"Alissa" wrote in message
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he is only a week old, I'm sitting here waiting for him to wake, it's
been
5 hrs and he stirs but just goes back to sleep, I am worried how this will
effect my supply. He has put on weight after the initial weight loss, I
think I'll go weigh him again in the morning, surely if he is has put on
more he shouldn't be hungry, mind you he wakes up ravenous when he finally
wakes.I am sure too this long sleep pattern won't last, I was just
wondering
if it was common at first?
Alissa



Yes, I think it is quite common for the newborns. I don't know for sure
whether it can affect your supply, but the lactation consultant at our
hospital said it could, so we opted for waking the little guy every three
hours. It was so hard to get him to wake up sometimes, though! Tickling the
back of his neck and the bottoms of his feet sometimes worked, but somehow
felt a tad sadistic to me. Often, undressing him (even removing his diaper)
helped. I'd loosely wrap a cloth diaper around him to avoid messes. Wiping
him down with a wet washcloth almost always worked. My mom, on the other
hand, said she never woke her babies up to eat, and her supply was never
affected. I'm not sure whether she was just lucky, or maybe the LC was just
being overly cautious.

HTH!
-Michelle