Newborn Sleep

I think there are no rules for this, so it’s completely up to you, and what feels right for you and your baby. I would always trust your instincts, mummy usually knows best. Ive got three and I’ve never had a baby who hasn’t woken for a feed tbh, but if I did then I probably wouldn’t wake them as long as I felt they were getting enough in the day/evening.

Kinda in the same boat with my 15 day old, she tends to wake up in the night every 2 hours if she's been sleeping lots during the day but sometimes 5 hours in the night if she's been clustering in the day. My midwife told me because she's really exceeded her birth weight she's fine, but AI says not to let it go beyond 5-6 hours

My nearly 2 week old does long stints at night, one night was 8 hours which i tried waking for a feed after 4 hours and he just wasn’t interested! At an appointment I asked what to do, they said because he’s over his birth weight, feeds well and has lots of wet and soiled nappies during the day, they said there’s no need to wake him to feed him - he’ll wake if he’s hungry and to embrace the sleep.

I’m totally enjoying all the sleep I can get as my first woke so regularly for feeds and only just started sleeping through at 2 years old!!

The general consensus is once they're passed their birth weight and as long as there's no other medical/feeding issues then you can leave them to sleep

I wouldn’t worry, just keep track of their birth weight and in the immediate term just check they’ve got wet nappies and aren’t dehydrated or overdressed etc