Just wanting to know how other moms handle their newborn sleeping schedule. For example, doctors say that babies should be eating every 2-3 hours, so does that mean you wake them if they sleep longer than that? Or, do you let them sleep and then feed when they get up? Just wondering how other people handle this...
Wow twins, congratulations.
I always let my daughter sleep if she wants to. I remember the first time she took a 5 hour "nap" in the middle of the day. It was the first time I had gotten any real sleep since her birth (she was about 4 weeks old). When my partner got home I told him all about it. He wasn't nearly as impressed. I on the other hand couldn't have been happier if she had taken her first steps while saying "I love you mommy"
I agree with the mom below. You don't need to wake your baby to eat. They'll wake up when they are hungry and ready. Every 2-3 hours is usually when they want to eat but this isn't always the case. Just make sure to leave the lights low and don't stimulate or talk too much to your infant when it is night time. They will start to get the picture that it's time to go to sleep. Good luck & congrats!
I fead my baby when she got up i could not get up ever 2 hours if you let them pick the feading time it makes life easer ..
Congratulations on your twins! How exciting!
I've always been told that for the first 2 weeks, I was to wake up the baby to nurse every three hours, even through the night. It helps with milk productin, and a brand new baby needs the extra boost of nutrition at the very beginning. I would guess it's the same with formula as breastfeeding (not the milk production part, but the nutrition part)?
After the first two weeks, at night I only fed the baby if she woke up. But during the day I worked on establishing a feeding schedule (just like you might a napping schedule). For that, I did wake up the baby if she slept past her regular feeding time. Once the schedule was established, she rarely slept through a feeding time. The feeding schedule was a blessing! I always knew about when my baby was going to be hungry and could plan my day accordingly. It helps to regulate their little digestive systems too. If you want more info about a feeding schedule, let me know.
I will never wake a sleeping baby to feed them. If they wake up hungry then feed them. Congratulations!
Just go with the flow... and with twins you're going to want to use as much of their sleepig time for you to sleep as possible. I have not had to wake my son up to feed...he wakes up and that's when we feed. Some parents have done the every 2 hours things... but why would you wake up a sleeping lion!?!?! Let him sleep! :)
