When to feed newborn...

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They say to feed your newborn every 2-3 hours. I do this during the day but was told by my PED I don’t need to wake him up during the night.. 
I don’t want to go past 3 hours so my question is: 
He ate at 1245, played and stayed awake then fussed acting like he was hungry again at 145-2. Fell asleep at 245. 
When do I count the 3 hour mark? When should I feed him again... I know they say don’t wake a baby but in my case he doesn’t sleep at all at night.. 
Please no judgements. FTM.

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So, second time mom here. My rule is that if baby is at birth weight, I don’t wake my baby during the night. So if he sleeps 2 or 7 I let him sleep until he wakes and fusses to feed. During day, I feed about every 3 hrs unless he fusses before then.

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First time mom and I was anxious about letting him go more than 3 hours without eating too. But since he was gaining weight easily I did finally do it. And he sleeps for about 4 hours, maybe 5 and then I feed him. I know that doesn’t answer your question lol. To answer the question you have, I was told to count the three hour mark from the beginning of his last feed. So if I fed him at 12:45, I would feed him again at 3:45 unless he acted hungry before or woke up before.

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Second time mom here as well. I do the same as the other lady. Every 3 during the day but at night if he goes longer than 3 hours I won't wake him. Most nights he will wake up by the 4th hour for food.

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STM too. I've never woken mine for feeds. My first would never go that long anyway because she's literally always hungry even at 2yrs old. 
This bub will sometimes do a 5 hour sleep during the day. He's gaining weight just fine so I just offer feeds when he's awake.

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Also second time mom, and same as the other ladies. Once back to birth weight, I don't wake the baby up for feeds after his 9pm "bedtime" feed. He typically will wake up on his own by 1am, then again at 430am, and then 7-8am. During the day he's pretty good at fussing for food every 2-3 hours, but by 3.5 hours I'll make sure he eats otherwise he plays catchup that night.

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