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When will they wake up?? 31 wk preemies
I delivered my twins (b/g) at 31 weeks. We brought them home about a week ago after 6 weeks in the NICU. They are now 37 weeks. When will they start being awake more? It seems like eating puts them to sleep so they might be awake 5-10 minutes before and after bottles. They do wake up every 3 hours on their own to eat. Any ideas?
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Re: When will they wake up?? 31 wk preemies
It's very normal for them to sleep a ton at this age. Remember they're supposed to still be floating about, and even full term newborns sleep a lot in the beginning. By the time they're a month adjusted, you'll probably be begging them to sleep more.
The fact that they wake to eat is great- even a lot of termies don't do that!
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Ditto!! Even 3 weeks after his due date, Andrew would sometimes sleep 4-5 hours or so during the day (and at night) and I often wondered if he was ever going to wake up and eat!