Are you still waking your babies for night feeds? 7 weeks old

My baby has been sleeping since his dream feed at 10.30pm and it is now 3.30am - he’s formula fed and putting on weight just fine x

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He will tell you when he’s hungry trust me. My baby is also formula fed. He tells me when he’s hungry. They say you don’t have to wake them if they’ve gained their birth weight and putting on weight consistently

7 week old here as well, same thing she went down at 23:00 and I got her up at 04:00 as I could tell she was getting hungry even though she was still asleep. Possibly could have left her longer but didn't want it to get to crying! We do still wake in the day to feed every 3ish hours so that she sleeps longer at night which seems to be working well!

Omg I'm so jealous guys lol! My baby is mostly breastfed with some formula (roughly 1 200ml bottle per day which she often doesn't finish), and she has never slept this long lol. ENJOY IT haha

Don’t wake him xx my girl just slept 9pm-6am and I am shocked!! 9h without a feed🥹😍

Agree with other comments - don’t wake them! Deffo enjoy the sleep. My breastfed baby is 5 weeks old and has been giving us 6 hour stretches at night for the last week or so which has really shocked me since my first born neverrrrr slept this well lol 😅x

No if baby is back to their birth weight and gaining steadily then don’t wake them to feed. If baby was on a lower percentile or faltering growth then I would defo wake to feed. Enjoy the sleep! x

My baby is 10 weeks and is breastfed and has been sleeping for longer, last night he slept for around 6 hours which is the longest he’s slept without a feed and he was fine, I didnt want to wake him as he seemed fine but I was more concerned he needed a nappy change

My baby is 8 weeks, he often does 5 hours, feed him then he’s back down for around 3/4 hours. He definitely lets us know when he’s hungry 🤣 my husband gives him formula or pumped breast milk before bed then I breast feed him the rest of the night and day xx

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