Should I wake my baby?

Question

My baby is 5 weeks old. She sleeps a lot during the day and will take a lot to wake up and eat. However at night she wakes up every 3 to 4 hours. Should I wake her more often to eat during the day? If she eats more during the day she would sleep more at night right ?

Answer

We are under doctor's orders to feed baby every 2-3 hours during the day and we get one 4-5 hour stretch at night if she'll sleep that long. Babies need the nutrition and don't always wake up when hungry at that age - that's what we were told.  She's 9 weeks now.

Answer

No. Sleep begets sleep. You don't wake a baby. You do however have naps in the light and keep normal household noise. At night it should be quiet and dimly lit. Baby will figure it out. Read the No Cry Sleep Solution. It has lots of info about setting the routines in place and how sleep begets sleep. Better naps make better nighttime sleep

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My baby is 3 months and takes one 3 hour nap during the day in her playpen where there is light and noise. And goes down at night with a super super dim light (so I can check on her) and sleeps about 8-9 hours. That's how it's been since she was born, of course she would wake to eat during the night but not anymore. She use to sleep a lot during the day even with light and noise but as she got older that changed. I was told when they are young to wake them every 2 1/2 to 3 hours during the day to eat but my daughter does that on her own anyways lol

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Don't wake her but work on differentiating day and night. In the day keep the room nice and bright, make sure baby stays in a high traffic room where people talk/tv is on at a decent volume/there is general bustle.

At night dim the lights, remain in a quiet room (I go up to the bedroom at 8pm and craft while baby sleeps) and have a bedtime routine that is repeated every night.

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I'd wake her and keep her engaged as much as possible during the day. It seems like she has her days and nights confused.

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Let her sleep don't wake a sleeping baby she will wake up when she wants to eat. They don't know their days and nights mi doctor suggested to not let my son get too deep in sleep or to try and keep him up at during the day as long as possible. He's 2 months and sleeps in 5hr stretches

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The better a baby sleeps during the day the better babe will sleep at night. It takes a while for babies to know day at night. My little is 5 weeks as well and she wakes every 3 to 4 hours all day and night. You can try to leave the light on at night and see if it helps your baby sleep. My baby needs loud noise because during the day we have fighter jets flying over , a loud toddler, and tv going. So at night if it's quiet she's up so we have the tv turned on . my friends son was the same about lights so they started sleeping with a light on him and he slept a lot,better

Should I wake my baby?

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