Slept through a feeding....

Boo0512

Title: Slept through a feeding

Normally my LO eats at 4am for her late night feeding and this time I totally slept until 530. I always set my alarms a little early so that I can hit snooze once and have a few mins to wake up. Today I accidentally hit off instead of snooze and when I woke up next the sun was out and I knew I had screwed up. I felt so awful like I had made my baby starve. Then I went to feed her and I could barely get her to eat.

I guess no permanent damage was done, but I still feel bad. Although it was nice to sleep for 3 hours straight...

delino

Unless your LO is having weight gain issues, you shouldn't worry. I haven't woken my daughter once during the night to eat. She wakes when she's hungry be it 2, 3, 4 or even 6 hours on a couple of occasions. At 2.5 weeks old she was 4oz over her birthweight.

LN1024

Unless there are weight issues, I wouldn't be too concerned. And even then, I don't think it's serious that you overslept on a feeding for an hour. Are you on a strict two hour schedule right now? Normally after babies have made it back to birth weight you can "feed on demand" and not have to wake them to eat.

TrulyBlessed22

My Ped said once they reach birth weight there is no longer a need to wake them. Simply feed on demand. As for during the day, depending on how old they are you can try starting a feed schedule of 24 hours, again deepening on how many weeks they are. You may have to deviate from it from time to time to feed on demand but the more you try the better off you'll be.

Moosemonkey

My girl is four weeks, but we got seven hours sleep last night. She ate like she was ravenous at the end of them and we were sure to get her at first fuss, but I'm thankful for every minute of sleep. You didn't starve her, she wasn't hungry yet.

Boo0512

My DD is back to her birth weight and is 2 1/2 weeks old. I'll have to check about her eating schedule. I wasn't planning to change it but maybe I can.

MermaidNM

My pediatrician said once DS was back at his birth weight, let him sleep, especially at night. She said during the day, try not to go more than 4 hours to help organize days and nights.

carabear87

Ditto what pp have said. LO wakes at night when he is hungry anywhere from 3 to 6 hours, and during the day he eats every 2 to 3 hours. I just watch for hunger signs. Your baby will let you know when she is hungry. Enjoy the sleep!

Cotton

What the what?!

Never wake a sleeping baby Enjoy that sleep, mama. I bet you both needed it!

Eleventy11

Enjoy your sleep!! My pedi actually said at our first visit to let baby sleep at night, even though we aren't back to birth weight. A hungry baby isn't going to sleep, they will wake you up.

alexandria921

I wasn't on a strict schedule with my LO but we were doing about every 2 to 3 hours and all of a sudden one night she slept thru for about 6 hrs. I know exactly how you feel, because I felt the same way. I felt so guilty for enjoying the sleep and like a bad mom for starving my daughter but pedi AND lactation consultant said it was fine because she gained her weight back and was doing just fine health wise. They also said that they start to regulate days and nights more after a few weeks. After they told me that I didnt feel so bad and now if she wants to sleep I just let her sleep especially since I now feel like she is eating back to back during the day. Hope this and all the pp help you feel better! You aren't a bad mommy at all, you are just doing the same thing the rest of us are doing and that is adjusting to a new way of life.