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Offline molly28

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9 week old but was premature, waking 3 hourly
« on: October 17, 2007, 07:53:57 am »
I have a 9 week old who was 6 weeks premature.  He is now 9lb 6oz so is a decent weight.  He is waking every 3 hours during the night and though up till now I have been feeding him to get his weight up I now think its time he slept a little bit longer through the night.  He is eating anywhere from 30oz to 38oz a day (just had another growth spurt) plus I am also breastfeeding him though this is for maybe only 1 to 1 1/2 hours total a day. There is no way he is not getting enough food through the day and we have tried cluster feeding him as well with the dream feed. 

For example yesterday
E 3am
E 6.45am
E 10AM    A 1HR      S 1HR     Y SHOPPING
E 1PM      A 2HRS   S 2HRS    Y COLLEGE HOMEWORK
E 5PM      A CRIED AND WOULD NOT SETTLE WHEREVER I PUT HIM      S WOULD NOT GO TO SLEEP    Y PREPARED TEA
E 7PM      A 15MINS(BATH)    S 1/2HR     Y BATH
E 8.30PM THEN PUT HIM BACK TO BED
E 11PM  THEN WOKE UP AGAIN AT 2.50AM

Some advice on how we get him through the night would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: 9 week old but was premature, waking 3 hourly
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2007, 08:14:34 am »
Hi Molly, He won't sleep through the night - he is only 3 weeks old. It's perfectly normal for him to be feeding 3 hourly through the night. He's just not ready to go any longer I'm afraid.
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Re: 9 week old but was premature, waking 3 hourly
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2007, 08:24:10 am »
Firstly congratulations.  It sounds as if everything is going really well. 

Agree with Wendy.  If he's only 3 weeks (age corrected) or actually - 9 weeks for normal babies, waking every 3 hours during the night is doing well.  He's not ready to go longer - his tummy is still very tiny and needs feeding during the night. 2 night feeds is normal for this age.

Try and rest when he does.  Forget about the housework etc.... I'm off for a rest now and DS is 5 months and wakes around 3am and up for the day about 6.30.

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Re: 9 week old but was premature, waking 3 hourly
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2007, 09:26:05 am »
I agree with the others he is only really 3 weeks old & even though I had 2 big babies (9 & 10lb) each they still fed about 3 hourly at night at 3 weeks old... the weight has very little to do with the size of their tummies (his about the size of the palm of his hand) & it isn't true bigger babies always sleep longer as they have more body to fill up.
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