Daytime Naps - do you wake after 2 hours or let baby sleep until they wake up?

Question

Philosophies about newborn sleep seem to contradict each other. Assuming your baby is gaining weight well and has surpassed birth weight. What are your thoughts about daytime sleep for newborns? Wake every 2 hours to promote good sleep at night and avoid baby getting days and nights mixed up or let baby sleep until they wake up in the daytime because good daytime sleep promotes good nighttime sleep?

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When I let my boy sleep he would sleep for 4-5 hours straight and would not sleep at all at night
I allow him 2 hours and wake him. He will nap two hours every single nap time generally so at least three naps. That plenty of day sleep.
If he has had bad catnap sleeps (which happens if we’re out and about and he is going from car to pram to car etc or sometimes in the morning he’ll poo and wake himself and only have 30 minutes. Then I’ll allow a 3 hour nap.
Been working for us. 
He sleeps good at night, sleeps 9:30/10:30 - 8/9am. Wakes for feedings which take 10-20 minutes but he goes back to sleep and stays asleep straight away.

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I wake after two hours of daytime sleep and I offer a bottle every 2-3 hours. I want this kiddo to have his longest sleep overnight and most of his caloric intake during the day!

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I don’t go more then 3 hours nursing during day so I wake for a feed if needed. I was waking every 4 at night mostly to protect my milk supply. Recently stretching to every 5.

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I wake her up every 3 hours to feed during the day, but at night I let her sleep as long as she wants.

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I feed my daughter every 3 hours during the day so yes I wake her if I need too. She sleeps from 10:30pm-7am without waking up at night so it’s works well for us.

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I have read nothing on the subject but I do not wake my son. Unless he starts going beyond 4 hours at night. Then I just unswaddle him and he wakes up to eat. 
He’s 6.5 weeks. He’s gaining weight so I just let him sleep however long he goes for. And so far he still sleeps at night.

Daytime Naps - do you wake after 2 hours or let baby sleep until they wake up?

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