Talk to me about sleepy newborns

[mlvmd]

My preemie was awake from day one but my over 39 weeker was very sleepy!

They told me to feed (and wake to feed) every two hours during the day and every 3-4 hours at night.

[pugz]

we woke up every 2.5 hours to feed until she reached birth weight, then we let her sleep until she woke up naturally, which was usually around 3 hours. We had to strip her down to her diaper and do all kinds of tricks to get her to stay awake during feedings. It did get better at her due date.

[rugbywife]

I think DD was a very sleepy newborn overall but I had nothing to compare her to. She did have to be waked a lot to feed and it took a month for her to get back to her birth weight so I was up a lot with her at night - I think otherwise she would have just slept. She never fell asleep during feedings but she didn't ever feed for long and still today, when it comes to formula, she isn't a big feeder. She does love solids though.

I loved that she slept a lot and am praying #2 is the same since I will have DD and #2 on my hands all at once, lol! I am hoping to be able to entertain DD will #2 sleeps in the swing or vibrating chair.

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What a sweet, squishy faced baby you have there

[GotWine]

I'm melting over that picture!!

A was super sleepy. He is just starting to be awake more at 5 weeks. I woke him every 2-3 hours to eat. When he reached his birth weight at 8 days I let him sleep at night and he only woke every 5-7 hours. I just made sure we got 8-10 feedings a day in. Now that he is almost 6 weeks he is waking on his own to eat, although he still sleeps most of the time.

Enjoy those sweet sweet snuggles.