To wake or not to wake?

gmeyer1019

Lo is just 3 days old, he has a tounge tie problem that makes nursing difficult with a nipple shield. My problem is hes such a good sleeper that he will go well passed 2 hours and as it gets close to 3 hours I wake him up, but he gets upset and wont settle down and nurse. He has a good strong suck, but he has a problem with consistent sucking. I guess my question is do I upset him and wake him up and just pray he gets at least a little milk or wait till he starts looking to eat and maybe eat a little more?

bf43005

DS is almost three months old but I'm a FTM so I haven't been at this long. DH & I had discussed that we wouldn't wake unless there was a weight problem and our pedi agreeded. First night in the hospital DS slept five hours and had no issues latching. We both felt a little unsure but when we too him for his one week check up he was almost back to birth weight so it eased our minds. Again FTM but I would let him sleep especially if it's only one more hour and you aren't letting him get very fussy with hunger that he won't latch or don't have weight gain issues.

gmeyer1019

Thank you for your answers. We are having a much better time, we gave LO gripe water yesterday and it helped sooooo much. He's getting air in him because of the tounge tie so a little bit of the gripe water instantly got rid of so much built up gas and he immediately nursed more than he had in 2 days. Now he wakes every 2-3 hours on his own nurses easily and happily calms down and goes back to sleep.

ETA we have an appointment Monday with pediatrician to get referral for an ent. hopefully tounge and maybe lip ties will be taken care of within the week.