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Cadence just LOVES to sleep all day and all night we have to wake her up every 4 hours just to get her to eat. Is that normal?? How are we suppose to wake her?? ↓
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| Name: bmes | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 6:49 PM |
| Name: bmes | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 6:50 PM |
| my daughter was like that when she was a newborn. All she wanted to do was sleep. lol.....it took a while to wake her up, but she eventually would.....i think it's normal.....just wake them up, like you would anyone else. ???? ↑ |
| Name: Lola | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 7:17 PM |
Lol!
I say let her sleep! :P ↑ |
| Name: Starbucks | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 8:48 PM |
I had to wake Joshua up, too. Just pick her up and change her diaper - which is always better to do before a feeding anyhow so that she wont spit up. If she's anything like my boy she'll definitly wake right up. He hated having his diaper changed until he was about a month and a half.
I know it sounds cruel (to US.. not them) lol... but you do have to wake them up every 4 hours, Lola. Until about 8 weeks.Until then they may not have a strong enough instinct to wake themselves and may not meet their daily calorie quota by themselves. ↑ |
| Name: mamal | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 9:57 PM |
This is for nursing moms and I do believe you are one so here are a few ideas. I hope this helps! & no worries it is very normal.
http://www.breastfeedingbasics.c
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- Look for signs that he is entering a ‘light sleep cycle’. Babies cycle in and out of light and deep sleep more frequently than adults, and your efforts to wake him will be more successful if you catch him during the light sleep stage. Signs of light sleep include: rapid eye movements (REM) even though his eyes are closed; changes in facial expression; involuntary movements of arms, legs, or mouth (sucking motions). You may be unsuccessful at waking him during a deep sleep cycle, but have good results just a few minutes later if you catch him during a light sleep cycle.
- Loosen or remove his coverings. Undress him down to his diaper, and get some skin-to-skin contact. Try taking a warm bath with him.
- Dim the lights in the room. Newborn’s eyes are sensitive to light, and bright lights may make him want to keep his eyes closed.
- Talk to him and try to make eye contact.
- Hold him upright. Try the ‘doll’s eye’ technique. Remember the dolls we had as little girls who closed their eyes when you laid them down, and opened them when you sat them up? Gently bend him into sit-ups in your lap by raising his shoulders, legs, and torso, then lowering him back down. Don’t raise his legs up when he’s sitting, though – this could cause internal damage. Be gentle…
- Increase stimulation. Rub his back in a circular motion from the shoulder blades down and back up; stroke his scalp in gentle but firm circles, squeeze gently in the cavity between his neck and collarbone (remember in grade school when someone wanted to get your attention, and they snuck up from behind and grabbed your shoulder-blade? Remember how you jumped out of your chair? This is effective, but do it gently); rub his hands or feet by applying pressure with your thumb (your partner can do this while you are nursing to help keep him stimulated); walk your fingers up his spine; move his arms and legs in a bicycling motion, play pat-a-cake; or circle his lips with your fingertip. Keep talking to him and trying to establish eye contact.
- Change his diaper and burp him before offering the other breast. Most newborns hate this, and it may make him mad enough to wake up and nurse. Try switching breasts as soon as his sucking slows down, even if it has only been a few minutes. Then go back to the other breast and let him fall asleep on that side if he wants to.
- Wipe his face with a cool, damp cloth.
- Try nursing in the football hold rather than the cradle hold. Babies cuddled in the cradle hold tend to fall asleep more readily.
- Support your breast while nursing so the weight of it isn’t on the baby’s chin.
- Express milk onto his lips or dribble milk into his mouth with a dropper or syringe to keep him swallowing while feeding ↑ |
| Name: missmara | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 11:13 PM |
| I had that problem too. Mamal's suggestions are great. I also found it hard to keep Sophie awake during a feeding so I would tickle her under her chin and around her jaw. Andy loved to do this too because then he got to be involved in the feeding. I used to put him in charge of keeping the baby awake - I think it made him feel like he could do something helpful, and it kept me from getting bored too by having him around! ↑ |
| Name: Whittni | Date: Apr 29th, 2007 11:28 PM |
| Thanks girls!! :) i'll try them next feeding ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:04 AM |
| whittni.. braden does the same thing, most times he will wake himself up after about 2-3 hours. but sometimes he loves to just keep sleeping. we set the alarm for every 3.5 -4 hours so we stay on schedule and i write down the time of the last feeding.. but to wake him up before ghe wakes up, we usually pick him up and try to start changing him, he slowly wakes up, realizes he is hungry, and ill start feeding. they told me to try and change his diaper before and or after a feeding, depending on him and his poopy pants, so that you dont over stress the baby. -shrugs- he is pretty good about waking up on his own. ↑ |
| Name: bebe9281 | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:06 AM |
| When my babies were newborns I always woke them up every 2 1/2 or 3 hours so my tits wouldn't explode... HA HA HA Hate to have to strip MY bed everyday... ↑ |
| Name: bebe9281 | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:07 AM |
| Of course then ther us my son... He nursed about every hour to 45 minutes... he was a MOOSE!!! ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:19 AM |
| bebe my son is being the same way it seems like every 1-1.5 hours he is wanting to feed 2-3 oz. im like where is it all going!? ↑ |
| Name: bebe9281 | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:26 AM |
| You have a BIG strong healthy baby... Feed him... it will all even out... He only did that for the first three or four weeks... Sound like eternity but it will fly.. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:32 AM |
| oh i dont mind, but my tits do right now.. im actually having to pump in between feedings now b.c my boobs keep engorging, i think thats good though b.c that means i have a good supply coming in. ↑ |
| Name: bebe9281 | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:36 AM |
| Put lots of lanolin on them and keep them dry... Let them flap in the breeze if you must.. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 2:36 AM |
| kind of hard to do at my inlaws house here.. and then at my parents house.. im not overseas, and wont be back there until braden is like 6-7 months old. ↑ |
| Name: Karen- | Date: Apr 30th, 2007 4:00 AM |
| My pediatrician always told me to not wake a sleeping baby to feed. That if you wake them they will grow dependent on those feedings you wake them to eat and take them longer to sleep through the night.. I dunno.. worked for me! :-) BUT I bottlefed and didn't have to stimulate my boobies! I didn't get milk like you guys :-( ↑ |
| Name: zoeee | Date: May 1st, 2007 1:49 AM |
| I have been asking the same question! I was also being told to wake ava every 4 hours but then once i got home for the hospital realised that she will sleep through the night if i left her, i wasnt too sure if this would be good for her so asked the nurse that does the weekly visit. the nurse said as long as ava is still pooping and her urine is a clear colour not bright yellow or orange then she is fine and i can leave her. if it is the other colours or not pooping then she is dehydrated and should be woken ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: May 1st, 2007 2:01 AM |
| zoee, my bradens pee is a yellowish tint and he feeds every 3 hours.. lol ↑ |
| Name: proudmomjen | Date: May 1st, 2007 6:17 AM |
| If your breastfeeding you are definately going to either wake your baby or pump because if you don't your milk supply eventually will be affected. I solely pumped every 4 hours and just let my children sleep. When they woke up I immediately fed them. A baby who is breastfed will eat more often then a baby who is formula fed. ↑ |
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