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daikini 
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 Posted: 28 February 2008 at 12:19pm |
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I let them sleep... I figure, if they require it great! and it gives me a chance to rest a little longer or finish a couple of small jobs. I demand feed the first 6 weeks or so, then stretch it out to a 3-4 hourly routine after that.
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Maya
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 1:14pm |
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I woke all of mine three hourly. With Maya it worked brilliantly, she was a great sleeper and slept thru from 7 weeks.
With the gremlins it was a disaster, they had (and still have) high sleep needs, our Sleep Expert says that is prob due to them being a bit prem and having bad jaundice. If I'd left them during the day they would probably have slept 5+ hours, but I woke them ad as a result at night they would wake and scream for hours on end coz by the end of the day they were overtired and unsettled.
I plan to wake this bubs to feed every three hours but if it doesn't work for her will recognise the signs a lot sooner than I did with the gremlins!
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jack_&_charli
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:59pm |
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i demand fed both my kids, but as they were good sleepers (jack more than charli), if it got to 3.5hrs and no feed in the day, then i'd wake them
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Leish
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:04pm |
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Didn't wake Noah. He was always a really good sleeper and woke fairly regularly for feeding.
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:28pm |
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I let my girls sleep. I never had the premmie/not gaining weight thing for them so I didn't have to worry. (My kids gained weight or stayed even in the first week lol)
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:46pm |
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i had to feed every 3 hours with Rhiannon due to weight, but once she was on formula (at 4 wks) i just left her too it
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AliaDawn
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:54pm |
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Let him sleep as he liked, and demand fed him until about when he went onto solids. He was gaining tons of weight as a newbie, so there was no worries there.
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 8:14pm |
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Had to wake Lily 3 hourly as my milk supply took 10 days to come in and I needed her help to get it going. feed times were - 6am, 9, 12, 3, 6 9-10pm ish, then a wakeup around 2-3ish.
She never woke more than once a night till she got older and had the teeth issues etc, and now sleeps through no worries.
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 8:48pm |
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I fed Tom on demand bu wouldnt let him go any longer than 3hourly through the day. He was free to sleep as long as he liked at night. I have only just let him sleep as long as he likes during the day in the last month....no I would still wake him if he was going too long...well I "hint" at waking him...I start doing things in his room etc. WTF he just woke up?
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 8:55pm |
I had to wake Keziah 3 hourly as she was really badly jaundice and would have slept the day away otherwise. Nowadays she can barely last 2.5 hours without the boobie so I'm thinking I might try formula starting next week to see if that improves 
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Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:34pm |
I just wanted to qualify why I started waking Hannah. I originally let her sleep, but then she would wake reeeally hungry, gulp down as much milk as fast as she could and get a really windy tummy. Then would be screaming for milk 1/2 an hour later  I made sure to wake her so she wouldn't try to 'catch up' as it was driving me bonkers!!
Anyway, just to explain
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 6:40am |
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I used to to wake up Gina 3 hourly during the day at the begining and let her sleep until she woke up at night. She got into that routine very quickly so I hardly ever had to wake her up - and I was relaxed and waited for 4 hours if need be to let her sleep.
ETA: she's been sleeping thru the night for ages unless she's not feeling well ie teething/colds
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 7:20am |
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I have never woken my kids. I was advised to with Jeremy since his weight gain was so slow, but I could never bring myself to do it.
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AnnC
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 9:19pm |
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I think I had something to do with this thread being started so only right I add 'MY' opinion on what 'I' did..
I didn't wake... but having said that a couple of times rhyley slept past night feed 11pm and still asleep at 1am so woke him so i could get a better sleep.
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Posted: 29 February 2008 at 9:49pm |
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I had to wake James every 3 hours for the first 3 weeks as he was jaundice and lost quite a bit a weight after birth then 4 hourly after that we left him to it at night and then at 6 weeks I started feeding him on demand.
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did you wake them or let them sleep?
