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Waking Every 3 hours to eat

*Emma Jean**Emma Jean*
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When were you able to let baby sleep longer periods at night rather than wake to eat? We currently wake DD every 3 hours to eat. Normally during the day she is awake before it is time to eat but at night we have to wake her. Actually last night we overslept and almost missed a feeding, oops. Instead she got her 11:30 feeding at 12:45. I thought I saw somewhere that most doctors will let you stretch it longer overnight once their due date passes. I guess I am just looking for some light at the end of the tunnel, DH and I are exhausted! Thanks!
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  • clyoungseyclyoungsey
    good question...i will be doing this starting tonight!!
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  • *Emma Jean**Emma Jean*

    Good luck!! I have found it is much easier if I go to bed around 9:00, 9:30 and get a couple of quality hours before the maddness begins!

    Congrats on brining your LO home.

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  • lemen99lemen99 member

    our pedi wanted us to wake every 4 hrs at night, but we talked about it and decided not to wake the baby.  When we woke him up, he was too tired, and wouldn't get a good seal on the bottle and ate like crap.  When he woke up, rested, on his own terms, he ate much, much better.  We felt like he needed his sleep.  Every baby is different, but this worked best for us.  Our pedi said that it was OK to do this if he continuned to gain weight.  Even with all the reflux and eating issues, he gained weight.   Now he sleeps 10 ish hours a night, and he's still doing great. :)

    I think you need to follow your instincts to know what is best for your baby!

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  • *Emma Jean**Emma Jean*
    imagelemen99:

    our pedi wanted us to wake every 4 hrs at night, but we talked about it and decided not to wake the baby.  When we woke him up, he was too tired, and wouldn't get a good seal on the bottle and ate like crap.  When he woke up, rested, on his own terms, he ate much, much better.  We felt like he needed his sleep.  Every baby is different, but this worked best for us.  Our pedi said that it was OK to do this if he continuned to gain weight.  Even with all the reflux and eating issues, he gained weight.   Now he sleeps 10 ish hours a night, and he's still doing great. :)

    I think you need to follow your instincts to know what is best for your baby!

    I LOVE your new picture!!

    Thanks for the info too!

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  • Max'smomMax'smom member
    Our schedule was 3, 6, 9, 12. DS was 2 months old when the pedi told us we could drop the 3am feeding if he didn't wake for it. I think he was 4 months when he stopped waking at 12am and went to six feedings a day. At that point he was STTN.
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  • meldoo2002meldoo2002 member
    We stopped when they were a typical baby weight.  I think they were around 8 or 9 lbs.  We decided that you wouldn't wake a newborn up that weighed that to eat at night so we weren't going to either.  They were sleeping 5-7 hours stretches by then.  The doctor did encourage us to wake we just chose not to.

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  • baby X 2!baby X 2! member
    Our pedi told us it was okay to let them sleep through once they met their birth weight, assuming that yours hasn't yet...
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