Do y’all wake your baby’s up ?

I wake my 2 month old every 4/5 hrs as she tends to go over at night and I worry she will be hungry or end up with nappy rash if I don’t get her up and sort her out.
Is this unnecessary or normal x?

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I never did that. When he cried at night, I fed and changed him then. Its not necessary to schedule that stuff in my opinion . Why get up if you don’t have to 😆😆 your baby is beautiful btw 😊

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she’s my first so maybe I’m a little paranoid and over the top 🙈😂😂😂

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I’m on my first & let him sleep once he starts active sleeping & seems to start fussing I’ll feed a little then change his diaper then finish feeding until he’s calm

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Nope, my 1 month old slept from 9pm to 2.30am last night, best sleep for ages!! As long as they are gaining weight and are having plenty of wet and dirty nappies it's fine to leave them.

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This is my first baby as well! Congratulations btw.
Jaxon is a month and 3 days now and I allow him to sleep as much as he likes. When he cries I wake him, breast feed him burp him and put him back in swaddle he sleeps very well and stays up for a good amount of time as well.
In my opinion I wouldn’t wake baby up let them tell you when they are hungry 💕

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When you do the last nappy before bed, use a barrier cream - if they don’t wake then this will help towards preventing nappy rash. Most nappies these days are good keeping babies dry, but if they happen to poo and you don’t catch it, then this will help.
Also, if you let them sleep through and you find that they are leaking without that nappy change, try them in the next size up for bed.

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My 9 month old sleeps through the night so I don’t find it necessary to wake her now but I did wake her up when she was less that 4/5 months

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Yup I have to wake mine up every 2hrs per Dr orders to feed because he's a preemie and they need baby to gain weight otherwise he will just sleep and not get the nutrients he needs

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No no no they wake up when they are hungry all by themselves there is no need to wake them. This is just what they do in the hospital check every 4 hours to see that you are feeding baby. Please let your baby rest they mainly sleep, eat and poop.

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My 8 week old sometimes goes 8/9 hours at night and I never wake him! These babies aren't shy they'll let us know when they're hungry 🤣 unless she's underweight let her sleep, and let yourself sleep!

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Always been told not to wake them up, they know when they feel hungry and wake themselves. also it’s such a luck if they sleep for some hours in a row that you don’t really want to wake them up 😀

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