should i of woken her up?
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hey, rosalie is 7 days today, last night she slept from 11:30 until 6 this morning without a feed, i kept waking every hour to check on her but she seemed content. i feel really guilty as i think i should of woke her. what do you girls do? thanx
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I ask that because although most people think it's best not to wake a sleeping baby, Sophie was 5lb 12oz at birth and I was advised that because of her low birth weight she should initially feed at least three hourly day and night and I had to wake her to feed if she did not wake herself, as smaller babies are less able to regulate their blood sugar. I think advice is different if you have a heavier baby.
Obviously that has backfired a bit for me as she started waking out of habit as she got bigger and only in the last week has she started going through from her dreamfeed to about 6am, but still wakes at about 3am even though she isn't hungry. She's 16 weeks on Tuesday.
My lo was 9lb 1 born and I never woke him at night and he slept 8 hours by 3 weeks. He fed every 2.5 hours in the day so I figured he was getting what he needed
Congratulations xx
Obviously if your LO is not feeding well or not putting on weight or has some other medical issue then you should follow your MW's advice, but otherwise I would feed every 3 hours during the day and enjoy the sleep at night - it probably won't last anyway!!!
Good luck whatever you decide and congratulations!
C
I had two different midwives visit when my youngest was tiny, one of whom really pressed the point that I should be waking her regularly, the other who said that if she fed well during the day then there was no reason to give myself and her even more of a broken sleep at night.
I think it depends on how by-the-book you want to be!