Waking 3 week old to eat???

Question

My LO is 3 weeks old and he sleeps alot, he would probably go all day of I let him. I am EBF and I wake him up every 2-3 hours during the day to eat. He has regained his birth weight and then some and has no health issues. My question is should I keep waking him up every 2-3 hours during the day to eat or can I let him sleep a little longer?? It seems when I wake him up he doesn't eat for very long then goes back to sleep..he has plenty of dirty diapers too...

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Babies are very smart. They can wake themselves up when they are hungry. In general, they say you can let baby sleep after they have passed their birth weight. So, it sounds like youre in the clear

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I was worried about that too but I talked to my doctor and he told me to let her sleep for however long she wants too..she will wake herself up to feed..my baby is 3 weeks old and sleeps for 3-4 hours at a time before feeding and sometimes will fall asleep during feedings..as log as she has plenty of dirty/wet diapers then she is perfectly fine :) she won't let herself starve..so you are good to let your baby sleep some more before waking them..

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The schedule you're doing is great! I wish mine would have done that 😒 keep it up, you're doing just fine.

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Mine is 3 weeks old and I no longer wake him to eat!  HTH

Waking 3 week old to eat???

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