candyfloss
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Does anyone wake their LO for feeds during the day?
William (just over 3 wks old) has been going anywhere from one - four hours between feeds during the day, depending on if he's awake/sleeping.....but he's still bad sleeping at night, I think as he's had long sleeps during the day?! Last night had last feed at 10 (woke him at 9.30 for it), then straight to sleep til 1.10 but then awake til 5.10! Had both boobs, 2 bottles of expressed (both with just under 3oz in!) before he went back to sleep properly! Then up again at 8.
So today I've been making sure he's not had a long sleep as much a possible...talking to him, playing with him on his mat etc and waking him once 3 hrs has passed regardless of when he fell asleep, so has been fed at 8.30, 11.30, 1.30, 3.30, 5.45 and has dozed in between but not for more than an hr and a half. I woke him for the 1.30 feed, but he's asked for the others.
Is this type of approach (ie no long daytime nap) likely to help the night feeding/waking? Or am I been mean in waking him?
William (just over 3 wks old) has been going anywhere from one - four hours between feeds during the day, depending on if he's awake/sleeping.....but he's still bad sleeping at night, I think as he's had long sleeps during the day?! Last night had last feed at 10 (woke him at 9.30 for it), then straight to sleep til 1.10 but then awake til 5.10! Had both boobs, 2 bottles of expressed (both with just under 3oz in!) before he went back to sleep properly! Then up again at 8.
So today I've been making sure he's not had a long sleep as much a possible...talking to him, playing with him on his mat etc and waking him once 3 hrs has passed regardless of when he fell asleep, so has been fed at 8.30, 11.30, 1.30, 3.30, 5.45 and has dozed in between but not for more than an hr and a half. I woke him for the 1.30 feed, but he's asked for the others.
Is this type of approach (ie no long daytime nap) likely to help the night feeding/waking? Or am I been mean in waking him?