https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:21:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187623 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:14:39 +0000 pastemoo 187623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only during the day--one time he went 9 hours without eating. Yeah.... The doctor said I had to feed him at least every 2-3 hours, so if his daytime nap was over 3 hours, I woke him and fed him. I let him sleep at night (but he gets up in 2 hours on his own at night). I will let him sleep ALL night if he can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187616 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 05:47:09 +0000 yin 187616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a first time mom, I was so scared of making mistakes the first couple of weeks. I would start to worry if my LO slept too long between feedings and thought I was a bad parent for not waking him up. What made it more confusing was that I had to feed him formula every other feeding (since I was still attempting to breastfeed directly &amp; my milk didn't come in until much later). Yeah.. it was stressful, and I think I only woke him up once or twice. Next time I won't worry so much and just listen to my LO. Babies know when they are hungry. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187536 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:37:50 +0000 skibobrown 187536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still make sure DD eats approximately every 3 hours during the day, even if it means waking her. I probably should stop doing that, now that she's 10 weeks old! At night I only woke her back at the very beginning when I was trying to establish my supply. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187489 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:48:48 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 187489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: no you have no idea. I have hungry kids. She always drinks and shits even more!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187481 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:38:32 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 187481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For a little while when she would only get one chunk of decent sleep, I would wake and feed her before I went to sleep. It was the only way I would get three or four hours in a row. That was it though, my theory is that healthy babies who were born full term will wake up if they need to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187475 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:32:30 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 187475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: man, my baby isn't gaining much weight then! She was 7 13 at birth and only weighs 9 2 now! And she is 29 days!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187472 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:31:04 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 187472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: dang, I pump two times a night (when HUBBY is bottle feeding LO). If I go more than three hours without feeding or pumping I feel like my boobs are gonna burst! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187471 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:29:26 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 187471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wake her for feedings during the day. She would sleep for much longer than 3 hours during the day if I didn't wake her up. She never goes more than 2 hours without waking up at night. She is 4 weeks 1 day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187465 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:23:02 +0000 cvbee 187465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>now I do if i wake up in the middle of the night, my boobs hurt because they feel like they are going to explode and i can't get back to sleep...............he barely wakes up for the feeding, so i don't feel like i'm being extremely disturbing</p> <p>my baby will never sleep through the night because i am too wimpy to just take the pain of engorgement and too lazy to figure out a breastpump in the middle of the night </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187391 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:50:16 +0000 Mrsbells 187391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes I wake her up during the day after 3 hours. and at night after about 4.5 hours she starts rooting around for food in her sleep and even though she isnt 100% awake she isnt really asleep either so I do wake her up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187376 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:37:40 +0000 lemondrop 187376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blushink: I can second that sangria too ;)</p> <p>Mine was always good on waking up after about 2 1/2 hours of sleep anyway, and wanted food right away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187374 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:36:20 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 187374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: hahah!!!! i wish i was a wine drinker. Give me sangria and I'll have a party for 1 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187373 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:35:12 +0000 lemondrop 187373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hell to the no- time to open another bottle of wine!</p> <p>I had always learned never to wake a sleeping baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187370 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:31:39 +0000 chopsuey 187370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never woken my Lo for feedings. She was always in the 90-95th % for weight and height. Weight started dropping at 1 year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187356 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:08:20 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 187356@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the record, I have a baby that EATS and POOPS all the time. So she has no problem waking up during the day to eat. (Never sleeps more than 2 hour stretches) She went from 7 lbs 10 oz (at 5 days) to 10 lbs 10 oz at (26 days) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187340 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:51:14 +0000 Sammyfab 187340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would wake in the day if LO was sleeping more than 3 hours and was told to wake him up at night during the first couple of weeks because he wasn't gaining as quickly and my supply wasn't established. I always hated waking him up though and would try to stretch it a little if he wasn't waking on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187321 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:28:11 +0000 Boogs 187321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always let him sleep, I figured he wouldn't let himself starve and he of course never did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187319 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:26:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 187319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During the day I always woke him after 2 hours. At night he never had trouble waking on his own lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187311 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:15:01 +0000 mrsjazz 187311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Occasionally I will wake her during the day if she's going over a 3 hour nap. I never wake her at night, she does that all on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187310 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:12:39 +0000 Andrea 187310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, during the day but not at night. I wanted to keep her full so she would sleep longer at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187307 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:04:52 +0000 heffalump 187307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only did in the hospital. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187304 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:03:20 +0000 WiLLoWtReE 187304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wake her during the day, but let her wake me at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187303 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:02:33 +0000 LAGS 187303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did initially during the day, but never have at night. Although unfortunately she's usually up after 4 hours max anyways... no 7 hour stretches here - I'm officially jealous! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-wake-your-lo-for-feedings#post-187295 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:47:48 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 187295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've been reading some threads and noticed that some people wake their LO for feedings. Apart from the first week, I never woke up my LO. </p> <p>I figured that if she is hungry she will wake up. I mean, how are you suppose to know if you LO sleeps through the night if you wake them up? Sienna slept 7 hours straight, then 5 hours the next day... even though I was engorged and wished she would wake so that I could get some relief, I let her be.</p> <p>Do you wake your LO for feedings? </p>