Tanya - the whole waking thing is a bit controversial between midwives. I would think by now if he is feeding well at feeds and wakes on some regular basis eg 4 hrs you should just be letting him sleep. Is he back near or over birth weight yet??? I think in the early days many are pretty persistent on the regular feeds to ensure your supply gets the kick start it needs and baby's weight gets reboosted after the initial losses of the first couple of days and cause babys can be very sleepy in those early days.

With my first I remember waking him on the 4hrs (not 3) until one midwife said no leave him (at six days old) he will wake when he's hungry (and mine wasn't the keenest of feeders) and he did and continued to wake 3-4 hourly during the day and had a long sleep at night. This also allowed my supply to settle into a pattern which matched his. I also found that after the first week or so I could express occassionally and use a bottle occassionally without upsetting my supply or his attachment.

It's different for everyone I know but just thought I'd tell you my experiences.


In short unless he's always sleeping a long time between feeds (and by long I mean six hours) or is just a baby who's always sleepy and not interested in feeding (which from what you've mentioned about night times he's not) - I'd be going by the rule don't wake a sleeping baby.

IK - bring on Tuesday - good to see you've found a system that will get you through to then with minimal pain to you and Oscar.

Anyway had better get on with the rest of the day - DH has ideas about going to the local country races today if the weather breaks so need to get a few things done by then. Samuel should also be due for a feed about now have to go check if he's still asleep. Unlike DS#1 this one has is own personal internal alarm that usually goes off every three hours on the dot.

Enjoy your sunday ladies.

Jess - hope Patrick is doing a bit better today and his oxygen levels are staying up- DS#1 had bronchiolitis as a baby but no where near as young as Patrick -you are in my thoughts.