Do you wake your newborn?

Question

My baby is 10 days old and he’s starting to sleep longer stretches. He was waking every two hours and now it’s pushing 3-3.5 hours. Should I still wake him every two hours? I let him tell me when he needs to eat? He’s exclusively breastfed

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If he’s gaining weight fine (or is back to birthweight) and is having normal diaper output let that baby sleep! ❤️

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Let him sleep! He will wake up if he’s hungry. Unless your doctor specifically told you to wake for feeding because he needs to gain weight, don’t worry about it. If you become engorged, go ahead and pump a little to relieve it. It’s hard in the first few weeks! I know! I remember sitting at my kitchen table crying because my boobs hurt so much while waiting for my son to wake up to feed. Looking back on it I should have just went ahead and pumped a little off for relief but I didn’t, I just sat there in pain.

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Ask your ped, we were told to wake him every 2-3 hours to eat at that age

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My first two I fed on demand.  My third I couldn’t let sleep past 3 hours because of blood sugar issues.  Unfortunately, that created a routine and he still wakes every 3 hours overnight 😫

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I would during the day so that he could possibly sleep even longer at night by getting enough to eat during the day.

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If he’s gaining weight it’s fine to let him sleep. My baby slept through the night from the day she was born and my doctor told me to wake her up until she gained weight. I could never really even wake her up anyway but she still gained weight and was up to her birth weight by 2 weeks old.

Do you wake your newborn?

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