how many feedings a day? (~1mo old)

pugznploons

I am getting to the point that setting my alarm to wake up the baby to make sure she eats every 3 hours at night is becoming very very difficult for me.  She is steadily gaining weight now, satisfied after breastfeeding and her bottle of supplement (2oz after every feed), and plenty of diapers of course.  During the day she can nap HARD, and I make sure to wake her every 3 hours to eat.  Still I feel guilty about not waking her regularly at night.  By waking her every 3 hours round the clock she gets 8 feedings a day, so about 20oz of breastmilk/formula a day (she only gets about half an oz of milk from me since my supply sucks @ss).  

trying to figure out if 7 feedings a day is okay or if we should feed her more often during the day (difficult to do since she is pretty much asleep all day and falls asleep while eating), or maybe give her a couple of larger bottles during the day to offset this.  

It is very rare for her to wake up and show signs of hunger on her own, but at night when I've forgotten to set the alarm or slept through it she typically wakes up at the 3.5hr mark and cries a bit and I feed her.  I think the longest she'd sleep w/o me waking her is probably 3.5-4 hrs but I haven't tested it. 

I plan to ask our doctor next week at her appt but wondered if you guys have any insight!   

eta: she is a late term preemie, born just before 36 weeks and is currently 6.5lbs 

mandalinn25

My pediatrician said that we could stop waking her to eat after she was back to her birth weight. She will sleep 4-5 hour stretches at night and eats about 18-20 oz a day and that is about 7-8 feeds a day. She is just 8 pounds now. 

doggie mama

Every three hours during the day and every four ar nught. Although she often wakes up on her own beforethen. I wish I could just feed whenever but my ped told me don't let a baby younger than a month go more than four hours. I have supply issues too so it's just as well I don't go too long.