What are some usual occurrences during early feeding?

Don’t be surprised when your milk squirts out your nipple from several holes. A newborn can take a good 30–40 minutes to feed, but it shouldn’t take 45-60 minutes. It could be helpful to write down details of your baby’s feeds e.g. right 25 minutes and left 10 minutes. Baby’s sucking is more like a chomping action, and it can be very strong. Newborns also have the swallowing reflex (which they learnt in utero) and a gagging reflex (splutter coughs) to clear the breathing passages if they swallow too much too quickly. When your baby dozes off during a feed, you need to gently wake bub to re-start the sucking reflex. A more elaborate list can be read in pages 185 to 187.