do i wait until lo screams before feeding in the night?

[barbarab]

Hi my lo is 9 weeks on Tuesday and last night she went to bed at 7.00, woke at 2.20am and then at 5.35 for another feed and back to sleep until 7.00am when I woke her. 

My question is how do I know when to get her out of her cot and feed her.  At the 2.20am feed she started to whimper and wriggle and then started to make intermittent cries so i fed her and she went back to sleep but she only fed for 5 mins on the breast.  Then at 5.35 she did the same.

Should I have left her?

[M and N's Mom]

Wait until she gives a real "I need you" cry before going to get her.  If she is just fussing she may learn to put herself back to sleep if you leave her be.  If she is only eating for 5 minutes she probably isn't truly hungry.

[TJ & Stephy's Mommy]

At 9 weeks, I'd expect to have at least 2 night feedings.  IMO, she's too young to be expecting to sleep through the night.

[kc456]

How long are her daytime feeds? My son is a pretty efficient nurser so 5 min can be almost a full feed for him. But if her daytime sessions are 30 min, then she's probably not hungry.