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EAT => Breast Feeding => Topic started by: Renee'sMum on June 25, 2006, 13:31:16 pm
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My best friend just had her lo June 16. All Kiera wants to do is sleep! (Yeah, my poor friend!!! :)) They have even put ice cubes on her to wake her and she doesn't!!!! :o Anyway, her lactation consultant gets angry with her saying that she should be waking her every 3hours to feed. My friend might wake her after 5 hours at night to feed her and she falls back to sleep in no time. She doesn't want to wake if sleeping. Now Kiera is gaining weight, so I said that shouldn't be a problem not waking her to feed every 3 hours. During the day Kiera will stay awake about 1-1.5 hours after a feed playing, so she's not lethargic.
Any thoughts?
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It is so nice of you to be concerned. Yes, she should be waking her every 3 hours to eat during the day... that will help to set her internal clock to differentiate between day and night. Most babies this age can only handle a diaper change after a feed (as activity) so she may not see that 1-1.5 hr A time, but should not be concerned.
HTH