did you wake them or let them sleep?
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Topic: did you wake them or let them sleep?
Posted By: my2angels
Subject: did you wake them or let them sleep?
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 10:22pm
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Following on from the Doco thread just out of curiosity who woke thier baby for feeds and who let them sleep?
I woke them. in fact with kobe we had to wake him, guess all to do with the prem thing but at the start he just slept all the time we had heaps of trouble getting him to wake to feed and he would just sleep through feeds. The 4 hour routine worked so well with him we just carried it on with addison although we were a little more relaxed. |
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 10:31pm
| never woke ella to feed her....i swear by our routine...she has slept 12 hours solid since about three months (if not earlier) hardly any wake ups unless sick! |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 10:37pm
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I didn't watch the doco, but I woke Lauren every 3 hours as she had jaundice and would have slept for days on end!
She now sleeps through from 8pm till around 6am, so I am happy! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 10:38pm
I'm sooooo jealous Bombshell! Lucas still wakes 1-3times per night for breastfeed! He won't nod off unless he has titty as well! 
I've always left him to sleep for as long as he wants unless he is sick like BS mentioned above. ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 11:00pm
| We had to wake Jack as he was jaundice and also wouldn't feed in the early days, so he was on 3 hourly. I don't wake him anymore though, he pretty much goes 3-4hours unless its a hot day and he wants more milk for thirst. Give him a dreamfeed at night and he sleeps right through till 4.30am at 7 weeks old! Not bad I reckon! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 12:01am
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To begin with I had to wake Josh as he was a jaundice, but after that was sorted I let him wake himself. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 12:20am
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Both of mine woke themselves 2-3 hourly to feed in the early months. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 12:23am
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Mine to Mel. Ive never had a problem with a baby sleeping thru feeds (damn it)!! My kids all LOVED their boobie too much ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 4:56am
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Prem babies here too so was waking them every 3 hours for feeds. Aoife came home at 1.6kgs so her weight gain was important.
Also the neonatal unit run 3 hourly routines so we came home with routined babies. And I think demand feeding twins would just be a recipe for disaster 
We're at 4 hourly routine now as this gives me more time to rest and allows for extra time to top up the baby that's going through the growth spurt
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Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:28am
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I let Ollie wake when he was ready to feed. In saying that he was fine at birth (not prem, no jaundice etc), had great weight gains and fed regularly anyway so there was no need for it. ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:17am
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I let him sleep, but then he only ever fed 2-2.5 hourly of his own accord so I was definitely not gonna encourage feeding more frequently than that. On a couple of rare occasions when he has had a mammoth afternoon sleep I would wake him once it got to between 4-5 hours since his last feed. (but that probably only happened once or twice).
I would definitely be for having a routine and waking if I had twins though, demand feeding one is ok with two I think it would be impossible. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:28am
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I was told to wake Charlotte every 3 hours, what a mission, she just wanted to sleep!
I will NOT do that with any more we may have. They do tend to come into their own reutine eventually. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:49am
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Paige woke 3 hourly. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 7:51am
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McKayla the first week put herself into a 3 hour feeding schedule and 4 hourly at night. Then the second week she changed to 2 hours during day and still 4 hours during night. Then third week it was 4 hours during the day and 4 hours at night. She repeated this until six weeks and then at the seventh week it was 3 hours day and 4 hours night.
She never went over that but I will wake them up every 5 hours if I had a child that actually slept during the day. At night I wont wake up unless I feel they didnt have enough and worried about weight ect. I demand fed and will do that with the next one as well. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 8:57am
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I have routine fed both my girls. Pretty much 3 hourly during the day - I wake them - but leave them to it at night. Greer only wakes twice at night and I'm sure its cos she is getting lots of milk during the day so doesnt need it at night. Hannah was sleeping 12 hours by 10 weeks and I put that down to our routine as well. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 9:02am
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Luke would feed every 2 - 2.5 hours he would wake for a feed. Sometimes if he didn't afer 3 -4 hours I would wake him. Depending on the day and how well his day was going.!!!
Mum2lucas i know what u mean Luke has woken at night to be BF. He used to sleep through from 3 months he used to do 6pm - 6am then that all changed at 5 months. Now have got him into only waking 1 time usually at 4 or 5am. He now sleeps from 7pm to 4 am heaps better than waking up to 8 times a night to feed. Can u believe it !!!!  Little monkey! But now we are on the right track, he's sleeping better and so is the whole household. -------------  
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Posted By: Alisa
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 9:07am
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Sam had jaundice and born with very low blood sugars so we had to wake him for feeds. Now he goes to bed at 6.30pm, we still give him a quick feed at 10.30pm and then he sleeps till 7am at the earliest. ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 9:25am
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i dont wake...although EVERYONE tells me i should.. and he was getting more good nights than bad(where he would sleep 3 hours at a time) though we have had two bad ones so far but he is only 4 weeks..i will continue to just let him find his own routine until about 6-8 weeks then will see how we go... he sleeps anywhere from 2-4.5 hours during the day.. if i wake him(tried it twice) he sleeps much worse at night) babies..they are all so different!!!:( ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 11:23am
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I let Jack do his own thing an he slept terribly.
I woke Caprece 3 hourly and she slept terribly. Some babies are just bad sleepers no matter what you do. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 12:02pm
| I woke Hannah 3hrly during the day. At night let her sleep. She was a good sleeper as a baby. (Terrible as a toddler but that's another story!) |
Posted By: daikini
Date 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. ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Maya
Date 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! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date 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 ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Leish
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date 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) ------------- |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AliaDawn
Date 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 By: miss
Date 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 By: peanut butter
Date 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 By: Neeks
Date 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 By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 10:34pm
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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 By: yummymummy
Date 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 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Spudling
Date 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. ------------- http://tickers.families.com"> 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date 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. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date 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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |