Feeding schedule?

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FTM HERE!
My daughter is 1 week 4 days old. And sometimes i literally have to FORCE her awake to eat lol like this baby will sleep through an apocalypse!! I’ve been told different things and i just would like to know what anyone else experience is. Should i wake her to eat every 3 hours at night or should i let her wake me????

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Are you breastfeeding/pumping or bottle feeding?? If breastfeeding I’d wake her every 2-3 hours- your milk supply will thank you as will your breasts so they don’t engorge- otherwise you could pump in between. If formula/bottle-feeding, as long as they have been gaining weight appropriately it should be more than fine.  But again, check with your pediatrician. But if they are sleeping, and it’s not impacting you or them negatively, let them sleep. And you should be too!

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Run it by your pediatrician. I believe once they regain their birthweight it's ok for them to set their own schedule. But I haven't had a newborn in almost 3 years.

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in our breastfeeding class they told us if they are gaining weight and avergaing 8-10 feedings/day let them sleep. I'm ftm mom too and babe hasn't made arrival yet so I cannot speak from experience

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Same boat here. Waking my 4 day old to eat but my taking off her clothes. She’s having plenty of wet and dirty diapers so sometimes I’m like I think you’re fine and getting enough, but they told us it’s still important to wake her regularly to eat

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This is my third baby, and I never woke any of them for feedings. Mostly because they were impossible to wake. My first was formula fed and slept thru the night by the end of the first month. My second was breastfed and she fed every 2 hours around the clock for many months. This one will also be breastfed so I’m expecting the same.

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I never had your problem with my kids.  I would say after 2 weeks if your ped is happy with your baby’s weight gain, you can eliminate night wakings....but probably stay on the schedule for the first 2 weeks.

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I’m at FTM here too! It kind of depends. I don’t let my baby go more than 4 hours. I usually have to wake her up at 3 and a half hours.

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Ask the pediatrician. With my first after a certain point he said let her sleep. I’m fairly certain at under 2 weeks you need to be waking up at least every 4 hours still but 3 hours would be better.

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my ped always said never wake to feed. but I never had that problem cause my son's were fattys lol

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