Hellobee Boards Topic: Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:00:03 +0000 LuLu Mom on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154311 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:08:36 +0000 LuLu Mom 1154311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Let her sleep!! LO was sleeping 8 hours by 5 weeks too, enjoy it you never know how long it will last!! Check on her before you go to bed and crawl into bed and enjoy it :) Mrsbells on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154299 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:06:10 +0000 Mrsbells 1154299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @char54: Definitely dont wake her up. If it makes you feel better you can just check on her in the middle of the night, maybe reposition her if necessary Smurfette on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154228 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 07:02:35 +0000 Smurfette 1154228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way! If that baby is sleeping, count your lucky stars! mjane on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154179 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:21:44 +0000 mjane 1154179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ No way. Do not wake her! Mine did that and although I was nervous, I decided not to wake her, and she is still sleeping like a champ at 5 months, aside from some shenanigans right before 4 months. Your supply will get used to it, and you will feel so much love for that sweet sleeping baby! :) googly-eyes on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154121 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:46:08 +0000 googly-eyes 1154121@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Haha, I wouldn't. Penny Lane on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154102 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:28:36 +0000 Penny Lane 1154102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @twoofeverything: hahaha. THIS. so much, this! twoofeverything on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154100 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:26:52 +0000 twoofeverything 1154100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ You are a lucky, lucky woman. Let that LO sleeeeeeeeeeep, but DO NOT GET USED TO IT. Please don't get used to it, okay? birdofafeather on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1154096 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:21:28 +0000 birdofafeather 1154096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Let that baby sleep! Ree723 on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153750 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:42:19 +0000 Ree723 1153750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Never wake a sleeping baby!!!! ;-) our GP said that once LO got back to her birth weight (around 2 weeks old), there was no need to wake her. She said she wouldn't let herself starve and every baby has different feeding needs. LO was sleeping six hour stretches around four weeks and was up to 12 hr stretches overnight by ten weeks. Never had any issues. Enjoy the sleep! Charm54 on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153714 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:12:34 +0000 Charm54 1153714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Okay - thank you everyone - I won't be a nervous wreck tonight - ha! I swear, this mothering thing is just one crazy worry after another! LO has gained 3 lb since birth so I know she's growing well. I've just checked out Kellymom's "research source" that she links to and it's questionable (typos galore) to say the least. As for supply issues, I EP so the past few mornings I've woken myself up at 5 or 6 to pump and then go back to sleep until she wakes up. I'll enjoy it while it lasts :) blackbird on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153711 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:11:40 +0000 blackbird 1153711@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Id ask your doc if LO has any other risk factors. A friends cousin was sleeping long and did die of SIDS but apparently had other red flags. Otherwise, enjoy it while it lasts :) chopsuey on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153707 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:08:02 +0000 chopsuey 1153707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ DS slept long stretches early on too. I let him sleeeep! Foodnerd81 on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153704 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:05:33 +0000 Foodnerd81 1153704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I would let her sleep! That's awesome. As long as she regained her birth weight I think you are golden. I guess if you were having supply issues you could do a dream feed but I would just celebrate the sleep. MamaMoose on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153699 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:04:00 +0000 MamaMoose 1153699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My doc has me wake LO every 5 hours until she was three weeks old. But even that was just for the sake of establishing my milk supply. After three weeks we never woke her. I tend to take everything kellymom says with a grain of salt. sslm on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153697 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:03:01 +0000 sslm 1153697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My midwife told me not to let her go more than 4-5 hours at that point! It was great for building my supply so I went with it :) pl0508 on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153689 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:00:45 +0000 pl0508 1153689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Let that baby SLEEP! Penny Lane on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153688 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:00:33 +0000 Penny Lane 1153688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I never woke my LO. I wouldn't worry about it as long as she's eating enough during the day... Charm54 on "Should I be waking my 4 week old in the night?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-be-waking-my-4-week-old-in-the-night#post-1153673 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:48:14 +0000 Charm54 1153673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My 4 week old has been sleeping around 8 hours straight each night for the past week. She has been gaining weight steadily and eating lots during the day, I have been loving the extra sleep it gives me, but I saw something on Kellymom today about how babies who sleep long stretches through the night are at an increased risk of SIDS. Now I'm paranoid. Should I be waking her up around 3am? Is it safe to let little babies sleep for an extended period of time?