let baby sleep at night or wake them up??

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Ok I'm a first time mommy and breastfeeding exclusively to my 4 week old baby... I noticed at night she sleeps over 3 hrs almost 4 before waking up to feed... at her two week appointment the dr told me never to let her go past 3 hrs and I should wake her up... well she eats lots before going down at night... almost a cluster feeding for 3 hrs... then she goes into a long sleep pattern which I also sleep and enjoy it!

She makes lots of dirty diapers is gaining weight...should I wake her up after 3 hrs or wait till she wants to be feed??

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I had heard once they gained back their birth weight there was no reason to wake them at night. My son is 5 weeks and is more than 3lbs over birth weight, so I just let him (and myself) sleep as long as he wants.

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As long as she's gaining weight let her sleep. One of my nurses told me don't let your newborn sleep passed 4 hours. But like I said, if she's gaining weight regularly then obviously she's getting enough. A couple extra hours of sleep isn't going to starve her.

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Good god sleep whenever you can 😴😜😂

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My 5 week old is sleeping 4-6 hours at night. I go by the rule never wake a sleeping baby! And his doctor said that was fine bc his weight is great. I just wake up to pump and that's it

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My doctor told me today to let her sleep at night but wake her during the day and feed her as much as possible.

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Ok just went for my baby's one month check up and Dr said let her sleep as long as she has normal dirty diapers and is gaining weight which she is... so glad but now I have to add vitiam D drops to her feeding since breastfeeding babies need it according to my Dr...

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Let your little one sleep :)

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If you don't wake baby it's like they're missing out on a meal. This is my 4th and I've always wake up baby to feed on schedule if they don't wake up on their own

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I was told not to wake the baby if they are gaining weight well and eat until content....with that said my LO is 1 month plus and I still wake him up at 4 hours to feed him. If I don't he's a big cranky monster when he wakes on his own. Has your LO gained all her weight back and some? If your doc says to wake her u probably need to. I also exclusively breastfeed and give him a myltivitamin with A, C and D.

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Goodness let her sleep! Especially if waking her up will just upset her. I know mine gets mad if he gets woken up. But he only sleeps 2 hours at a time so I wish I was wondering if I should wake him or not! Lol!!!

let baby sleep at night or wake them up??

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