Waking babies?

AshleeDockter

when did you stop waking your babies to eat? I have a 2 week old and I'm still waking her to eat and was wondering when I could stop that.

meeshybee

I'm not BF'ing, but I would think that unless your ped has told you to wake them you could just let them sleep.

lovingaddi

I was under the impression that you could stop once they reach/surpass their birth weight.

AnnieRoo13

lovingaddi said:

I was under the impression that you could stop once they reach/surpass their birth weight.

Yes to this. I stopped waking Will up once he had surpassed his birth weight. I still aim for every 2-3 hours during the day and one 5 hour stretch at night, but I just feed on demand now. I was scared he wouldn't feed often enough, but he definitely let's me know when he's hungry.

rox825

Our pediatrician gave us the OK at 2 weeks to let him sleep up to 4-hour stretches at night but keep feeding on demand at least every 3 hours during the day.  He'll usually only sleep 1 4-hour stretch at night (and I wake him after 4 hours) so the rest of the time he'll indicate that he's ready to eat every 1.5-3 hours.  At our 1 month appointment if his weight is OK she said we could stop waking altogether then.  Seems to vary by baby/pediatrician!

jessa1228

AnnieRoo13 said:

I was under the impression that you could stop once they reach/surpass their birth weight.

Yes to this. I stopped waking Will up once he had surpassed his birth weight. I still aim for every 2-3 hours during the day and one 5 hour stretch at night, but I just feed on demand now. I was scared he wouldn't feed often enough, but he definitely let's me know when he's hungry.

This exactly.