Is it normal for a 5 week old breastfed baby to sleep through the night for 6 hours ? My pediatrician says no and to wake and feed him but it takes an hour to wake and try and he doesn’t want to latch .

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When my LO was 5 weeks she slept though the night for 5-6h and my pediatrician said to let her sleep and not disrupt it (she was trying to get into the pattern of sleeping at night). She was already a bigger baby and had shown signs of consistent weight gain, though. She’s 4 months now and sleeps for 12+ hours at night.

Does your pediatrician have concerns about his weight gain?

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Got it. Maybe try to get a second opinion either with your lactation consultant or another pediatrician.

Since you also work at EY, a LC from Limerick should’ve been available to you and they’re usually RNs as well. I really like mine and I text her questions all hours of the day lol. For a pediatrician, you can find one via 2ndMD (another free service through EY). I used the service when I was pregnant to get a second opinion on my nutrition. It’s super easy to use you just submit a request on the app, a nurse will reach out to you to get more details of the request and provide you with a few provider options. The actual consult was virtual and they do it after hours too!

My pediatrician is definitely on the more progressive side so different practitioners may just have different approaches / opinions.

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My kid also slept through the night when she was that age. Wasn’t breastfed though, we were exclusively pumping by week 5.

If there’s no weight gain issues or signs of jaundice, I’m not sure why the pediatrician wants the baby to be woken up. (I mention jaundice because we had that issue but it cleared up in the first couple of weeks.)

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Pumping is breastfeeding 😊

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I stopped waking mine once she was above birth weight

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Same for both kids & ped is the one who told me i could

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Super normal and unfortunately as they become more aware of their surroundings they stop doing it (90% of the time, unless you sleep train). Just as long as they are a healthy weight, let them sleep so they can learn better to sleep at night without food. It takes a lot to night wean

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No need to wake a sleeping baby except medical issues (low birth weight, trouble gaining weight, medical condition requiring more feeds e.g., jaundice). Obviously go with ped guidance over people on the internet if you trust your ped

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My second did this, and it was fine. She was rather big though so that helped to explain it.

If they're gaining and not dehydrated, I don't know why the ped is concerned. Maybe get another opinion.

My baby was under six pounds and I was instructed by the ped to wake her every 2-3 hours overnight and 2 during the day for feedings for a while.
Have you tried removing clothes, changing diaper, scratching feet, cold wash cloth to wake (if baby won’t latch while asleep)?
Will he not dream feed?

My Paediatrician said, if they’re over 10lb its fine

Thanks ladies. I am going to get a second opinion with another pediatrician as though his birth weight is low he is gaining and the night wakings have started to stress him out

I would definitely not wake a happily sleeping baby (at night) unless he has a medical issue

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