newborn feeding advice pls!

[i5kiwiii]

hi! i hope this make sense but do i still wake my newborn girl up at 11pm, even though she woke up wanting a feed at 10:30pm? should i still feed her? or should i just check her nappy and soothe her back to sleep? do i push the other times i should wake to feed her earlier or stick to the times? i gave birth to her today so im very very new to all of this haha!!

help and advice is much appreciated:)

Hi OP. Are you breast feeding or bottle?
Generally, they feed every 2h or so. If she fed at 10:30, don't wake her again. She will wake when she's hungry. If she didn't wake and it's been between 2-3h then you can try waking.

DD1 didn't wake up almost all night the first night and wasn't interested in feeding but that was okay because babies have 'reserve' fat from your placenta for the first couple of days.

DS2 was like clockwork every 2h on the dot

Don’t wake her!!! A newborn will tell you when it’s hungry

Yes don't wake after 30 mins. Give it 2 to 3 hours before you do. Congrats!

The first poster is very wrong. At one day old they don't always'wake when they are hungry' it is very much up to us to wake them. Mine breastfed every 2-3 hours in the early days and if that meant waking then that's what I did.

Feed your newborn when she's hungry but at least every 3 hours. There aren't special times she has to have a feed (who told you this?).

As she's still tiny and may not yet always show you she's hungry, it's best to wake her up (can take her clothes off and have her skin to skin if she's a bit sleepy) and offer a feed every 3 hours. If she's really not interested wait an hour and offer again,

If she's persistently not interested in feeding check in with your midwife,

If she wakes up and wants to feed then feed her regardless of how long it's been since the last feed. Little babies will sometimes have several feeds close together and then a longer gap,

Most important thing is

• she's having 8 feeds in 24 hours

-she's waking for or is wakable for most of her feeds

• she's having wet and dirty nappies in line with her age (more than this is fine, this is minimums)

Day 1- 1 black sticky poo and 1 pee Day 2- 1 or 2 poos (may still be black and sticky or may be changing) and 2 pees Day 3- 1 or 2 poos (lighter, less sticky, maybe green) and 3 pees Day 4- 2 poos (changing to yellow/brown) and 6 pees Day 5- 2 or 3 yellow poos (at least as big as a £2 coin) and 6 pees.

If there are red or orange marks in her nappy on more than two occasions or she is consistently having fewer wet or dirty nappies than expected check in with your midwife.

Congratulations on your new LO @i5kiwiii

If your baby has when at 10.30 pm and fed and is happily asleep I personally would not wake them again.

Has someone given you a time schedule for feeds?

If you’re bottle feeding then you’ll need to feed her every 3 hours ish. Wake her up if she doesn’t wake up, but the 3 hours starts from the time you gave a previous feed if that makes sense. So if she fed at 10.30pm wake her up about 1.30am.

Once your baby is up to their birth weight again you can stop waking to feed if the health visitor is happy with the weight gain but by that point you’ll probably find your baby wakes you up crying because she’s hungry! Newborns can be a bit sleepy so you need to wake them.