Should I wake DD to feed her at 2 months?

ChelleM

DD has been sleeping for 7 hours now.

When we left the hospital we were told not to let her go more than 4 hours overnight without eating.  I spoke with a nurse when DD was 3 weeks and was told to let her sleep more than that b/c at the time she was having a growth spurt.

Since then she's been regularly sleeping 5 or 6 hours straight.  Today she's been sleeping 7 hours so far.

At what point can I just let her sleep and feed her only when she wakes up?

wifeypooh

Now is good.  Enjoy it!

smbabyred

My doctor told us never to wake her.

blendedfammama

smbabyred:

My doctor told us never to wake her.

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J&MsMom

I'm so jealous!!!!

She is fine. Let her sleep and enjoy it.

demmie326

As long as LO is gaining weight our doc said that it was fine for LO to sleep 6-8 hours. We are very spoiled as LO has slept 6-8 hours since he was 4 weeks home and I promise they will wake up when they are hungry!

Is it June yet?

Sooooo jealous.  Don't wake her. 

tinideni

I would let her sleep (assuming she is gaining ok)!  Enjoy it, she will let you know when she is hungry!

grettaz

At two weeks you can let them sleep as long as they've regained their birthweight.

Mrs.Greenie

When my LO was sick and in the NICU, we had to wake up him and make him eat. But a healthy baby that is growing fine does not need to be woken up. Now my little guy sleeps from about 9pm-5am and we let him sleep. he has slept like this ever since we came home and he is growing like crazy

Califragilistic

shes not considered a newborn anymore (sad, i know) so (as long as she is healthy and has no health issues) you dont have to wake to feed. when she is hungry she will let you know.

weegiemama

I second everyone else here. My son regained his birth weight at 2 weeks and we were then told by our pediatrician to feed him on demand and not wake him up during the night. He has slept for 6-8 hours at night since he was 2 1/2 weeks, which is great for our sleep. The sleeping helps the baby's growth too, not just the nutrition they get. I usually wake up from my breasts being engorged in the morning now, so I sometimes wake him up if it is really bad.