My sister had to wake her daughter every 2 hours to feed until the jaundice was gone, it was about a week or so. Her child is screwed up at all and now she sleeps about 4 hours at a time at 4 weeks old.

It's not like you're just waking baby just because they said so, you're trying to clear babies system from the jaundice.

I never woke my LO to feed her, I let her sleep and she woke every 2-3hrs to eat. Only time I'd wake her to eat is if it was going on 4hrs. it's okay to let them sleep a little, its good for them. As long as baby is gaining weight and not losing, it's fine. My LO is 5mo now and perfectly healthy and at the correct weight for her age.

Every 2-3 hours. I never woke my son up to eat, I just waited till he was crying for food on his own!

Oh ok, then yeah you should probably continue

You're going to regret that. my dr made me do my 1st that way until she was like 4 months.... you're gonna screw yourself over waking the kid up like that. it becomes habit. trust me. she's not 20 months and STILL wakes every 2 hours.

@bianca_rose, we have waking due to his jaundice which is getting better. they wanted us to keep him full and everything moving out.

My baby is 2 months old and I breast feed but I don't wake her up to eat. I don't let her go more than 4 hours without eating though. And the doctor said she's 95% on the weight chart. It's okay for them to sleep. As long as baby isn't losing weight they're fine!

I never woke mine either, he'd wake up every hour and a half to nurse. did you ask the dr if you had to wake him?

Every 2-4 hours but on her demand. I just wouldn't go beyond 4 hours.

@mommacee2be it's ok for him to sleep. Don't feel bad! Babys will wake when they are hungry! give it a try and make even enjoy a little rest!

I never woke my son. I fed him whenever he was ready and now he's a healthy 4 month old 16lbs 12 oz little boy. lol they will let you know when they are hungry! !

I never woke my baby either

I never woke my baby to feed. she woke up automatically when she was hungry. which was usually every 2 hours. I would nurse whenever she wanted!

@foreveryoung247, I feel bad because I we have to wake him every 2 hours. I feel like he would just sleep if I let him. I guess I will keep waking him.

I breastfeed and it was always on demand, which was about every 1-2 hours. I never had to wake him.

No I never woke her, I do the "feed on demand" rather than a schedule so if she slept for say 3 hours, I would let her sleep and just pump at the two hour mark because I wanted my supply to be strong enough to pump and feed(: Their little bodies know what they need so baby will deff wake if hungry!

@kparis, did you have to wake your little one?

I bf so as often as the baby wanted to.

1-2 hours