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Curious as to when we start leaving our babies to wake up by themselves during the night??.
My little girl is six weeks and (touch woodđȘ”) has always been a great sleeper. I am still waking up during the night to wake her up for a feed as she would sleep all night if I let her.
Sheâs currently on 150ml every 3 hrs and 180ml before bedtime. She has had a good weight gain and perfectly healthy?? Should I just leave her till she wakes up herself?? Whatâs everybody elseâs experiences?? đXxx
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Once theyâre back up to birth weight you donât need to wake them. They will wake naturally when theyâre ready to feed again x
I thought (if I remember it correctly ) you only need to wake them until they have gained their birth weight . I canât remember waking my baby up after that. X
I stopped waking up my baby at 5/6 weeks. He gained his birth weight on day 5 and continued gaining so there was no issues with me stopping feeding at night. âșïž
Btw 150 & 180ml seems like a lot of milk. Iâm surprised your baby is not vomiting/spitting up đ§ my baby was on 110ml that time and let me tell you, he loved his milk - still does đ
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