When do i stop waking baby for feeds?

[cantheyseeme]

Dd2 is 4 days old, when did everyone stop waking dc's for feeds? I dont actually remember waking dd1 at all and she was in a sleep through routine at 2 weeks.

[marzipananimal]

If she regains birthweight and is feeding well I'd say. You'll probably get more advice if you post in the breastand bottle ffeeding topic

[PrammyMammy]

Are you supposed to wake them for feeds.. I don't think I done that.

[PinkParsnips]

Watching as I'd like to know this too.

DD is now 3 weeks and we were originally told to wake her every 3 hours (she lost 10% of birth weight) but now she's regained it the midwife said we can stretch to 5 hours so at the minute we're feeding at 1, waking her at 6 (and she always needs waking) and then waking again at 9 - she's a great sleeper!!

A few people have seemed surprised though and said never wake a sleeping baby!

[cantheyseeme]

ahh shes getting weighed on tuesday, so il ask then but with dd1 i loved the full nights sleep and happy baby haha, she never starved so im hoping mw will tell me to srart increasing time

[lilyaldrin]

Sometimes they need waking at first but once they have regained birthweight, are demanding feeds and feeding/weight gain is going well you can let them sleep.

Personally I wouldn't wake a healthy 3 week old in the night if they are feeding lots in the day and gaining well.

[bonzo77]

With my first I woke every 3 hours. Till the HV said he could go 4 hours when he was about 4 weeks. Then I only woke him in the day.

With my second (who was just under 5lb on discharge from hospital, and was a month early) I only woke him in the day. SCBU said he should be fed on demand, not woken. I partially followed that advice.