.
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