Do you wake sleeping newborn to feed?

[aliceinwonderland]

Thank you everyone for your replies... DH got all worried and DID wake her (men!) and now she has had 50mls EBM and a 100mls of Karicare Gold +. She was (as usual) very hungry and happily guzzled the whole lot. Whilst I didn't "want" to wake her, she didn't seem to mind. We bathed her and she was back asleep within the hour. I was so amazed I then fell asleep myself, one arm in her bassinet. Who knew that was possible! As suggested, I will call the MCHN tomorrow to get their perspective on this situation. I know we should just be grateful that she is such a good sleeper and eater!

I think from now on, we will just be content to let sleeping babies lie. I very much appreciate everyone's input. There's not much in the books about babies who sleep all the time and eat everything put in front of them! I know it could all change tomorrow but here's hoping it doesn't. LOL. I feel much better having got other people's opinions.

As for breast-feeding, it has been very disappointing that it didn't come easily. It never occured to me it wouldn't! I joined the ABA, read the books... and on the day she was attached within two hours despite having a non-elective, elective caesar due to her being so big. According to the middies, she knew exactly what she was doing - I just wasn't up to the challenge and this is a problem they see often with the big ones. So she managed to just about graze my nipples off that first day and the lactation team in the hospital put me on a "rest and express" regime. And now, it seems that Maddie is so used to the instant gratification of the bottle that there is no question of putting in the effort herself to get to let down. She WILL nurse, if I have expressed recently (I am managing three times a day with an output of maybe 2-300mls all up) and she is not screamingly hungry but obviously doens't last long. I have a meeting with out ABA counsellor tomorrow to get some more strategies on this one. Whatever happens, at least she is getting some of the goodness via EBM even if I am missing out of the experience part.