https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 18:34:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857891 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:21:04 +0000 sorrycharlie 1857891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>once the ped gave us the "weight gain all clear" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857718 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:53:27 +0000 coopsmama 1857718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never woke my babies up in the night. I just let them sleep and figured they would wake when hungry. It worked fine for my two - they both gained quickly and are healthy - but they were large at birth and I was lucky that they were both efficient nursers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857708 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:46:43 +0000 HLK208 1857708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>About 2 weeks, she did a 5 hour stretch. By 4 weeks she was doing 8 hour stretches, almost every night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857698 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:41:34 +0000 autumnlove 1857698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She woke up frequently for the first 3 weeks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857686 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:29:35 +0000 ballerinabee 1857686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was a preemie, so we had to wake him (when necessary) until we reached his due date. He wasn't much of a sleeper, so it wasn't usually a problem :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857681 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:27:49 +0000 Smurfette 1857681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha! We never had to wake her, she woke up plenty on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857677 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:25:50 +0000 anandam 1857677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As others said we were given the okay to let him sleep once he regained his birthweight, which for us was at 5 days old. He's never slept more than 4-5 hours, though, even now at 16 weeks, so it hasn't been an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857669 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:21:15 +0000 stargal 1857669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chibee: don't be jealous, he was up all night eating lol. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857490 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:44:43 +0000 chibee 1857490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had to wake him up to eat - unfortunately he is clockwork and wakes up to eat exactly every 3 hours, his timing is actually so impressive that I can't even be mad. But I would let him sleep! Take the opportunity to sleep yourself - and deal with my jealousy! The NICU nurses always told me, babies grow when they're sleeping - i would wake him up during the day to eat, but not at night. Oh and LO is 3 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857456 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:47:03 +0000 Ajsmommy 1857456@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once she reached her birth weight which was within 7 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857444 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:23:52 +0000 Adira 1857444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once he regained his birth weight (right around 2 weeks), we stopped waking him at night to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857442 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:14:17 +0000 lamariniere 1857442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never woke my daughter to eat, the hospital nurses/dr said not to wake her at night, but wake her every 3-4hrs during the day. The first few weeks she could sleep 5-6 hours at night, so I enjoyed it. She was and is totally on track for weight gain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1857091 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:11:38 +0000 delight 1857091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never woke her up to eat, but she didn't really lose much weight and the hospital never said I had to. For the first week or she woke up every few hours on her own anyways. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1856974 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:23:42 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1856974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never did at night, but at first he didn't sleep in very long stretches, so it wasn't an issue. Even when we had some weight gain issues at the beginning, the doctor said never to wake him to eat at night, only during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1856972 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:20:57 +0000 artsyfartsy 1856972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never could wake T up to eat. He absolutely refused when we tried the first night in the hospital so I just left him alone. If we succeeded in waking him he usually was too sleepy and disoriented to latch. I found he didn't want to go any longer than 3 hours without milk anyway...sleep or not!</p> <p>I would say you're in the clear!! If you're worried about supply maybe you can throw in a pumping session to calm your mind? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1856971 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:20:47 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1856971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited until she was back at birth weight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1856970 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:20:35 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1856970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When she reached her birth weight. Then we let her sleep as long as she wanted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-waking-your-newborn-up-to-eat#post-1856965 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:18:27 +0000 stargal 1856965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to wake d up every 3 hours at night but now that he surpasses his birthrate, the Dr said he could go 5 hours at night. Not going to lie the extra sleep would be nice but with all the breastfeeding struggles and weight gain a issues, I'm worried to so it. </p>