question regarding night feeding

orangedaisy85 · May 2010

Was talking to my sis-in-law about her experiences as a new mom and she was saying that her doc told her when her daughter was first born that if she was sleeping to not wake her to feed her. (She was forumula feeding). However, I read somewhere else that you're supposed to wake to feed. I will be BF with some pumping for bottles.

What do you ladies think?

JulesDiane · May 2010

I was told by the pediatrician during the first 2 weeks to wake the baby to feed every 3 hours if she doesn't wake up on her own. After 2 weeks, I could let her sleep as long as she wanted (not that it was very long).

MrsSoapbox · May 2010

I will wake DS to eat until he regains his birthweight, per my pedi and LC's recommendations. :-)

MAtoNC · May 2010

Yes. Wake until baby reaches their birth weight. This was also the recommendation I was given by multiple sources.

LuckyBride06 · May 2010

MAtoNC:
Yes. Wake until baby reaches their birth weight. This was also the recommendation I was given by multiple sources.

This...plus if you don't wake the baby, then your supply will be effected. Feed he/she as much as possible in the beginning...it's VERY important for your supply! I stopped waking DS at night at around 1 month old (even after he reached his birth weight).