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Once she regained her birth weight the dr told me I didn't need to wake her (she was in the nicu for weight loss and jaundice but once I started supplementing she gained quickly). She did 4 hours right away and by a month old she was doing an 8 hour stretch at night. I worried a lot about if I should wake her but she has gained well so I enjoy the sleep!

I do not wake. Last night I was up every hour feeding. If she happens to go 4, 5, 6 hours I am pretty sure I would not wake up anytime in there to consider feeding.

I did for the first two weeks! It establishes your milk supply and they need to gain weight!

We had weight gain/very sleepy baby issues so yes, we were waking LO every 3 hrs at night per the lactation consultant we were working with. And yeah, it was torture But you're running on adrenaline and "YAY baby is here!!" fumes so you do what you have to do. LO is now gaining and nursing great so it wasn't awesome in the moment but definitely worth it in the long run. Good luck and congrats!

Oh, and the lack of sleep was what I was most concerned about before LO arrived...it's possible I'm not my nicest when sleep deprived But like I said, you do what you have to do and it's all worth it!

As long as weight gain is going well, I say let LO sleep. This was never an issue for us in the beginning... not until around 2 months when he started sleeping in longer stretches. But! Some babies sleep in longer stretches than others, so it's not a silly question.

If LO randomly sleeps longer than normal one night, you could always pump to keep your supply up, if you feel that's an issue. I used to do that every now and then when he would sleep for longer stretches (randomly) and I was awake (and engorged) anyway.

We did for the first two weeks until she regained her birth weight. LO would sometimes sleep 7 hours if we didn't wake her. Also, I thought my boobs were going to explode after 4 hours, I was so engorged, so it was a comfort thing for me as well.

I never woke LO to feed. For the first week or so she generally woke up every 3 hours anyways. By 2 or 3 weeks old she was sleeping 5 hour stretches. She had no trouble gaining her weight back though. I know my friends who had babies that lost quite a bit of their birth weight had to wake them every 3 hours until they reached their birth weight.

She woke up every 2-3 on her own. She was a well old and back to birth weight so the doctor said whatever she did at night was fine. She did 2-3 hours for weeks.

He always woke me before I even had the chance to consider waking him. My ped was only concerned for the first 3 weeks until we got breastfeeding down, jaundice under control, and his weight to where it should be. After that she was fine with me letting him sleep, not that it ever happened.

I think different doctors give different recommendations, but we were told after they reached her birth weight that we could just let her sleep. She reached her birth weight 72 hours after birth! So I never did this, but she ate literally every hour to hour and a half for weeks and weeks, so I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do it anyway, ha ha ha.

LO was born at 38 weeks...she was a great weight and in the hospital slept for 6 hours at a time! We just let her sleep & she & my supply still thrived. Once we got home she was an every 2 hour kinda gal.

We did due to jaundice that required hospitalization at 5 days old. After two weeks we stopped - at that point she was healthy and waking up every 2-4 hours on her own.

I remember the first time the baby slept 5 hours straight once at a month old because I talked to my boss that day and mentioned how I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall back asleep because I was so excited that the baby was still sleeping!

The doctor told us at the hospital to wake her to feed every 2-3 hours but she always woke every 1.5 - 2 hours anyways. At her one week appointment the doctor said we could let her sleep and feed her when she wants, not on a strict schedule anymore.

Nope. Set the alarm for three hours the first night....soon realized she was never going to sleep long enough for it to go off.

@beaker: ditto

We did for quite awhile, but I had a reflux baby who didn't eat enough. I would easily add one four hour stretch at night but in general every 3. But it doesn't need to take a very long time depending....

Not always, but I wish I would have & I will next time. I didn't do my low supply any favors by letting her go 3-4 hours on a regular basis. If your pediatrician says you can let them sleep, you should still get up and pump every 2 hours until your supply is established.

I echo what many others say, let that baby sleep! With my DS he woke up on his own every 90 minutes. With DD, she is 6 weeks old and very sleepy. The hospital said not to wake her at night but wake her every 3-4 hours during the day. The first week I had to wake her during the day but after that she was waking on her own. Now, she generally wakes up just twice per night (a small miracle) but my supply seems fine and she's gaining weight.

Our baby slept well from the beginning and we tried to follow this advice--but not only was it not that fun to wake up, girlfriend was not remotely interested in eating once she'd been woken up. After a few days (once we knew she was gaining well), we quit this nonsense.