Premie baby waking for feeds

We had to do this for probably the first month and then it got drastically better. I used to have to bother him SO much to keep him awake during feeds but I haven’t had to do that since he was around 4 weeks. He was only 3 weeks early though, so maybe a couple more weeks and you’ll start to see a difference?

Once they get back up to their birthweight I was told you can stop waking them for feeds

Only time I didn’t wake mine for feeding was during the night. My Grannie told me if they’re sleeping at night, don’t wake them to feed. Haven’t woken her up to feed since she was 3 weeks old. She would be asleep from midnight to 5:30am with no wake up. She’s 4mo now and she’s waking me every 3 hours during the night for feeding, she goes to bed by 10pm now. My lactation consultant showed me to move her arm above her head and back down by her side while feeding to keep her alert. After one side, switch to the other and repeat process. It helped a lot.

My baby is 1 month old and has just started waking for feeds herself and sometimes she doesn’t always wake herself.