08/04/2025
It is so common for babies to have different nursing demands. Some babies fall within the average 8-12 “feeds per day”, others may be less, while some are more! There are so many factors that contribute to why a baby may want to nurse, working with an IBCLC can provide you with support and guidance that is tailored to you and your little one 💛
Especially in the first months, letting your baby suckle whenever they want to is essential to establishing a good milk supply, including at night, and including in that sleepy, fluttering haze that causes the well-meaning “they’re not getting any milk” advice.
Our babies are born with no blueprint for manipulation. None whatsoever. Let them feed as much as they want to; that's how your milk production is stimulated, and it’s how your baby fully relaxes into the world.
Night feeds also protect against SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, reducing the risk by as much as 50%.
Follow your gut and your baby, not the books, the well-meaning advice, or the clock.
While we’re here, your baby falling asleep at your breast is healthy and normal too. Waking up the second we put them down is also normal.
It’s intense for you, it can be overwhelming and it can take you out of the rhythm of everything you’ve ever known. It feels like forever whilst we’re in it. Go with it as best you can.
Re-watch every single one of your favourite series, movies and Instagram videos. 4 times. Feed wherever you are (in the UK you're protected by law to breastfeed anywhere in public), wear a sling if you can, like a snack bar.
Drink pints of water, eat whatever you like.
You've got this.
Visit our website for a wealth of wisdom from mothers who have been there, at https://human-milk.com/pages/is-this-normal
