Do you have to wake them?

[Carmela's Mom]

My son is a sleeper!  It's wonderful!  He's 8 weeks old and so far sleeps for 7-8 hours at night.  For the first 7 weeks of his life, I woke him every 3 hours which caused me so much trouble.  He would be too sleepy to eat and no matter what I did, just didn't want to eat a full feed.  So now I let him go up to 5 hours in between feeds.  He's still doing his 7-8 hours at night and sleeping well twice a day.  Is this a problem?  I feel everyone is waking their babies -- is that just so they sleep longer at night or is there another reason too?

Thanks!

[LŠuren]

One of the main reasons to wake LO's for their 'E' time during the core day hours is so that ultimatelty they are eating every 3-4hrs and they don't have too much day sleep that robs them of their night sleep.

Here are 2 links that will explain better 
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64273.0
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64744.0