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If my LO had been a sleepy newborn (which she very much was NOT), I would have considered waking her every 2-3 hours to eat during the day. If she was gaining well I would let her sleep at night.

ETA: LO ate every 1.5-2 hours for months and was a very good sleeper from very early on.

Oh and I was going to add that it doesn't seem to matter what her naps are like during the day; she still sleeps 7+ hours at night. Yesterday she took two short naps, totaling maybe 3.5 hours, and slept from 9-4:30 (and she really could have stayed sleeping, DH accidentally woke her up :p). Today she's already slept for over 2 hours, even with the super long stretch of sleep she had.

@Foodnerd81: nah, you're good LO at first, when we let her just go on her on schedule, would wake up grumpy and acting like she was going to eat my face off, but in the last couple of weeks she's started to wake up much happier, and is not nearly as frantic to eat. So, no worries!

I never let DD go more than 3 hours without nursing during the day, even now at 16 weeks. I do that mostly for supply reasons, I attribute my success with breastfeeding to lots and lots of sessions. Plus, they're supposed to eat around 7 times per day, so I'm always trying to hit that target.

At night, my midwife told me to let her sleep at her 6 week appointment, but not to let her go more than 6 hours, so I always woke her to feed. I don't do that anymore though.

Enjoy the sleepy stage while it lasts!!!