still need to wake DS every 2-3 hours to eat at 4 wks?

melissa16 · September 2009

our pediatrician said to wake DS to eat every 2-3 hours, but i forgot to ask him how long i do this. just the 1st few weeks? DS is now 4 weeks and sometimes sleeps longer which i feel is a blessing, but then wonder if i should not have let him sleep that long. is there an age where i can let him sleep longer and not wake him to eat? thanks

Mary0913 · September 2009

I was told that you could let them sleep as long as they wanted once they were back up to birth weight. So if he's back to it, I'd let him sleep. Smile

srex_ee · September 2009

Yes. Once he's reached his birth weight.

VAannie · September 2009

As soon as he was back up to his birth weight (usually by two weeks) you don't need to wake to feed any longer.

Mrs.DeliaMarieP · September 2009

once my DS reached his birthweight again, we no longer had to wake him for feedings.

I do wake him after 3 hours of napping during the day, to prevent him from sleeping too long (though I rarely have to do this because he generally wakes on his own to eat every 3 hours)

JCM083009 · September 2009

Ditto the birth weight thing. However I was also told by my pedi to let him go as long as he wants at night, but during the day try to stick to 2-3 hours still.

Mrs_mam · September 2009

Our ped. said to not let him sleep more than 3 hours during the day so we get our long stretch at night. He tends to wake up about 2 hours after feeding anyway.

Kflie83 · September 2009

Usually they say just for a week or two.

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