Feeding

Hey y’all. So my seven week old son has been sleeping through the night recently and I haven’t been waking him up to eat. 10:45-6 or 7am is usually what he will sleep. The only thing is that he’s eating about 4-6 times a day because he’s sleeping through the night and then we feed him every 3-4 hours. He doesn’t get fussy or cry typically so I think he’s okay but I was just wondering what other moms are doing or if I need to be worried about his intake. He’s typically drinkign 4oz but we have been working our way up to 5oz this last week or two.

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If little guy doesn’t look like he’s loosing weight or is skinny I wouldn’t worry about it. My little dude slept through the night for about the first month and then started waking up once or twice a night for a feeding. And he’s totally good. A doctor would probably tell you to wake him up to feed him but if he looks good I wouldn’t pass up a full night of sleep.

Jealoussssss lol my little one hasn’t worked there way to sleeping through the night & she’s 6 weeks today 😭😭😭😭

This is perfect! They have differentiated between day and night already. Keep feeding on demand during the day (if BF) and enjoy the peace at night!)

I would say let him sleep and get that sleep as long as you can. Our little girl started sleeping 8h straight pretty soon and she did loose some weight. But after few weeks she started waking up and never slept through the night until she was 13 months old

SO they say that babies should have between 150-200ml per kilogram.
So my daughter is 4.2 kg (6 weeks) so she should have between 630-840/24h
Usually she is eating 780-800 :)
And she also sleeps the night, so I wouldn’t be worried about it as long as he is gaining weight and has wet nappies.

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