Sleeping
Hi, last night me and my newborn (2 weeks today) fell asleep last night and I forgot to set my alarm for 3hrs and we both slept for about 6hrs without her waking up to feed, usually she’d start getting fussy and start crying so I’d wake up anyways but she didn’t last night only woke up and started being fussy 6hrs later
I fed her and changed her nappy immediately she drank about 3oz and I feel so bad and am so worried , she seems absolutely fine but went straight back to sleep after feeding
Is she going to be okay? I genuinely feel so so bad and don’t know what to do, she’s gained 6oz since birth (weighed 4 days ago) and never lost any of her weight shed gained an oz by day 5
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My 4 week old slept 7 hours straight through, woke up to feed and then slept for another 2.
Yes, they say never to let them go past 3 hours to feed, but they’ll tell you when they’re hungry. If they’re asleep, for the most part, you don’t have to wake them, unless they haven’t had enough feeds throughout the day. She’ll be fine.
Sometimes they’ll feed more and cluster feed, other times, they’ll feed less.
Then sleeping for long chunks is okay, just not all the time. Occasionally is fine. But they will tell you when they’re hungry, and they’ll wake up if they are too.
You’re all good. There’s nothing wrong with a newborn actually sleeping a good decent amount in one go, at least you got a good 6hours of shut eye.
If she’s over her birth weight and feeding well in the day I would leave her to sleep and enjoy it!! Chances are she won’t do this consistently so make the most of it! I’m a midwife and I never set alarms to feed overnight once my baby was back to birth weight ❤️
You’re absolutely fine. She told you what she needed and you responded x
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