Do i wake him?

[LoisP]

My son is 1 week old. He feeds fine during the day, will take 3 onces every 3-4 hours... but at night, he doesnt seem to wake for a feed. Should i wake him? or let him sleep?

 

[bbyno1]

Does he sleep through the entire night already?!x

 

[KiansMummy]

Id leave him to sleep, if he was hungry surely hed wake up?X

 

[angel2010]

If he was older, I would def say leave him. At 1wk though I would prob wake him at least every 4 hrs to feed.

 

[bethx]

id wake him at this age but as he gets older go ahead and leave him, right now i think hes a little to little. x

 

[pansylove]

same! midwife says to wake her x

 

[llsarahll]

I wouldn't wake him up but that's IMO I let my little one tell me wn he is hungry xx

 

[x__amour]

Is Shaun sleeping through the night already?
You are really supposed to feed them every 4 hours until they're a bit older. My doctor said sleeping through one 5 hour period was okay but no more than one, other than that you have to wake them up!

 

[Kerry.]

For the first few days after giving birth to my LO he was sleepy and the midwife said to wake him every 3-4, but definitely don't let him go any longer than 6. x

 

[lozzy21]

At a week old id feed after 4 hours even if baby dosent wake up. You dont want LO to loose too much weight.

 

[LoisP]

thaaaaaaaanks xx

 

[NovMom]

Our baby was the same way. Our doctor told us to wake him every 3 hours for the first 14 days and if at that point he was back up to his birth weight, we could feed on demand through the night.

 

[Gemz01]

Lois, Ava is the same! I am letting her sleep as my midwife said its fine.