Newborn sleep

[Anonymous]

For the past week or so, six week old baby has been sleeping through the night. She is exclusively breastfed and I am worried about going this long without feeding. For example this past night she went down at 10 and I woke her at 5, but she didn’t eat much and is now back asleep. I ended up using the haakaa to get milk out.

What should I do if she continues routinely going 6+ hours?

With my other children I have breastfeed 1.5 years ish and both of them pretty routinely ate through the night so this is new territory. This baby is much bigger (she’s already 12+lbs).

[Anonymous]

As long as you’re getting the right number of dirty and wet diapers don’t worry about it.

[Anonymous]

You should not worry and enjoy that you won the sleep lottery. As long as baby grows appropriately do nothing. If your supply tanks, supplement with formula. Do not wake to pump. Sleep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should not worry and enjoy that you won the sleep lottery. As long as baby grows appropriately do nothing. If your supply tanks, supplement with formula. Do not wake to pump. Sleep.

Ugh, ppl like you. I had a baby like this and regret taking doing exactly that. Totally tanked my supply (not immediately, so by the time I realized it it was too late) and breastfeeding journey, and I loved breastfeeding. I would’ve gladly gotten up in the night to pump once had I known what the outcome would be. I despise people like PP who act like anything with kids is black and white.

[Anonymous]

Hmm. I would probably just continue to feed on demand and only add in a night-time pumping session if it seemed my supply was dipping. But, if you have a history of supply problems, it might make sense to get ahead of it and pump once at night until baby is 3 months old.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should not worry and enjoy that you won the sleep lottery. As long as baby grows appropriately do nothing. If your supply tanks, supplement with formula. Do not wake to pump. Sleep.

Ugh, ppl like you. I had a baby like this and regret taking doing exactly that. Totally tanked my supply (not immediately, so by the time I realized it it was too late) and breastfeeding journey, and I loved breastfeeding. I would’ve gladly gotten up in the night to pump once had I known what the outcome would be. I despise people like PP who act like anything with kids is black and white.

I guess I say this as a mom who went through severe, severe sleep deprivation with my fist and wish I’d stopped pumping and switched to only formula way sooner. I didn’t mean to imply anything black and white. My best parenting tip, coming from the other side and seeing what happens when you don’t get enough sleep and how it effects everything else, is that sleep is the single most important part of parenting a baby. Breastfeeding just isn’t as important.

[Anonymous]

My second child slept really well from early on. If I was woken due to discomfort, I did a dream feed rather than pumping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should not worry and enjoy that you won the sleep lottery. As long as baby grows appropriately do nothing. If your supply tanks, supplement with formula. Do not wake to pump. Sleep.

Ugh, ppl like you. I had a baby like this and regret taking doing exactly that. Totally tanked my supply (not immediately, so by the time I realized it it was too late) and breastfeeding journey, and I loved breastfeeding. I would’ve gladly gotten up in the night to pump once had I known what the outcome would be. I despise people like PP who act like anything with kids is black and white.

I’m sorry you had that experience. I wish you had been able to breastfeed as long as you wanted.

But I don’t think PP’s advice is black and white, and I don’t think it’s despicable. Folks are just sharing their perspectives based on different experiences and values. There’s no foolproof advice on the internet (or anywhere). A lot of life is beyond our control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My second child slept really well from early on. If I was woken due to discomfort, I did a dream feed rather than pumping.

Thank you!! Trying this tonight. 🤞