How do you wake a sleepy newborn?

[hetty]

DD was born in Thursday morning. We got out of the hospital yesterday and her bili levels are a little high so I am supposed to wake her to nurse every two hours. However she is so sleepy I can't get her to nurse! I've been fighting with her for the last hour.

Help! I am hoping there are some tricks you all have that I haven't tried.

[zarapipe]

Undress her, cold hands, water on her feet. That's all I got. Good luck!

[cricketwife]

Also you can tickle her. It s hard when they are so sleepy. Good luck!

[greencrayon]

Rub her ears and back. Tickle her. Cold hands is very effective like pp said

[t]

We stripped DD down to her diaper and would tickle her feet and back.

[Cicero]

Congratulations!

In addition to the above mentioned solutions, baby fist pumps sometimes work.

[katiecj]

Congrats!!

I use to undress him to his diaper to make him a little cooler and tickle his feet.

But it reality, all of that just pissed him off and he never ate much and ended up back asleep.

[livinitup]

My DD was a little jaundice, too. I would diaper change, put her to nurse and then unwrap her blanket, undress, and/or tickle or flick her feet until she woke to nurse. It's odd to get used to babies and their stubborn ways. Babies can also nurse when they are sleeping, so you can try that, too. May need to be a few months older. I used to "sleep eat" before bed which was great for her overnight sleeping.

[litasail]

Assign this job to your husband. In addition to what pp's recommended, I also found massaging his shoulder to work well.

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[simpsongal]

Ditto cold wet wipes - on the chest, under the arms, behind the neck to really be effective.

In addition to the above - try a pea syringe if you're having trouble getting LO latching. The syringe gives a little instant gratification and encourages latching.

[browneyedgirl9]

Congrats! Cold washcloth was the only thing tat worked for us.

[dbsk8dance]

Cold wash cloth on feet worked best for us.

[laurenpetro]

Flicking the bottom of their feet worked for us.