Would you wake a newborn to feed at night

My DC usually goes about every 4 hours to eat. the past 2 nights she is sleeping past the 4 hours, and I have to wake her to feed her.

When i do wake her she is starving and eats with no problem.

But I know people say you shouldn't wake a sleeping baby esp. during the night. But will it be bad if I let her go longer than her normal time?
Will it throw her off her schedule?

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Are you nursing her? If so, the most I would let her sleep is 4 hours. This way your milk supply becomes regulated. Otherwise I wouldn't wake her. How long is she sleeping?

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I didn't wake DS = he was the waker, and I was wakee

I gave him a bottle every 4 1/2 hours during the day and then his last bottle was at 12:00 and he slept for about 6 hours - I think that would be 5 bottles per day.

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Posted by nora101004

I didn't wake DS = he was the waker, and I was wakee

I gave him a bottle every 4 1/2 hours during the day and then his last bottle was at 12:00 and he slept for about 6 hours - I think that would be 5 bottles per day.

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I NEVER woke my DD to feed her. She always got up on her own during the night to eat when she was hungry.

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I wouldn't wake a sleeping baby. She will wake up if she is hungry.

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Erin is 17 days old and I do NOT wake her at night to eat. She wakes when she is hungry. She has gone 6 hours sleeping at night and I let her

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DS is awake every one and half last nite! then wouldnt go to sleep form 3-5...i was sooo tired and out of it!...i was BFing...but i think he stopped feeding was just sucking...how do you know the difference? being half asleep...i didntknow!

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DS is 12 days old, and his ped said to wake him during the day if he goes more than 4 hours without waking to feed (he is also FF only), but during the night let him go however long he wants to sleep. Last night he had one 6 hour stretch without feeding (he was up 3 of those hours wailing, but it wasn't time to feed him yet when he finally passed out).

I'm feeding every 3-4 hours during the day. How is DC when you are feeding at night? I think DS has his days and nights mixed up--he is IMPOSSIBLE to get to sleep during the night, but he's been sleeping perfectly since 7AM (waking him once to feed around 10:30/11AM)...

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Never.
When she was a newborn, I only woke Lily to eat during the day..to get her on a schedule, and to make sure she ate enough during the day, so she would sleep at night.

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Wow, that's great she has that long of a stretch between feedings that young! I wouldn't wake her!

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I would ask your ped. My ped said not to let them go past four hours during the day or six hours at night. I had very small babies, don't know if that made a difference.

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NO WAY! LOl DD is 2 months old and has been taking her last feeding at about 11 pm and giving us a good 6 hour stretch since 3 wks old....I wouldn't wake a baby ....they will let you know when they are hungry...