Are you waking your 4 week old for middle of night feed?

Question

My baby gained 1 pound from 3 day dr visit to 2 week dr visit. She gained well over her birth weight. Should I still wake her for a middle of the night feeding? 
She already takes 4 hour stretches at night
Schedule
Feeding at 10:30am 
Sleeps until 3am 
Feeding at 3am 
Sleeps until 7:30am 
Im wondering if I should not wake her up and see how long she goes 
 Share your thoughts

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I don’t wake my lo up for feedings. I was told once they’re at birth weight and gaining weight at the right pace, you don’t have to because they will let you know when they’re hungry.

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It took our baby almost a month to get back to her birth weight. So for the first three and a half weeks we woke her every 3 hours to feed day and night. Now we let her sleep. But I wake her up at the 6 hour mark per her doctors suggestion since she puts weight on really slowly.

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I've never woken any of mine for feedings. Unless they are losing weight and it's an issue they will wake themselves if they are hungry.

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I don't wake up for feedings. I let him pick the schedule.  It's working well so far

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My baby will be 5 weeks in a couple days. And at night I let her sleep until she wakes or gets fussy. Then I get her up, change her then feed her. She sleeps for about 4-5 hours max usually at night.
 I’m exclusively BF.

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My doctor said it was okay to let my baby sleep. She eats around 10 pm and usually sleeps until 3-4 am eats and goes back to sleep until 730 or 8 am when my husband and daughter are getting around for school and work.

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My pediatrician gave me the OK at 2 weeks not to wake my girl up through the night because she was gaining so well. That said she still would wake me up every 2-3 hours and now her maximum is about 4 hours before she wants to be fed.

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I set alarms until 1 month and now we feed on demand.

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My 4 week old sleeps from 10:30/11pm-2/3am, or sometimes even 4am. I don’t wake him but he always wakes up by 4 at the latest. Then he goes back to sleep, sometimes until 6, sometimes until 7:30. He’s gaining weight steadily so I let him sleep.

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My gal is 7 weeks old and I still have to wake her. She’s surpassed her birth weight but she’s still tiny (was born 5.2) so doc hasn’t suggested letting her sleep more than 3 hours. Maybe after her next check up.

Are you waking your 4 week old for middle of night feed?

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