Sometimes babies only need one breast at a feed. Many babies will develop a pattern of feeding. You should feed your baby on demand and not let the baby wait for a feed or restrict the length of feeds. How often and how much It s best to feed when your baby wants to be fed. This might be very often at first, though feeds will become more spaced out as your baby gets older.
Some babies settle into their own pattern quite quickly, others take longer.
When this happens, your baby needs more milk and you may find that feeds are longer and more frequent. Don t panic and feel you need to offer extra bottles of infant formula milk. You ll make more milk in response to your baby s demands, but this may take a day or two, so be patient. The frequency and length of feeds will then settle. The sucking process releases milk to satisfy your baby and stimulates the production of more.