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I did at first too - I wanted to make sure he was getting enough to eat! I think I stopped when I started putting him down for his naps on his own (up until 6 weeks he was only sleeping in my arms), so at 6 weeks+, if he slept for 2 hours I just let him sleep. I didn't want him to get in the habit of waking up because he got used to me waking him. I always just fed him right before naps and right after. thankfully DS never had mixups with daytime/nighttime so I wasn't as strict as some moms have to be.

Pfft I wish I had to... DD is 6 weeks & a total cat napper during the day. I MIGHT get her 1 good 1-1.5 hr nap but otherwise she's basically up. As for night time, she sleeps from 9-12/1 & then eats every 3 hrs or so. I've woken her up once because it was just about the time she normally wakes, but I definitely learned my lesson... She was fussy & had alot of trouble going back to sleep! Made for one tired momma the next morning.

I say as long as baby is gaining, let baby sleep.

I never had to...LO never slept long enough!

I did in the beginning but then she just started waking up on her own.

Don't have to really wake up kids either. They have an alarm clock in their bellies. But if they go past 6 hours, I will wake them up (for the first feeding of the "day"...