Well, that's not fair.

kelbrian

A friend of mine just had a baby a week ago. She just posted on FB that he slept for EIGHT HOURS last night without waking.

I'm jealous. Lili woke up every hour when she was a newborn. I wanted to rip my breasts off and throw them away.

I thought you were supposed to wake to feed every three hours, though? Maybe I'm thinking incorrectly.  

ShanJosh777

That is amazing for a one week old.  I would be scared so I would probably wake them.  But technically I think you only have to wake them if they aren't gaining weight?

BlueBelle2004

For the first few days pedi said to wake every 3 hours, even at night... then 3 hours during the day, but let sleep as long as they would at night.

jenhum

Wow! Maybe she had a really big baby? I thought you were supposed to wake and feed every 2 hours for a while, but I had a <5lb baby, so maybe it's different for big babies.

mabst196

No fair. Maddie was definately up every hour for the first three weeks.

Soter1

i am sure it is a fluke, lucky for her though.  I have heard these stories.  DS barely sleeps 8 hours now!

Gina418

If the baby is back up to his birth weight, docs usually tell you not to wake to feed. If I was her, I wouldn't get my hopes up! There were nights were ds went 6-8 hours - but those were few and far between as a newborn!!!

carolinag

some people say never wake a sleeping baby, but i think for the first 6 weeks or so it is recommended that you feed them at least every 4 hours. after that waking a baby seems downright crazy to me. but lets be honest, if i was super exhausted the first week i might savor just one night of sleep! i can't say for sure b/c i was never blessed with that opportunity. this kid of mine loves to eat!

kelbrian

I think that he was nearly nine pounds, so yes, a bigger baby. He's a chubby-cheeked little guy and just adorable. He was also an overdue baby - almost 42 weeks! 

I would have killed to get eight straight hours of sleep. I can't even imagine.

And yes, that does make sense about waking up to feed if the baby is smaller or not yet back to their birth weight.  

jenifairies

is she ff?

we were told to wake alaina every 4 hours until back to birthweight (took close to 2 weeks). however, I don't think i ever had to wake her, except in the hospital. she woke me. it was on the boob for an hour, off for an hour for a longass time. i laugh at anyone who says babies only nurse for 20 minutes. tell that to my child who averaged over an hour, sometimes 1.5.

kelbrian

jenifairies:

is she ff?

we were told to wake alaina every 4 hours until back to birthweight (took close to 2 weeks). however, I don't think i ever had to wake her, except in the hospital. she woke me. it was on the boob for an hour, off for an hour for a longass time. i laugh at anyone who says babies only nurse for 20 minutes. tell that to my child who averaged over an hour, sometimes 1.5.

You know, I'm not sure. I feel weird asking anyone about that. I usually end up offending in some way, even if I simply ask, "Are you FFing or BFing?" 

I never had to wake Lili either. She would just nurse and nurse. My nipples were cracked and hurt so badly I would cry when I would BF her in the beginning. One time I gave her back to DH and said, "I can't do it. It hurts too much." He tried giving her formula, and she spit it out and was screaming.  I remember one night she was nursing on average 30-45 minutes for each feeding. 

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DS had jaundice, which made him sleepy, so his pedi had us wake him every 2-3 hours to nurse, at least for the first 2 months.

Dobie_Mama

Our pedi said we could stop waking after DD was up to her birth weight.  Didn't really matter for us though because she was up all.the.time.

A co-worker of mine has a two week old who is sleeping in 6-8 hour spurts.  He said his first was up non-stop until 18 months.  It gives me hope that maybe # 2 will be a sleeper! 

MrsKellyOrBust

Dobie_Mama:

A co-worker of mine has a two week old who is sleeping in 6-8 hour spurts.  He said his first was up non-stop until 18 months.  It gives me hope that maybe # 2 will be a sleeper! 

I love hearing things like this- we are praying #2 is at least a little better than DS. He'll be 18 months next week and he only STTN randomly, maybe a couple times a week. When he doesn't STTN, he raises it to an art form.