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At 6 weeks our LO was still in our room, but I've never picked her up from her bed unless she was actually crying. She used to wiggle & make tons of noises in her sleep. If I picked her up & fed her every time she stirred I'd be up all night & she'd be enormous! haha. Little babies are such active sleepers... they will open and close their eyes, move around, whimper, talk, snore, etc. She's almost 10 weeks now, and though she's less active in her aleep and STTN, she still randomly opens her eyes, whimpers, and then goes back to sleep. My LO isn't much of a crier either, but I do go to her immediately if she actually starts crying (which means she's actually awake, alert, and upset). She definitely wasn't sleeping through the night yet at 6 weeks, so I wouldn't worry about that either.

my LO wasn't much of a crier at 6 weeks either (now, let it be known, he is the king of all criers) and i would always make sure he was definitely awake before i picked him up. and if he went back to sleep we would celebrate

I did exactly what you were doing for the longest time. Dd is not much of a crier and only wakes up fussing (except during a growth spurt of wonder week- then she wails!) I just always thought since she is up and fussing/making noises, she would eventually cry, so I usually would go to her right away and nurse her so she would go back to sleep. Then I started just letting her fuss a bit and she ended up putting herself back to sleep (who knows if she was even actually awake to begin with or not). Now she just wakes up 1x a night to feed. So I would maybe just give lo a little bit more time before going to him and see if he falls back asleep. Of course if he starts crying, he is prob hungry.

I read that you should wait for 5-10 minutes before tending to a fussing baby overnight - that way you'll know whether they're just fussing because they're transitioning between sleep cycles, or whether they are really awake and there is something they actually need. I've found that guideline helpful - sometimes LO will fuss/cry for a minute or so, and then stop, and watching him on the video monitor he's probably still asleep (or at least mostly asleep). Of course, if he's crying like he's in distress, I'll go to him right away.

My LO was 10lbs8oz at birth and still ate every 2-3 hours for the first couple months. It, honestly, has nothing to do with weight. It has everything to do with the fact that they grow at an enormous rate for the first 6 months or so, so the frequent feedings are necessary.

If he's hungry, feed him.

This was how I set bad sleep habits for our older daughter. I somehow thought I was doing us all a favor by preempting the cry and addressing the fuss. What I did instead was prevent the building of any self soothing skills. It's not a bad thing and I still think that with my first I was unable to help myself, but in hindsight I would have tried a little harder to let her soothe herself back to sleep before responding and only intervene if she cried.

It's so confusing when they don't cry! I probably wait 15 mins of constant fussing...usually I fall back asleep. He's quiet fusses the most in the morning which I think is usually gas. As he's gotten older he's started to real cry more, but usually only in the evening. I do think eating that frequently is normal though...maybe just not overnight.

I also had a pretty laid back baby. I learned the lesson a few times over though that if they're not *really* awake and wanting food, to not get up and get ready to feed. Basically, if DD started fussing, I would just reach over to her pack n play (she was right next to my bed at that age), turn on her sleep sheep, and put her binky in her mouth. Often she went right back to sleep, but after 2-3 cycles of that behavior it would stop working and then I knew she was actually hungry for food.