https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 21:45:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-91055 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:06:29 +0000 aunt pol 91055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: cool, it's nice to see it vindicated by a real person rather than just something I read in a book! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-91053 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:01:25 +0000 Andrea 91053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aunt pol: I agree. That is what I did and it seemed to work in ending the night feeds early on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-91051 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:57:33 +0000 aunt pol 91051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The book I just finished very strongly recommended waking babies, especially young ones, for frequent feeds during the day- she said if you don't, you're setting yourself up for multiple night time feeds as baby won't have taken enough calories etc during the day. If they aren't feeding often enough during the day, they'll be even more tired and then cranky as well cos they're hungry. I'd sooner do plenty of feeds during the day if it meant I could have more sleep at night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-91026 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:19:07 +0000 His Barista 91026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: my pediatrician said. LO should be eating every 1.5 to 3 hours. I have the same issue with trying to wake my daughter so now I try to just let her sleep and pump if I need to. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90986 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:50:59 +0000 heffalump 90986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice- never had that problem. We used to set an alarm clock to wake ourselves up to feed LO, but she always beat the alarm clock. I'm kind of jealous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90983 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:36:18 +0000 regberadaisy 90983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not a mom yet so I'm confused too as to why you would wake baby up to feed? I would assume to just let baby keep sleeping? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90980 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:32:06 +0000 tequiero21 90980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we just went over this in our breastfeeding class. you can wipe face with a cool washcloth, tickle chin, gently play with or massage arms and legs, snap fingers, rub cheeks or ear lobes... </p> <p>good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90977 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:22:49 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 90977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Change diaper with nice cold wipes :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90974 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:16:48 +0000 sorrycharlie 90974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we used to have to (gently) flick the bottom of my nephew's feet to wake him up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90973 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:14:44 +0000 Mrs. Bee 90973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>try rubbing circles on his cheek. that might activate his rooting reflex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90946 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:40:17 +0000 kokobee 90946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sounds mean but i used to dab a cold towel on LO's face. it worked most of the time. also, try tickling his little feet :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90940 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:36:15 +0000 anbanan15 90940@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How's LO's weight gain?</p> <p>Our pedi told me not to wake DS because his weight gain was so good and he's always been on the bigger side. I was glad because I don't think I could have had I needed to (I tried in the hospital and it was near impossible). If your breastfeeding, I would just pump during those times, but that's only if your LO doesn't need the extra feeds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90938 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:36:00 +0000 MegWag 90938@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO will sleep 4-5 hours at a time- especially after cluster feeding. I just let him go. I figure he'll wake up when he needs to feed and am not stressing about following the 2-3 hour guidelines I've seen. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90917 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:09:50 +0000 Rubies 90917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I may be a bit ignorant but why are you waking him up to feed? I used to have a similar problem with LO falling asleep in the middle of a feed and needing to wake her up to finish but this is not the same, right|? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tips-for-waking-a-sleeping-baby#post-90915 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:08:04 +0000 enjollah 90915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've tried taking off the clothes, rubbing the back, talking, brushing my nipple nose-to-chin, etc but sometimes it takes so long for my LO to wake up to feed. If i let him sleep in the day, he could sleep for 4-5 hours!...but to try to feed him every 2-3 hours, I have to wake him up. Any tips for waking a sleeping baby? </p>