When the baby is sleeping at night, should I wake her up to feed her?

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NO!!

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no you should not wake the baby to feed her, but if she does sleep past her feeding time, just feed her when she wakes up

why would you want to wake up a sleeping baby? when she is hungry, she will automatically wake up and 'call' you. There is no need to wake her up. Make full use of the precious time and get some well deserved sleep. :)

No,I used to worry about this when my kids were babies.they are 12 and 13 now.my eldest could sleep for 14 hours at a time!! If I woke her sometimes she would throw the whole bottle up.I was worried she wasnt eating enough so I took her to the doctors and he said let her sleep.a sleep is as good as a feed.dont worry.let her sleep and enjoy the time out.

if she is a premature baby, YES. If a full term child with no diagnosis of (failure to thrive), then, NO. When she is hungry, you will hear her..i have five children and im a neonatal rn

Are you NUTS?lol. I am not being rude hun--just that if your baby is sleeping thru, LET her, and thank your lucky stars!15 months of constant waking in the night, and I was a blithering mess.Really--all babies have their own rhythm, and you have LUCKED out. Do NOT, I repeat NOT, mess with this one. I know women who would KILL for your situation. ENJOY it. It may never happen again (if you have more).

yes, definitly. It is esencial that shi learn to eat and sleep and do everithing at regular time intervals.
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NOOOOOO !
When your baby is hungry they will let you know .. let them sleep they build there memory and brian activity when the are sleeping .. along with that is when they do most of there growing .

i study psychology and i know many things about babies and little child please read it carefully. if your baby is less than 2 years you must let her to choose the times for anything (eating-sleeping .) never try to force her to eat or sleep.so you don't need to wake her up for eating,she will be asking for eat anytime that she wants so let her to choose it not yourself.it helps her to has a good behavior when she becomes older.
it's so affective in her future. believe me. you can contact me for more questions
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i'm not sure what age your baby is but assuming she's a newborn-12months old..

babies require anywhere from 11-13 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period so basically they sleep alot!! AND most babies are quite demanding when they are hungry-so i wouldn't worry about this at all. she will wake when she needs to be fed.

the only time i would ask a doctor about this is if your little one has slept for more than 8-10 hours without feeding for a baby the age of 3-6 months. for under 3 months no more than 5-7 hours-most newborns need to eat every 4-5 hours to prevent dehydration. after 6 months-most babies sleep through the night which is about 8-10 hours on average.
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i'm a mother of 3
i work in trauma icu

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