Waking baby to feed?

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Ladies I’m a bit confused. My baby is a week old, born at 38w2d and was 6 lb 2 oz. she dropped to 5 lb 8 oz and started going up to 5.10. My pediatrician is having me come in every other day to check her weight. I wake the baby every 2-3 hrs to feed but sometimes she just doesn’t want it and wants to sleep. At what point did you stop waking them to feed and did a more stretched out schedule? Or does anyone do feed on demand? What age did that start? ❤️

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I would keep waking her every 3 hours to feed until she is at least back to her birth weight. If she is sleepy, try unswaddling her if she’s swaddled and try to not let her get too cozy during the feed. Once she’s back up or even better, past birth weight, maybe then she can tolerate the longer time between feeds? You’re moving in the right direction as she has already gained back 2 oz.

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She’ll eat when she is hungry. You can keep waking her, but it sounds like her weight is just fine, Mama! Just keep an eye on wet diapers. If she stops urinating, not good. As long as she does, great!

Good job, Mama! And good luck!

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General rule of thumb is once they have reached birth weight you don’t have to wake to feed.

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since my baby is back up to his birth weight and past it, i let him dictate the feedings during the night.  during the day though i try to set up a schedule so that i make sure hes getting enough. my routine is usually picking him up and kissing him, taking him to the changing table, changing his diaper, the wipes wake him and so does giving him a wash if hes had a blow out. once hes awake hes usually hungry!

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I woke my girl up to feed since day one. A lot of people were surprised that I dare wake a sleeping baby. But she's been sleeping through the night since she was 6 weeks old because we did so. (letting them sleep longer than 3 hours at a time during the day can cause them to wake up during the night.)

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The one time I did my son screamed bloody murder.....didn't even eat in the end. I didn't do it again lol I'm iffy on whether or not I'll do it with this little one lol

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I woke my baby up until she gained her birth weight back, no matter how tired I was, and no matter how much I wanted that extra hour or two of sleep. Once she gained her weight back, I let her do her. 🤷🏻‍♀️ people say let the baby sleep, but listen to your pediatrician when it comes to this stuff.

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I had the same problem and my pediatrician said to wake her up every 2-3 hours to eat. We had to do that until she showed she was gaining weight regularly. Then we were able to stop and just let her wake up on her own. It probably took about a week of waking her up. And to get her up I always had to change her diaper. That seemed to be the only thing to get her to wake up and eat.

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I never woke my daughter to eat even as a newborn in the hospital. But once babies are back up to their birth weight, it's more than okay to not wake them anymore.

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Stop waking to feed once they reach birth weight generally. If your pedi has concerns about your baby’s weight then definitely wake to feed.

Waking baby to feed?

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