Should I wake my baby up?

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My DS is 6 days old and has been asleep since half 6. He drained a 3oz bottle then and went down and hasn't really roused since.

Should I wake him for a feed now? Sorry I'm new to this so I don't really know

Definitely wake him. When so little they need feeding every 3 to 4 hours.

I was told not to wake them if there are no underlying health concerns/weight loss, so I'd let the baby sleep. When they were older I dream fed.

Mine wouldnt wake up on his own at that age (jaundice) so i would wake him after 4 hrs. If you know they will wake up if they need to then fine to let them sleep but some babies dont wake up when they need to and get dehydrated

At 6 days, yes I would

I would wake him, if only for the fact that i’d be sure that if I went to bed, he’d wake desperate for a feed 2 minutes after I dropped off! Get a feed in and you might get a few hours sleep afterwards!

At that age we were told to as DS was struggling to feed mainly due to tongue tie (I found a text I'd sent DM to say it took him 45 minutes to drink 25ml! He couldn't breast feed at all back then), He had jaundice was very lathargic and needed phototherapy and that had exacerbated the feeding issues.

Never wake a sleeping baby

This isn't always good advice. Has your baby regained his birth weight?

My first baby was very very sleepy and lost a lot of weight because we didn't want to wake a sleeping baby. After 5 days, the MW told us that we needed to wake him every 2 hours to feed, and keep him awake by blowing on him etc. so that he could start to put on weight. If he didn't start to regain weight, we would have been readmitted to hospital.

I would after 4 hours yes....

Mine is now 2 months, I go by what he wants. He can do a 5/6 hour stretch at night now....BUT he feeds every 3 hours in the day sometimes 4 (and then he gets incredibly pissed off if i'm a minute over 4 hours with his bottle)

At 6 days, I was intent on feeding as much as i could so he got his weight up

you mustn’t let them go more than four hours between feeds. If they’re sleeping you should wake them up to feed, as otherwise there’s a risk of their blood sugar dropping too low
This. My DS slept for really long stretches, I thought he was tired but I later found out he was sleeping because he was weak from hunger. Nobody had told me he needed to be woken to feed every few hours. I guess they thought it was common knowledge but this thread proves it isn’t. He ended up being readmitted to hospital because of it. Once he started feeding more he became more wakeful and cried more.

Just woke him, he had an oz and didnt really wake much then changed his nappy and im trying again but he doesn't seem interested

I wouldn't.

Yes. At that tiny age I woke mine every 3 hours or so.

No advice on feeding (my DS never slept long enough to need woken up!). I just wanted to say congratulations! They're so tiny at that age.

I was waking DD up for a feed every 4 hours. Midwife was still visiting us at 8 days old and I mentioned about setting an alarm to wake up to feed her and she told me never wake a sleeping baby. DD slept 12 hours from day 1 and now at 18 still would sleep12 hours if allowed lol

He's back feeding again

I'm hoping he settles tonight. Last night he was up every hour it was awful

Paediatric nurse here. Agree with PP's don't let him go more than 4 hours.

It is because they can drop their blood sugar.

Thanks @Toddlerteaplease

I left it 3 hours and am now feeding him

Aww that stage is exhausting but it will soon pass. Could you and DP take it in shifts overnight? He could do until 3am while you sleep and then switch?

@Toddlerteaplease do you have any tips for hiccups/wind? He can't seem to burp no matter what

Congratulations! Sounds like you're doing a great job!

At this stage, baby's stomach is still so tiny so little and often is the best way forward. Even though it's so tough at night! See this link for amounts:

www.lllc.ca/thursday-tip-newborns-have-small-stomachs

Have you got some support for you? Hope you're getting fed too!

I never woke mine is rapid changed and dream fed them, not sure if that is right or not but mine were like wild beasts when woke from a sleep

I never woke mine, they soon let you know when there hungry

I have a 5 week old with colic, especially during the night he wouls really struggle with wind. I bought dentinox colic drops and there a godsend, we have no issues now. Also aldi have them in at the moment reduced down to 9p a bottle.

I'd wake him after 4 hours. Give him a feed then get yourself off to bed. At 6 days old he needs to be putting on weight. It seems so mean but he will need it.

I was so para about feeding every few hours I'd have to wake my baby up in the middle of the night, she rarely woke on her own. Got to the point where I was like when am I supposed to stop doing this 🤷🏻‍♀️ no one tells you that!

One night neither of us woke up and she slept from 10pm and we woke up at 8am like 😮 she was 6 weeks old and I was like right that's it I'm not waking her up anymore and she slept through since.