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Should I wake my baby at 3 months to eat??

allisonudallisonud member
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My LO will be 3 months old next week and I have struggled from day 1 but continue to bf.  He wasn't sucking properly, which caused me to not make enough milk.  His issue has improved, my supply has improved, but it is still not as much as I would like, and we supplement with formula.  He usually gets 4-6 oz of formula a day. 

He started STTN, which sounds great to some, but I would prefer that he wake up to nurse and he occasionally does, but not all the time.  He is sleeping from 9 p.m. until 5:30 a.m.  I feel like (and maybe I am wrong) if he was nursing more frequently we could eliminate that formula supplement.  I think he only gets about 2 -2.5 oz per nursing session, but that would probably be enough if he was eating more frequently, right? 

 During the time I am away from him he is getting 3 bottles - 4 oz each and 2 of them are breast milk and one is formula because I can only pump 8 oz when I am at work.  The rest of the time I am nursing, but that usually just means I nurse at 5:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m., and then in the evening at about 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., and then he goes to sleep for the night!  And, he has enough dirty/wet diapers, but he has only gained 5 oz in the last 2 weeks, so that is not as much as the guidelines say he should gain. 

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Re: Should I wake my baby at 3 months to eat??

  • KCD053109KCD053109 member
    I wouldn't wake baby; but if YOU want to get up and do a MOTN pump session; that's up to you.
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  • JulySpark05JulySpark05 member

    imageKCD053109:
    I wouldn't wake baby; but if YOU want to get up and do a MOTN pump session; that's up to you.

    I agree with this! If you start waking LO up to eat, you will probably be creating a habit and then might have a hard time getting him to eventually STTN. I would pump instead of waking him. 

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  • NerdyMama2NerdyMama2 member
    At 3 months I wouldn't wake him up.
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  • katiewhompuskatiewhompus member

    As someone who would love her baby to sleep that long...no, I would not wake him up.

    I would recommend throwing a pumping session in while he is asleep though. that would help supply without waking him up.

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  • cvillecouplecvillecouple member
    imageJulySpark05:

    imageKCD053109:
    I wouldn't wake baby; but if YOU want to get up and do a MOTN pump session; that's up to you.

    I agree with this! If you start waking LO up to eat, you will probably be creating a habit and then might have a hard time getting him to eventually STTN. I would pump instead of waking him. 

    This exactly. 

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