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11 week old napping and eating

EllBells610EllBells610 member
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Hi so my daughter is 11 weeks old and today she is napping quite a bit. I'm assuming she's going through a growth spurt. I had to wake her up in the morning around 9:30 since it had been 4.5 hrs since she ate last and I'm trying not to let her sleep too late in the morning. I fed her (EBF) and she was up for 2 hrs, went down for a nap, slept another 2hrs (I had to wake her up again as it had been another 4hrs since eating), fed her, she was up for another hr and half, and now she's asleep again. I try and feed her on demand but I also don't want her to go too long in between feedings. Are all these 4 hour stretches ok? Should I keep waking her up to eat? I also don't want her napping for too long. What's the longest stretch that I should let her nap for?
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  • starybstaryb member
    Let her sleep. Unless she isn't gaining weight well it shouldn't be a problem. Why don't you want her to nap??

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  • EllBells610EllBells610 member
    I keep waking her up because everyone keeps telling me not to let her nap for too long and I thought her going 4-5 hours between feedings was too long.
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  • EllBells610EllBells610 member
    Honestly I don't think anything is wrong. She doesn't have a fever or anything, when she's awake she's alert and active and she'll stay up for about 2 hrs or so. Sometimes longer sometimes shorter.
    I just keep second guessing myself over everything I do. People around me have a way of making me feel like I'm not making the right decisions and I question everything I do.
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  • vrj0522vrj0522 member
    edited December 2014
    EllBells610 said:
    Hi so my daughter is 11 weeks old and today she is napping quite a bit. I'm assuming she's going through a growth spurt. I had to wake her up in the morning around 9:30 since it had been 4.5 hrs since she ate last and I'm trying not to let her sleep too late in the morning. I fed her (EBF) and she was up for 2 hrs, went down for a nap, slept another 2hrs (I had to wake her up again as it had been another 4hrs since eating), fed her, she was up for another hr and half, and now she's asleep again. I try and feed her on demand but I also don't want her to go too long in between feedings. Are all these 4 hour stretches ok? Should I keep waking her up to eat? I also don't want her napping for too long. What's the longest stretch that I should let her nap for?
    If she is having some long stretches of wake time, then I wouldn't be too worried about how often she is eating. If she goes longer than 4 hours between meals though, I would consider waking her up so that her nighttime sleep is not affected by needing to make up for the food that she didn't get during the day. If she is up tonight longer than usual, then you'll know you let her sleep too much.

    DD will be 11 weeks tomorrow and was up more often than usual last night and has been wanting to feed more often and sleep more today. I was wondering myself if it could be the beginning of a growth spurt. It's hard to know but follow your baby's cues and you'll be fine. It could be a growth spurt, or she could be fighting off a cold, or it could be nothing. 

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  • EllBells610EllBells610 member
    So I did call the pedi just to ask and and she said the same thing you all did, to just let her sleep until she wakes up on her own. I also asked if it could be the start of a growth spurt and she said yes. Hopefully her night sleep will be ok, usually she gives me a 4hr stretch and a 3 hr stretch.
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  • Dani0329Dani0329 member
    I wish L would nap, kid fights hard. Let the kid sleep.

     
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  • SaragoeswestSaragoeswest member
    It's not other people who are making you second guess yourself. It's you. You've talked to your doctor and apparently a million people so just make a decision.
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  • shannonshareshannonshare member
    Klavanga74 said:

    First, sleep begets sleep...I've found with all of my kids that the better they sleep during the day, the better they sleep at night.  Second, my 11-week-old can barely stay awake for more than an hour and a half during the day without falling apart.  Check out troublesometots.com for good sleep advice.  Love that blog.  

    I looked at that blog a couple times and it's very helpful.
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  • 2goingon32goingon3 member
    I don't get this. As long as your baby doesn't have underlying health concerns, if she's sleeping, it's because she needs to sleep. Why on earth would you feel like you'd need to wake a sleeping baby?!?! Babies aren't jerks on purpose, if they need something, they'll do it, or scream about it. Follow your baby's cues and quit messing with her system!
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  • EllBells610EllBells610 member
    We have had to get through alot of challenges over the past couple of months so friends especially ask how things are going. I answer and then I get, you should be doing this or why haven't you done that? Doesn't your husband want to feed her? And a month ago I was actually told that something I was doing was foolish. That really shook my confidence in everything I was doing. And now with her starting infant care in a month I'm worried about all of these things and schedules. I've been home with her by myself everyday from 7am-7pm so I've been doing what I feel is best and for her and myself. I feel like I'm doing a great job until someone questions what I'm doing or why, like right now she still sleeps in the pack n play next to me at night and people keep telling me "you should really start getting her used to her crib". She takes her naps in the crib but right now, it's easier and I want her next to me at night and I don't understand why that is such a big deal. Sorry I'm rambling now
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    Nicb13 said:


    apk4 said:

    EllBells610 said:

    We have had to get through alot of challenges over the past couple of months so friends especially ask how things are going. I answer and then I get, you should be doing this or why haven't you done that? Doesn't your husband want to feed her? And a month ago I was actually told that something I was doing was foolish. That really shook my confidence in everything I was doing. And now with her starting infant care in a month I'm worried about all of these things and schedules. I've been home with her by myself everyday from 7am-7pm so I've been doing what I feel is best and for her and myself. I feel like I'm doing a great job until someone questions what I'm doing or why, like right now she still sleeps in the pack n play next to me at night and people keep telling me "you should really start getting her used to her crib". She takes her naps in the crib but right now, it's easier and I want her next to me at night and I don't understand why that is such a big deal. Sorry I'm rambling now

    Ignore them. Everyone will have an opinion. As long as your pedi isn't concerned and it's not a safety issue, let it go in one ear and out the other.


    This. You have a LONG road ahead of you if you let people's comments about your parenting get to you. Brush it off.

    @Saragoeswest‌ would advise her to shake it off.

    And for the record my pedi said pizza puree is totes ok mixed in the bottle as long as I don't use beer to make the puree.
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