Do/did y’all feed your newborn every 3 hours?! He’s on a every 3 hour feeding schedule while in the hospital and they…

I did 3 hours with the last one

It depends on the reasoning. If there were some medical issues, then I would

If there isnt any, I would until baby is at or above birth weight.

My baby was above his birth weight by a week old, but he woke up like clock work every 2 hours.

If you were advised to that then you should. His bilirubin count could be high and eating frequently can help bring it down.

We were on a 3 hour schedule but I never would wake to feed. My baby girl was almost 10 lbs when she was born. If she was hungry she would wake up

I was on an every 2 hour schedule and it was rough. My son was jaundice so it was on medical advice that I do that. We used alarms.

After he was cleared, and the doctors said we could do on demand, he kept up the 2 hour schedule on his own for quite a while. He started sleeping through the night by a month or 2. Then it ended up being feeds every 2-2.5 hours during the day until he was 7 or 8 months old.

I fed all my babies on demand, I did not wake them to eat. I’m not a medical professional though...

I think it depends on baby and weight gain. I had preemies, they needed to eat every 3 hrs. At 4 months their ped wanted me to wake them through the night and I couldn't. They were gaining like they should do I let them sleep, if they would of had trouble I def would have made it work.

I didn’t however when I left the hospital they didn’t advise that, especially since my daughter never lost any weight while being in the hospital lol. I went by her cues she’d wake up when she’s hungry, as long as she had good diaper output I wasn’t worried.