DD is 9 weeks old. From 3 weeks I have set my alarm to wake her at 3am (she goes to sleep at 10pm). She goes back to sleep at about 4am and wakes herself between 6:30 and 7:30am. I have no idea when she'd wake up if left to her own devices but i started setting the alarm after she went from 10pm to 6am one night at 3 weeks.
Weight-wise she was gaining slowly then actually lost a bit of weight at 4 weeks. This was due to bad latching. The lactation consultant was great and improved things but even she couldn't fix it totally as I have large nipples and DD has a small mouth and we just didn't quite fit together. That has improved now as she's grown but isn't perfect. Because of this DD has two formula top ups. One at lunch and one before bed. I feed her before her top up and pump twice a day to maintain my milk supply.
DD has gained weight well for the last 5 weeks on the new system and I'd love to be able to stop waking her at night. But I'm a bit paranoid by now about making sure she's gaining and about my milk supply. I don't feel the need to stop the top ups she has but I don't want to start a cycle of less breastmilk and more formula?
Would it be safe to let 9 week old DD sleep through and would it hurt my milk supply?
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When can I drop the night feed? Milk supply?
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MadsZero · 20/01/2017 22:04
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