a baby that young should not go more than 4 or 5 hours at night without eating. you do need to wake him up if he is sleeping longer than that. was his doctor worried? is he on the same growth curve or has he dropped down below it? if he was only 6lbs at birth then he has gain over a lb. in a month. ↑ |
Set an alarm! lol... I have the same problem, it's sooo tempting to just sleep through the night when he does - but I set my alarm for every 3 hours anyway. It sucks, and once I slept through it and slept for almost 5 hours... but it's only for a while. Just keep reminding yourself that it isn't forever. Soon he'll be able to decide when he wants to eat. The more you get him to eat the more he'll gain and the faster you'll be able to safely let him sleep as long as he wants.
My baby weighed 5 1/4 pounds at birth, went down to 4 1/2, and is now almost 6 pounds... at 3 weeks old! He was 5 weeks premature. ↑ |