Usually if they are nicu babies they tell you to wake them to eat. If they are gaining on the curve then they should be good.

Omg! I feel like I’m the only who’s newborn baby woke up literally every hour to breastfeed and boy was that hard! I felt so bad for my older kids they had to feed themselves and momma was always tired! I did wake up my two older kids every two hours but only for a few weeks then once baby got adjusted it became every 3 hours just because I wanted to do what I was told was right and I didn’t know better. Don’t worry you will learn as you go and your baby’s pediatrician will explain and teach you lots😘

My son had jaundice, so the doctors had me feed him every 2 hours so he’d poop more and cause the bilirubin levels to go down. So there was a medical reason to wake him up in our situation.

In the hospital I woke my babies up and feed them because that’s what they want you to do !! But once I get home I feed babies when they wake up I sleep when they sleep !! I’m not waking them up to eat every 2hrs if the not awake now if they still sleep at the 4th hr I’d wake them and feed them

My daughter was born small, but had no issues gaining weight. She woke up every 3 hours for the first few weeks, but after that started sleeping longer and we were told to just allow her to sleep and feed her when she wakes up.

Do what the doctor says. We had to wake my daughter for the longest time, but she was also born with low blood sugar and had trouble gaining her weight back- typically I think it’s only a few weeks, but listen to them and ask if they don’t tell you. This is one of those things you can’t listen to friends and family about.

If breastfeeding id suggest feeding every 2-3 hrs around the clock (waking baby) until you get your milk then as long as baby is gaining weight and healthy id allow baby to wake when hungry.

Once both of mine were back up to birthweight, which they were by 1 week, I stopped waking them.

My son's doctor said if there are no concerns about their weight, then it's fine to let them sleep. Our son was small to begin with and had trouble gaining weight so we woke him up every 3 hours until he was about 6 weeks old. It really depends on the situation. Hopefully baby number two doesn't have weight issues so we don't have to wake her up too! It was awful waking a baby that wanted to sleep.

My son was born weighing 5 lbs so it was really important that he nurse every two hours. I set an alarm and fed him every two hours until the drs felt he had gained enough weight and could skip a feeding here or there. I think it’s one of those things you have to wait and see on. I tried not to make any plans until my son was born and I tried to just support his needs. It made my life a lot less disappointing because I didn’t have very many expectations.

@shelby.wrightx3, my son slept through the night literally since day 1 from the hospital lol and he would love to sleep all day maybe cried once or twice in the morning but other than that he slept ! So I had no choice but too wake him up my doctor said

@shelby.wrightx3, I always woke my son up too feed him ! And then he went right back to sleep after I burped and changed him !

I never woke my boys up.. they were small but slowly gaining weight, having a good amount of dirty diapers, and slept through the night at birth.

I think you have to wake them up to eat until tgey double there birth weight. Then you can go by there ques. My lo woke up every 2 to 3 hours to eat. Never failed. Til about 4 months. Then he started sleeping longer stretches at night.

Baby will let you know Never wake sleeping baby they know what they need

Depends on how well they are feeding. If they are feeding poorly you should wake them. If they are feeding well and making diapers they can sleep longer.

My daughter never really slept longer than 2-3 hours at a time when she was new really lol she always would wake up on her own when she was hungry in that time span. When she got older I'd let her sleep though, sometimes she would sleep a little too long and I would go ahead and wake her, but just feed her when she woke up. She's fine lol and a fat baby now at that 😂 your mama instincts will kick in and you'll know what your baby needs 💕 Don't worry!

@shelby.wrightx3, I think you’ll know what’s gonna work for y’all once the baby is here lol

I'd never wake a sleeping baby

@tota., this is what I’ve heard a lot too. I have no idea what I’m doing so this is the most conflicting thing so far for me

@flower_princess, see that’s what I was taught but everyone in my family and my close friends all say different that I should do that until they’re in a routine and after a couple weeks I shouldn’t wake them unless they wake up ?

I let my baby sleep as long as she wanted. I never woke her up. She always woke up at the 2 hours mark anyways. Then she started sleeping through the night so I didn’t wake her up. I figured she’ll wake up when she’s hungry. She gained weight just fine.

You have to feed them every 2-3 you can always sleep when they sleep but set an alarm