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Do you ever wake a sleeping baby?

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sponge · 26/08/2004 14:58

I keep swearing that I will wake him up, after 4 hours at the very outside, to make sure his daytime feeding stays on track. But when it comes down to it, he's fast alseep and I'm getting some peaceful time to myself to get things done or relax, I just never seem to be able to bring myself to do it.
Of course I know that this will just lead to more feeding and less sleeping later, when I can handle the fuss even less and dd will be home, but I still can't bring myself to disturb the peace of the moment.

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KateandtheGirls · 26/08/2004 15:02

How old is he Sponge?

fuzzywuzzy · 26/08/2004 16:13

I probably sound completely evil, but yes I did. When my milk first came in, and I felt permenantly engorged I'd semi-wake dd just to get the pressure off, she didn't seem to mind and the mw was terribly impressed that her weight had gained not gone down as she expected of most newborns. It didn't/hasn't altered dd's sleep patterns, mind you she's now 18 months so I've obviously wiped those first sleepless weeks from memory....

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sponge · 26/08/2004 16:15

He's 3 weeks and is gaining weight so I'm not worried from that point of view. He's woken up now .

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fee77 · 26/08/2004 16:20

I always have, and still do. I give DD her last bottle any time after 8, but she is usually tired and in bed by 7.30. I find it a real struggle to fit everything in to the day!

Chandra · 26/08/2004 16:22

I would wake him, but that's me. I found that having a more regular feeding pattern also helped me to predict when I could get a nap, some food, take a shower, etc. Otherwise it was Murphy's law ruling...

Davros · 26/08/2004 17:11

NEVER! and mine both had no trouble developing regular sleep/nap patterns (even the one with ASD)

emmatmg · 26/08/2004 17:11

Yep, woken all 3 DS's for feeding for the exact reason Chandra does.

handbagaddiction · 26/08/2004 18:07

From memory I think I only woke dd up initially if she was going to go more than 4 hours for a feed - if that makes sense? Can't remember the loads of sleep phase lasting for too long though and pretty soon she worked herself onto a 3 hourly feed/sleep cycle.....until about 6:00pm when she suddenly seemed to want to feed constantly every hour.....

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