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10 day old nursing only every 4 hours

post #1 of 5
Thread Starter 
This is my 4th, you'd think I'd know this, but liek always, every child is different.

My 10 day old dd only wakes every 4 hours to nurse, even at night. She stays up for 1/2 hour at a time then sleeps. She nurses mostly only on one side and falls asleep quickly thereafter but is still nursing.

She has lots of full/wet dipes and poop is mustardy yellow, but even if I try to wake her she refuses to latch

she's content, gaining well, not fussy, but still i wonder if that's enough for her to nurse every 4 hrs

Should I just count my blessings or would you wake her during the day? (I'm goin to stick with not waking her a night )
post #2 of 5
Is she up to birth weight yet? How many poops in 24 hours?

During the day I wake to nurse every 2 hours until baby is up to birth weight and 14 days old, if poops and pees and weight gain are all good (see http://kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough-milk.html).

Congrats!
post #3 of 5
Thread Starter 
oh ya.. she was past birth weight on day 5. gained 8oz in two days

poops are at least 6-8 a day

thx for the reply! off to check out the link
post #4 of 5
honestly, with those numbers i would probably let sleeping babies sleep! congrats again!
post #5 of 5
Ohhh I'm so jealous!

My mom said my brother only nursed every 4 hours from the get-go and started STTN very early on.. always healthy and gained well. It through her for a loop too, after having me, who nursed every 2 hours around the clock.
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