How to wake a deeply sleeping baby to feed?

rock-elle · July 2011

DS falls into such a deep sleep sometimes, sometimes mid-session, how do I wake him, any tricks? We've tried massage, tickling, damp cloth, changing his diaper, etc. Some of that works sporadically, any other good tricks?

KimT517 · July 2011

I always flicked (not hard) or tickled the bottom of my babies feet. When that didnt work I would softly stroke their head in the opposite direction of their hair growth... that would wake them up every time.

slstine19 · July 2011

The LC at the hospital told me to strip LO down to their diaper to help wake him up. I also was told to blow in his face and rub the back of his neck.

shotzie · July 2011

Another thing you can try is if you're sitting on your bed to nurse, lay baby on the cool sheets (in just a diaper). Usually the temperature change will wake them up.

theaustins05 · July 2011

Once your baby is back to birth weight you don't have to worry about waking LO up. If he falls asleep let him sleep. I couldn't get my baby to wake up to eat, but she would continue to suck while she slept.

AGFaso · July 2011

Na, the diaper change and wet cloth worked for me sorry Rach

damabo80 · July 2011

theaustins05:
Once your baby is back to birth weight you don't have to worry about waking LO up. If he falls asleep let him sleep. I couldn't get my baby to wake up to eat, but she would continue to suck while she slept.

This. When I moved from every 3 hours to on demand feedings, my life got so damn easy.

Right now, she'll wake once or twice during the night to feed (and she wakes me up when it's time to eat, so I don't need to worry about setting an alarm.) I've noticed that if she cluster feeds in the evening, I can count on longer stretches at night. It's fine if I'm doing nothing that evening except for bumping/FB/TV/staring at the wall, but a pain if I'm out and about.

In a way, I'm kinda dreading that wedding...as I know I'm going to spend the entire time with a small child attached to my boob. I guess I had better figure out how to efficently nurse in public. And, if we get together while I'm up there in the afternoon/evening, be prepared to be introduced to my nips. Wink

On a side note, a diaper change always wakes DD up. Which sucks, because she falls asleep after most feedings, but during the feeding, I hear an assplosion sometimes, so I feel compelled to change her after the feeding, which wakes her up when I'd much rather sleep. This tends to happen the most at 4a for some reason.

CantWait2Be · July 2011

No other rec's for you but I wanted to say congrats!

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