Hi,
Prem babies are just on their L-plates. They look like they can do it, but you need to be in there beside them. Soon you can demand feed her, but right now she might be too sleepy and yound to actually demand (you will know she is able to demand a feed when she beats your three hourly alarm and YELLS for it. No, you can't go 4-5 hours over night
I'm going to disagree (sorry). It can depend on thier size and when they leave hospital. Dd1 was my 30 weeker born at 1.6kg. We left hosptal at 37 weeks and 2.7 kg. She never stirred for her 3 hourly feeds so I got the nurses to push her to 4 hourly and she started stirring for feeds then. Our first night home she wouldn't wake at 4.5 hourly mark and DH and I spent an hour trying to wake her. Went into another hospital and saw our usual doctor who told us we were mad to wake her, keep to 3-4 hr feeds in the day and let her wake at night when she wants as she's now considered term.

Dd2 is my 34 weeker at 2.7kgs and currently in the SCN and I mentioned 4 hourly feeds to the nurse and her response is that some can and some can't depends on thier weight size etc.