Breastfeeding Help

At the beginning I did once I was in the 3 weeks I wait until baby wake up. If you pump you can do that also.

In the beginning, you wake them up to feed them every 3 hours. Then, once they're gaining weight steadily, its okay for them to wake up to feed. If you're unsure, Doctors can clear them from being woken up based on growth.

In the beginning, yes. Or you could lose your supply. Hopefully, your body and baby get on the same schedule. Otherwise, you'll have to keep it up with pumping. My daughter was a terrible latcher, which means I had to wake up every 3 hours for about 3 months to pump to try and keep up my supply. We ended up switching to formula because I had to be on antibiotics for an infection, and it totally died up my supply. I was sad but it was also such a weight lifted because I didn't have to worry about pumping or my supply.

You should be feeding every 3 hours until they gain back their birth weight. I follow the Taking Cara Babies sleep course which recommends feeding every 3 hours during the day and then feeding on demand during the night. The frequent daytime feedings should help baby be full at night and wake less frequently

I only did that the first week at her checkup she was over her birth weight so just fed on demand/when she woke

I've fed to demand since he was born and he has been more than fine weight wise and has had plenty of nappies. I don't wake him up just feed when he is ready

let the baby sleep and just feed on demand x

Feed on demand, unless baby isn't back up to birth weight yet but if they're that young I'm surprised they aren't waking to eat themselves x

It depends on your baby. How old is your baby? Did they gain birth weight by 2 weeks? Do they gain weight at least 500g per month? Do they have history of losing weight? Do they feed well during the day and evening before the sleep?

Depending on their age and answers to the above questions, you can let them sleep 4,5,6 or more hours without a feed. Babies can sleep through the hunger feeling

Nope, fed on demand for both

My son at every 2 hours. He didn’t latch well so I had to pump every 2 hours and then every 3 hours, 30 min each time. Once you hit 12 weeks your supply is regulated but you can still lose it if you’re not removing milk effectively. Breastfed babies are fed on demand and most eat about every 2-3 hours but there are some babies who like to nurse more or just for comfort. Look for babies hunger cues and fed when you see them ☺️

You wake up and feed until they pass their birth weight then you can wait for baby to wake up

I only fed on demand for all 3 of my babies but they always woke every 1-4 hours. My 8 month old still wakes up to nurse several times a night.