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Does your 6 week old wake to feed at night?

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My daughter is 6 weeks old and has been sleeping for up to 7.5 hours at night.  Do I need to wake her to feed at this point?  She was in the 90th % for weight at her 1 month appointment, but she was waking once at night to feed at that point.  I'm wondering if I should call the ped to ask, but thought I'd check here first. 
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Re: Does your 6 week old wake to feed at night?

  • michelle142michelle142 member
    If shes beyond birth weight, I'd let her sleep!
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  • shotzieshotzie member

    I would let her sleep. Generally, they say once a baby is back up to their birth weight, you don't need to wake them to feed.

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  • purpleXdandelionpurpleXdandelion member

    lucky you!! my 7 MONTH old still wakes to feed. but it's more of a comfort thing. enjoy the sleep!

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  • MelissaMisoMelissaMiso member
    let her sleep and enjoy your sleep

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  • nicole0066nicole0066 member
    We still wake multiple times each night to feed.  if she is gaining weight I would leave her be and enjoy the sleep!
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  • bornmommybornmommy member
    At my 2week apt, my pedi told me that if DS can sleep through the night, let him sleep!  This is not the case obviously but once they are past birth weight, no need to wake them at night!!
                  
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    Let the baby sleep!! Like pp said once they've reached birth weight let them sleep and enjoy!! I thought our 3-5 hours were great my 19 month old still only goes 7 hours. 
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  • litzo27litzo27 member

    Like all prior posters said let LO sleep! (And enjoy it!!!!!!!!!)

    Be prepared that LO may start to wake up to nurse at night during growth periods. If she is such a great sleeper these phases are likely to be temporary (several days or weeks). 

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  • med380med380
    Unless your doctor says otherwise, let her sleep and enjoy! 
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  • ktpaladinoktpaladino member
    My 9 wk old is still up every 2 hours to eat but they are short feedings and he goes back down pretty quickly! Let her sleep- I wish my LO would go that long!

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