newborn sleep

jengansert

my LO has been sleeping for a stretch of 5 hours, feed, then another 3 hrs at night. i feed him every 23 during the day. he has 8 wet diapers. he is 18 days old. should i let him sleep or wake him up at night to eat?

jengansert

he is 2 oz more than birthweight. i told my ped that he had a stretch of 4 hours and she was impressed. over the past few days hes gotten up to 5 hours.

AndBabyWouldMake5

jfresh:

jengansert:

he is 2 oz more than birthweight. i told my ped that he had a stretch of 4 hours and she was impressed. over the past few days hes gotten up to 5 hours.

Yeah then I would let him [and you!] get some sleep.

Agreed, DD is a preemie and our pedi was big on letting her sleep.  She does 5 hrs. day and night except for 5pm-8pm when she likes to cluster feed.  I figure smarty pants is just filling the tank!

Enjoy the longer stretch of sleep!

pumpkinhead4

my ped said if baby is eating at least once during the night, to let them sleep. some babies just eat more during the day to make up for the long night stretch and that's OK according to my doc. I'll take it!