my 2 wks old newborn does not wake up for milk. he sleeps through the night.?

Question

i tried many ways to wake him up but unsuccessful. what should i do? is this normal?

Answer 1

You have been blessed with what I coin "winning the baby lottery". My sister has a two month old, who sleeps through the night as well. I have a 2 1/2 year old who woke up every 1-2 hours and now I have a 5 monther who woke up every 4 hours, and is now starting to sleep through most nights. Point being that their is a lot of variance in baby sleeping patterns so just be happy that you got the best kind. Let your baby sleep (do NOT wake up) and then feed a good breakfast in the morning and enjoy the sleep. I'm jealous!

Answer 2

My son is 6 months and wakes up at 3 or 4 in the morning and then returned at 6 or 7 to consume. He wakes up for the day around 10 AM. So in many cases wakes up 2 cases at night. yet a while he will pass all night staring on the day. At 2 weeks going for 3-4 hours is an prolonged time! My son grew to become into greater like a million a million/2 to 2 hours now that's painful!

Answer 3

If your son is being breastfed then it is important for both of you that he wake up at night to nurse. Try taking him back to bed with you after you wake him up for the first feeding. He may nurse more often if it is right there with him, so to speak. It is very important for your milk supply. When your baby is only two weeks old your milk supply is still in need of that constant stimulation. It will not stay this way but as young as he is he needs to nurse and your breasts need the stimulation. He should be eating about every three hours tho he may take a time at night were he goes for a six hour stretch, do not let him sleep any longer than that at one time. I agree with all the suggestions about rubbing his feet, undressing him, a cool washcloth, what ever it takes to keep him awake and nursing. If you keep him in bed with you he may just nurse off and on all night, that would be wonderful all the way around.
Of course if you are feeding him artificial milk it does not matter.
Good luck and I really hope that you are breastfeeding your baby!
Blessings
Lady Trinity~

Answer 4

If your son was full term than let him sleep. Call your pediatrician and tell them what he is doing and what he is consuming during the day but chances that you are just lucky.

My daughter slept 6 1/2 hours a night the first week and added 15 minutes a week until she was sleeping 11 hrs a night by age 1.

I hope your just lucky, so call the doctor and good luck!

Answer 5

Enjoy the sleep and make sure you feed him at least every 4 hours during the day. As he grows he may start waking during the night, but it is not necessary to wake him during the night as long as he eats every 3-4 hours during the day.

Answer 6

It really depends on who you talk to, if it's okay or not. I heard both sides when my daughter was first born, and we decided we needed to wake her up- she would not wake up to let us know she was hungry, and I'm glad we recognized that and gave her what she needed. Many people think that if babies are hungry enough, they'll wake up, but our daughter just didn't. If you are nursing, your baby at this point needs to eat every 2-3 hours around the clock. I'm not sure for formula, but I wouldn't go longer than four hours without waking your son. Maybe you've tried these ways, but what we did was:

Turn the lights ON when it's time to eat-
Don't make it super comfy (but of course not awful) for feeding times. If you have to, take his blankets and/or clothing off.
Softly rub his chest, face, etc. in a way that helps to wake him up, rather than soothe him.
Move the nipple (yours or a bottles') around in his mouth, don't let him drop off once he starts eating, keep it moving if he starts to nod off.
Try feeding standing up.
Talk to him a lot, in a regular daytime voice.
Turn the stereo or tv on, to something that's not soothing.
Change his diaper before (and maybe also after) each feeding.


In essence, do all the things that you would think you shouldn't do if you were trying to keep him sleepy. After a few more weeks or even months, he should be big enough and old enough for you to let him sleep more. But for now, he really needs to gain weight, so I don't agree with letting him sleep. Trust your instincts, and watch his weight. Good luck~

Answer 7

It's not exactly, but every little human is different. My daughter was that way and I had to end up setting the alarm to feed her for the first 6 weeks. Of course, I was breast feeding, so I had to wake her up. She was losing weight, so it wasn't an option. Now she's 30... She's still hard to wake up... She loves to get her sleep on.... Good luck, baby girl! @;~}

Answer 8

Be happy and hope he stays like that, if he eats like every 2 to 3 hours during the day, he has plenty of milk to last thru the night, babies know when they are hungry and will wake up if the feel they need to get up to eat.

Answer 9

You are very lucky. I wouldn't wake him, he must need his sleep. This might change very quickly though, maybe next week he will wake every 2 hours for a feed. For you, I hope not. If concerned check with your health nurse or local doctor. Good luck.

Answer 10

never, ever wake a sleeping baby. Rule of many smart women. You got lucky. My son was up every hour just about on the hour.