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Should I wake my 3 week old to eat?

I_want_a_PotI_want_a_Pot
in Babies: 0 - 3 Months
Or let him sleep? It's been over 3 hours.?
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Re: Should I wake my 3 week old to eat?

  • lisabowmanlisabowman
    I wouldn't let him go past 4 hours.  You could also try dreamfeeding him!
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  • vlal2003vlal2003
    There are soooo many theories to that situation but I have stuck with never wake a sleeping baby!  Seems to work for me...
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  • JAWMINJAWMIN member
    Is he over his birth weight? If so, you can have one 5 hour stretch (unless pedi tells you other wise)

    W (02/2009), N (08/2012), and C (04/2014)
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  • I_want_a_PotI_want_a_Pot
    Yes, he is over his birth weight...?
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  • erbearerbear member
    At 3 weeks, I'd wake to feed. Maybe he'll eat and go right back to sleep!
    "Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies. God damn it, you've got to be kind." - Kurt Vonnegut
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  • DK in NJDK in NJ
    I woke baby up every 3 hours to eat b/w 6 am to 11pm/midnight.  Then, I didn't wake her at all at night -- she woke up on her own b/w 4 - 5 hours later.  She didn't starve --- it was the best thing b/c it helped her learn the different b/w night and day.  I always followed the rule of wake a sleeping baby during the day to eat and not too nap too long so they don't confuse night and day....and leaver them to be at night.
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