Do i wake little miss up for a feed?

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Savannah is 5 weeks shes way passed birth weight and im breast feeding. Do i wake her when shes asleep or do i just feed on demand Ive been told and read so many conflicting things

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I just fed on demand let her sleep she will wake if she’s hungry as long as she’s reached her birth weight she will be fine

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Let her sleep. Unless she is underweight, there is no reason to wake a sleeping baby.

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my experience has been that waking a newborn is near impossible, once they're hungry they'll wake up. If you get engorged waiting pump out some milk for when they wake

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My midwife and OB said don’t let it go past 4 hours max. After that you should wake up to feed them. I asked them both this questions separately and they both said the same thing!

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The nurses at the hospital when my son was born told me to "never wake a sleeping baby." She will wake up when she's ready.

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Unless she's underweight just let her sleep :)

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ALWAYS LET THE BABY SLEEP! Babies cry over everything... So if they even begin to feel hungry they’ll let ya know. Haha 
BUT.... I wouldn’t go past 4hrs, ONLY because I’d be worried itd start to mess with your milk supply. (Assuming you’re breastfeeding) 
Once your milk regulates and gets to the right amount for baby then let her sleep. But she’s still so little so about 4-4.5 hrs is a good stretch.

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Unless she was a preemie I would feed on demand. We had to wake our preemie but that because if you don’t they will just sleep and get dehydrated. Now we feed on demand she sleeps all through the night!

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I think by 5 weeks you can demand feed.  The first couple weeks, if I remember correctly are when you wake them up to feed them.

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Let her sleep :)

Do i wake little miss up for a feed?

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