3 week old and night feedings

i find with my ds that he has the same problem at night, he has a very hard time staying awake he just gets to cozy. so when he hits that point i wipe him with a cool wipe or washcloth and tickle his feet. This wakes him right up and we continue our feeding.

Crying is one of the last cues of hunger, but even so, at 3 weeks old there is a reason why your baby is crying, so you really shouldn't let him cry to "make sure he is really hungry". If he wants to fall asleep after an ounce, I would just let him fall asleep. If he's hungry he'll eat. As long as he's healthy and gaining weight, I wouldn't worry about him only drinking alittle bit during the night.

Quoting Baby_Avas_Momma:

Crying is one of the last cues of hunger, but even so, at 3 weeks old there is a reason why your baby is crying, so you really shouldn't let him cry to "make sure he is really hungry". If he wants to fall asleep after an ounce, I would just let him fall asleep. If he's hungry he'll eat. As long as he's healthy and gaining weight, I wouldn't worry about him only drinking alittle bit during the night.

I don't bottle feed, but those feedings are normal. At 2 weeks old, their stomachs are the size of a ping pong ball, so I think a 1 ounce feeding sounds pretty good.

Babies are designed to suckle constantly, that is how they build up our supply. That need doesn't disappear just because they aren't breastfed. Please don't let your baby cry :( If he's crying, it's because he needs something. Crying is the last sign that a baby is hungry. You were sleeping, so the other cues were missed. He needs to eat. Waking like that is a good sign as well. Babies who sleep long stretches so early are at a much higher risk for SIDS.

This exactly.

Quoting Baby_Avas_Momma:

Crying is one of the last cues of hunger, but even so, at 3 weeks old there is a reason why your baby is crying, so you really shouldn't let him cry to "make sure he is really hungry". If he wants to fall asleep after an ounce, I would just let him fall asleep. If he's hungry he'll eat. As long as he's healthy and gaining weight, I wouldn't worry about him only drinking alittle bit during the night.

Every three hours is perfectly normal. My 6-week-old twins wake up at night to eat every 2.5hrs right now.

Don't jump on her, she said she didn't let him cry for long. Those feedings are normal being only 3 weeks. He could possibly wake up with gas too. Of he's tense and his belly is hard that could be it. But their stomachs are so tiny that young, him only taking 1 ounce makes sense. Just give it some time.

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Have you tried giving just what he eats and then stick a paci in his mouth once he falls asleep? How about rubbing under his chin?

My situation may be different because my daughter was born really underweight, but DD's pediatrician suggested to do things to keep her awake while feeding because she needed to get BM into her (was bottle feeding). While I was feeding her at night, if she started dozing off, I would lightly tickle her feet or rub her head. It would wake her up enough to start eating again. However, if he is turning his head away from the bottle or popping the nipple out of his mouth, then he is probably full and I wouldn't push it on him.