Waking baby to feed...

When did you stop waking your newborn baby to feed?
During the day & During the night
Breast feed or Formula feed?

Just wanting to know what others have done as I can't remember what I did with the last two.

I don't think I've really had that problem. But during the day, I would probably not stretch to more than 4 hours between feeds. At night, if bubs wants to sleep, let him! If he's sleeping well at night, I would probably feed more often during the day.

Overnight - I did it at around 6 weeks when weight gains were consistently good. He stopped waking around 3 months for feeds.

During the day he didn't really work like that as he was a crap sleeper.

We formula fed.


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i never woke DD1 for a feed, with DD2 i woke for the first 2 weeks due to jaundice, after that i didnt wake, both were breastfed

During the day I would...every three to four hourly particularly my prems but night time no I wouldn't.
If they missed a feed at night I would try and fit in an extra during the day

lol my rule is NEVER wake a sleeping baby at night. Unless you are medically instructed to. During the day i will wake after 4 hours. But never ever at night. All my kids were formula fed.

I never ever wake my bub, but she rarely sleeps so i have never had to. :lol:

Both my girls were breastfed : Both were also Jaundice
So for the first two weeks until their jaundice had gone I woke them up every four hours for a feed around the clock.
Then I would let them sleep for however long during the night, and they never slept much during the day, so it was a problem.

Dd1 and Ds both had to be, they really struggled with their weight. Dd was a premmie and had trouble attaching and sucking and Ds had bad reflux. Both were on three hourly feeds and then four hours for a couple of months. Dd2 we never woke her up, so only do it if you need to.

I've never really had that problem :lol:
In general, I would say 4-6 weeks, once you're assured baby's on track and breastfeeding's established, then it would be fine to let them sleep (all seeming ok)

Around 5 weeks when DD finally 'woke up' :lol: and started feeding well and gaining weight consistently. Before that she was super sleepy and not gaining enough weight.

When DS was born I had to wake and feed him every 3 hours but he was a premmie baby. At about 4 weeks the health nurse told me I didn't have to do that anymore as he was gaiing weight like a champ and to just feed him when he wakes but not let him go longer than 4 hours during the day. During the night I just let him go as long as he wanted but lately have taken to dream feeding him to get him through the night more soundly. I BF.

We kept DD on a very tight routine when it came to feeds when she FINALLY came home from hospital at 6 1/2 weeks.

But once she got to about 3 months we just let her sleep.
It wasn't worth waking her up to feed her, as she wouldn't go back to sleep properly.

If bub wants to sleep all night, just let him. Provided he's been putting on weight.

So far, I've never needed to wake her during the day (6wks) as she seems to hate sleeping. At night, on occassion, I've dream-fed.

We breastfeed.

I always woke at 4hourly during the day with the last feed around 7 or 8pm. Then not wake them during the night at all (I agree with all the other comments) if bub is not underweight or premature. My babies are breastfed

I woke them during the day after 3-4 hrs in the first few weeks, never at night (though waking wasn't a problem!:lol:) I woke them in the day in the hopes of getting the day/night sorted, especially for DD who was awake nearly all night for the first few weeks and wanted to sleep long periods in the day. Both breastfed.
I think if they are over about 3kg/7lb you probably don't need to wake them (definitely not at night), unless they are jaundiced or something.

Oh I forgot to say, I did dreamfeed them both on my way to bed until they were over 6 months (but that didn't involve waking them up)

Ds was 4 weeks early and had jaundice so as per the doctor's orders we fed 3 hourly during the day and 4 hourly at night. During the first 3 weeks or so this always involved setting an alarm and waking him (common for premie/jaundiced babies) - he preferred sleep over anything including eating. Once he hit a good weight (and I can't remember when or what that was) and the jaundice was well gone, DS dictated when he ate - and he still doesn't sleep through the night but he's not yet 6 months so that's OK with me (and he's stretching out his night sleep slowly on his own).

i never wake a sleeping baby :lol: (but, as others have mentioned if bubs is a prem then it's a whole different ball game!).

(we BF so not sure if the same goes with FF...).