LO is 2 weeks old tomorrow and I'm trying to get her to sleep longer stretches at night. Right now they're about 2 hours which I know is totally normal, but I'd like her to be able to go 3 hours or more. So I've been waking her during the day after she's been asleep for 2.5 hrs. Should I be waking her from the start of her feed? She can take up to 45 min to eat from both sides and then sometimes takes a while to actually fall asleep. Just a confused FTM here! I'd love some advice on what y'all did to help your newborns sleep longer at night. Thanks!
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We were never really able to feed (or nurse) to sleep. He was just never interested in that and always did a wake to feed. It worked out better for all of us, but then we started a rock to sleep bad habit that we had to break later!
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She generally woke up herself if it had been over 3hrs since the start of her last feed. I didn't let her go more than 3.5-4hrs since her feed, so occasionally I would need to wake her.
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Yes we woke up based on start of feeding time. Usually every 2 hours, occasionally 3.
it worked out very well for us.
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I honestly don't think there is much you can do to get longer stretches at night. I have 2 LOs and they were completely different newborns. One was up every 90 minutes, the other slept 4-5hr stretches from day 1. What I have noticed is that sleep begets sleep, so I actually would not recommend waking the baby unless absolutely necessary.
it worked out very well for us.
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