Night time feed question

[Sprk]

I'm wondering if we are feeding enough at night...personally I've been happy to let a sleeping baby sleep and then tell me when she's hungry. She had a feed around 8:30 pm, gets in her jammies, a top up feed around half nine that can last till about 10 pm. She'll then sleep till around 3 or 3:30 am (this feed can take quite a while sometimes - last night didn't get back to sleep till 5) and will then sleep till 8 or even 9 in the morning. She seems ok with it, I'm ok with it, but I'm wondering if I should be waking her to feed.

 

[Durhamchance]

Never wake a sleeping baby x

 

[vampysgirl]

I breastfed my first one and I NEVER woke him for it. He came when he was hungry. That way you don't overfeed neither

 

[Maud]

Not unless she has a weight gain issue and/or your midwives have told you to wake for feeds (we had to for a little while and it was not fun!).

 

[Jajis]

How old is your LO? In the early days it's important to feed overnight in order to build up your supply, not sure how long it's important for, but I think it's at about 6 weeks that your supply starts to settle down? Until then I think the suggestion is not to let them go without a feed for more than four hours at a time (although I know how horrible it feels to set an alarm and give up precious ).

However, if they're a bit older then I'd definitely leave them to sleep, and enjoy it!

 

[Sprk]

She's ten says old. She feeds really well during the day and tbh, I've been very happy to just let her sleep at night. Talked to the mw today and she didn't have any issues with it. We haven't had any weight issues....8 lb 1 oz when born...lost about 4 oz during the first few days, but by 1 week old she was back to 8 lb 2 oz and feels even heavier now.

 

[leesey]

Your supply will build up to suit your baby, not your alarm. Scheduling feeds won't do your supply any favours, just go with baby's signals xx