But so far it's fine, breastfeeding is fine, the baby sleeps fine, sometimes he gets a sore tummy but i have already learnt a few tricks and made up a soothing song to go along with the achieved technique. =) He's so far been a good boy, getting hungrier every day, a bit of a lazy feeder start that now has changed. Before knowing what was right and wrong he was sucking up to 2 hours per time without really getting much more than there was, a bit cause the left boob was blocked a bit cause he just enjoyed sucking i suppose. Now he latches on no more than 15-20 minutes per side and gets burped every time as soon as i notice he stops sucking and has a sleepy mouth. We had a bit of an anxious time with the hospital check as they said he was not gaining enough weigh and that some formula might have been needed in addition, we were told to weigh him before and after each feed and if he did not get 100 g of milk minimum we should have gave him formula as a top up, after trying with a breast pump to see if there was more of mine to give him. Luckyly it was needed only twice but later on the pediatrician said to forget the hospital rules as they are old and just interfere with natural breastfeeding, as long as the baby eats, sleeps, gains weight and is not showing signs of illness, all is fine. He should anyway feed a minimum of 6 times a day meaning every 3.30 hrs or so during the day with a longer pause at night. He should be fed no later than every 4 hrs during the day so wake him up if he sleeps altough it's heartbreaking!!
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