(6 Day Old Baby girl)

Call triage, let them know she's feeding less, not waking for feeds, has she lost weight? . Jaundice can be a vicious cycle. It makes babies tired which makes them feed less, which makes them tired which makes the feed less....

Jaundice can worsen over days 3-7 and it can need treatment under lights, so it might have been ok when it was checked with midwife but might have increased since.

Both my girls had this and need treatment under the lights. Triage should get baby reviewed by the doctors to rule out high jaundice levels.

My son was like this, he never woke up for feeds and he never cried if he had wet/ dirty nappies either, he still doesn’t and he’s 9 months next week! we set timers every 3 hours to feed him until about 8 weeks old I think it was, because he wouldn’t cry even if he was hungry, he’s always been healthy, I would try not to worry too much about it unless of course your gut feeling is something is really wrong then definitely take her to see gp even if it’s to put your mind at ease

If she’s a little bit jaundice it tracks she’s more sleepier than you’d expect. Keep feeding her every 2-3 hours, even dream feeds when sleeping until 2/3 months or so. After that, as long as her weight is on track, let her sleep through the night and enjoy the rest yourself 🙂. Xx

Thats newborns for you. My baby was the same. Two weeks time it will be a different story. Just wake baby up every three hours for feeds if not the jaundice will get worse.

My son could not be woken up for almost the first month. We undressed him, changed him, bugged him and nothing worked. A cold cloth was the only thing that kinda worked and even then he’d just fall right back asleep after latching. At one point he went over 6 hours without eating. I had to pump and we supplemented after breastfeeding by giving him my milk thru a tube. It was so hard, but eventually he woke up more and got the hang of feeding. Now he’s 4 months and 18 lbs! He was also jaundiced so tube supplementing with pumped milk and also sun baths (5 mins each side) got him normal in a few days

newborns do sleep a lot. My first was like this. We just set an alarm every 5 hours to wake him in the night and I woke him every few hours in the day. He then never slept after a couple of months. If you’re worried though I’d go to the gp or contact your midwife

Try changing her nappy and getting her fully undressed to do this as the cold air and cold sensations from the wipes tends to wake babies up. Try waking every 2-3 hours even through night as going too long in between it can cause their blood sugars to drop.

If this doesn’t help I’d definitely call the midwife or triage and ask again for her to be checked over and make sure that the jaundice isn’t getting worse x

If she’s gaining weight, staying on her centile, and having plenty of wet & dirty nappies, let her sleep and feed on demand. Babies know what they need! They’re smarter than we give them credit for

My son was like this. I used to set alarms to feed him and would have to strip his clothes off to rouse him. Trying to keep him awake through a feed was such a mission. I’d feed on one boob, do a nappy change to wake him up a bit more and then feed on the other side.

If they are over birthweight it's OK to let them sleep. Otherwise wake after 3hrs

Mine was like this until the jaundice was gone. We woke every 2-3 hours and even combo fed because I was so worried about her getting enough. And even then, I was waking her for feeds until she surpassed birth weight. By that point she was waking on her own to feed

if it is warm what helps with the jaundice is sunshine have her in a singlet and a nappy and just have her in the sun for 5 minutes in the morning from what i know jaundice peaks at day 5-7 and the sun does help it my little one was really jaundice and the sun helped a lot

Both my kids were this way & ebf. It blew my mind. Only in the beginning stage like 0 to 3 months! If I didn't change their diaper & wake them with a wet wipe they really didn't fus to eat! Our youngest was born exactly 5lbs VS oldest was 7.5lbs at birth. So that was scary. The visits I had for weight check etc. Horrible. & being told we wanted to meet x goals for feeding etc daily.. I'm glad it wasn't this way with both. Bc I probably wouldn't of had another if it was that stressful. We found out tongue & lip tie. Babies bellies are tiny. But it is important to feed every 2 to 3 hours just to make sure they get what they need lol. We consider this sids in early childhood education! When a baby is born & still developing externally outside the womb, some babies don't have a hunger sensation yet, they don't know how to survive & that can lead to a baby dying from not giving hunger cues isn't that sad?

keep a close eye on the jaundice, you shouldnt overly worry but my baby turned out to have a rare condition of the liver

I never woke my daughter up to feed. She always told me when she was hungry by screaming her head off. She was perfectly happy and healthy and gaining weight as she should. I don't think we should be waking our babies unless specified by your doctor. It did amazing things for my post partum experience too. Both you and a baby need sleep.