Night sleeps with a 4 day old

My baby girl is 4 days old today and for the past 2 days shes had 2 long night sleeps like 6/7 hours i know you are supposed to wake them up but i feed her extra throughout the day and before bed give her extra boob and when she wakes up asap, her weight looks good, like i know the whole point of waking up for the night feeds is to put on that extra weight but she is doing really well, plus it also helps me get the extra sleep as ive been really sleep deprived what do you think guys anyone else feel like this or is there a serious health issue with her sleeping this long throughout the night, we have her 5 day weigh in tomorrow maybe the nurse will tell me she is a lot bit maybe she will tell me she is okay im not too sure this is all so new to me 😁🙃

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Usually the advice is to go no longer than 4 hours between feeds until they have hit their birth weight. At 2 -4 days old I would be feeding regularly until day 5 weigh in. Once they're above birth weight it's less of a concern

I was advised not go longer that 2-3 hrs between feeds in the early days, if you’re wanting to EBF, to establish your supply. It’s all about supply and demand in the first couple weeks. You need to keep the feeds up. Also night breast milk is the best milk as your prolactin is highest is what I was told xx

I used to wake mine up after 3 hours to start with until they reach birth weight. It is important for your supply, but I feel you it’s really tough in those early days when you’re recovering from birth, and you need to sleep. If you have a partner / family / friend that can possibly give you a chance to nap in the daytime I’d highly recommend, even if just for an hour, or if baby has a good nap in the daytime and your able to put them down to nap.
Wishing you all the best with feeding and those early days with your LO ☺️

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