https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 16:31:41 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969305 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:55:42 +0000 sslm 969305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: @Alivoo01: yeah, well aware we are incredibly lucky!!! She still follows a similar schedule at 14 weeks. I hope your babies start sleeping longer soon!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969300 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:53:02 +0000 Alivoo01 969300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: Wow! That's awesome! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969297 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 17:49:46 +0000 Ra 969297@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sslm: can your baby please speak to my baby about proper sleep habits?! That's awesome! B still does 2-4 hour stretches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969144 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:45:19 +0000 sslm 969144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: hmmm. Around 6 weeks she was going to sleep around 11, up at somewhere between 3 and 5 to nurse, then back down for 4-5 more hours. We never do diaper changes at night unless it's poop!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969132 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:36:00 +0000 Smurfette 969132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never woke her up to eat, she always woke up but doctor said we didn't need to once she was back to birth weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969030 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:01:29 +0000 Alivoo01 969030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: Thanks for your input! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-969028 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:00:24 +0000 Ra 969028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: DS is 6 weeks old (tomorrow!) and he doesn't sleep anywhere near 6 hours unfortunately. He sleeps 3-4 hours currently but I don't foresee our schedule changing when he does sleep longer.</p> <p>We bottle feed, too. My husband and I take turns feeding him at night when he wakes up. We let him wake on his own, and then we give him a bottle of pumped milk and change his diaper. If I am feeding, I pump after. If DH is feeding, he wakes me up to pump during and then I go back to sleep. We wait to change pee diapers until LO wakes up on his own. We do wake him for poopy diapers but he doesn't typically poop in his sleep anymore.</p> <p>When he starts sleeping longer stretches I will just wake up every 3 hours to pump :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968987 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:18:18 +0000 Alivoo01 968987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can you ladies give me an example of what your sleep schedule looked like for a newborn? What about diaper changes during that long stretch of sleep? DS is a pee pee monster even though we wake him up to eat and change every 3 hours! </p> <p>I'm kind of excited to know that we can let DS sleep up to 6 hours uninterrupted. I'll still have to wake up and pump, but I'm currently bottle feeding then pumping so just straight pumping will gain me an extra 20+ minutes of sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968981 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:09:40 +0000 sslm 968981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: my midwife told me at my 6 week appointment to let her sleep, but not longer than 6 or 7 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968977 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:05:38 +0000 BlueWolverine 968977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our doc said it was OK to let her sleep up to six hours at her two week appt. She had lost 10% of her weight in the hospital, but by then she had gained enough that doc was OK with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968974 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 13:03:03 +0000 Ra 968974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: LO was also 3 weeks early. Doc said it was fine to let him sleep. Enjoy it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968878 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 11:10:50 +0000 immabeetoo 968878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never woke to eat! He is now 20+ lbs at 8 months.. Hasn't slowed his growth a bit :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968870 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:59:46 +0000 Bookish 968870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: when we were discharged from the hospital the doctor said we didn't have to wake her to eat anymore. As long as he is gaining weight, I wouldn't worry about waking him up. Enjoy the longer stretches of sleep, he'll wake up when he's hungry :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968863 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:57:26 +0000 Alivoo01 968863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS gained back his birth weight 3 days after birth, but he was also born 3 weeks early. Should I just feed on demand now and not wake him up every 3 hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968823 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:24:13 +0000 bisous 968823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor also said once S had gained enough to bring her to birth weight, we could stop waking her to feed. That was at her two week appt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968808 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:13:34 +0000 Ra 968808@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never woke him to eat. I've always just fed on demand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968802 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:08:41 +0000 aprk 968802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped waking him up to eat once he regained his newborn weight, which was about day 6. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968801 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:07:45 +0000 autumnlove 968801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our Dr told us to let her sleep as much as possible at her 2 week appointment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/newborn-sleep-schedule#post-968794 Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:02:38 +0000 Alivoo01 968794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Markers post on Juliet's One Month Update got me thinking about night time sleep vs naps.</p> <p>DS is still a newborn and eats every 3 hours. Sometimes, he'll wake up on his own, other times, I have to wake him up to eat. He sleeps the whole time in between feedings which is about 2 hours. At what point does he (or I) transition to letting him sleep longer at night without waking him to eat, and have naps during the day? </p>