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How is her weight? If she is gaining fine I would only feed her when she wakes at night. I never woke H to eat, always fed on demand but there was never an issue with weight.

Yep thats what it means. My LO is 7 weeks now and we still only get about an hour from the end of one feeding to the beginning of another.

Yes. We had to do that the first week we were home. Now LO is on a eat every two hours schedule because she is a hungry baby.

Can you stimulate her while nursing to make the feeds go a little faster (feed her dressed in just a diaper, tickle her feet or chin when the sucking slows or becomes weaker)? An hour is a lot of time, and that causes a ton of energy expenditure, which won't help with weight gain.

Sounds like she might be comfort nursing a little bit. But to answer your question, yes, you have to nurse again 3 hours from the start of the last session. After a few more weeks, you won't need to - it's just really important to make sure she eats enough now.

yep, i woke LO up every 3 hours from the start to start. not over night though. i did that for about 10-12 weeks. we're still going strong at 9.5 months and never had supply issues.

@daniellemybelle: If it's your supply you're worried about I would pump every three hours overnight and let her sleep. She can always have a bottle if she wakes and you are empty.

Yup. I had two preemies and was in the same boat. SUUUUUCKS, But talk to your pediatrician...we ended up talking to a specialist at Seattle Children's who said that a feeding (breast or bottle) should be limited to 30 minutes. He equated it to running a marathon for little babies...after 30 minutes, he feels that the amount of energy they are spending on feeding exceeds the amount of calories they are actually taking in...if that makes sense.

Also, we got the green light to let them start sleeping until they woke themselves at 8 weeks. By that point, they had both almost doubled their birth weight. (They were born at 5'5 and 5'10, though!). When we started letting them sleep, they immediately started pulling 5-6 hour stretches. HEAVEN. And it only got better, at least until the 4-month regression