BF Marathon

Some babies feed more than others - your baby sounds perfectly normal to me! My boys are little boob addicts they always have been. At 6 weeks old I don't know why I bothered even putting on a shirt most days because they were always at the breast

Now at 3 1/2 years and 14 months there are still some days they are on me non stop!

I was asking this very question at LLL when DS was 6 weeks! He was a marathon nurser--70-80 minutes at a time, so not as bad as your DS. The pediatrician told me he was "comfort sucking" too, but I think he really did need to go for that long. My MIL, trying to help, kept asking me things like "are you sure you have enough milk?" That really does hurt your confidence. Don't let it worry you--you're doing fine.

I found that I absolutely had to pop him off when the sucking slowed or he would literally never have come off. The "pops blissfully off the breast" that is referred to in all the books just didn't happen at all (and still doesn't). When I did this, he would complain for a minute or two, but if I gave him to DH he calmed down instantly and was perfectly happy. It saved my nipples and my sanity more than a few times.

At about 10 weeks he started to be able to go much faster. Now at 4 months he can get done in about 20 minutes. It's funny, though, because he sometimes gets upset that he's finished so quickly and insists on staying latched on and snoozing.

my ds was like this the entire first 8 months if his life. He was the king of cluster feeds. It is normal, especially at 6 months. Teething, growth spurts, etc can make a baby want to nurse more often like this. My mom used to say things like "my doctor says most babies just use the boob as a pacifier and that it is very hard on the mother"... it was her way of calling in an "expert" (haha) to show her concern for me. I used to tell her "so, what's wrong with that? I should give him some plastic device to keep him happy instead? No. thanks. mom. But, I appreciate your concern, and if you would like to help me out you could ___ ". (insert helpful suggestion here)

You and your baby are doing fine, and everything is normal.