should i wake her?

Hello!

My gorgeous little girl is only one week old so theres no real pattern to her sleep at the moment - every night is different.
Just wondering though, sometimes during the day ( mostly late arvo thru til evening ) she can sleep for 4 hrs or more - is it ok to wake her and if so when should i do it? I was sorta thinking i should wake her after 4 hours but is this bad?

Thanks!!

I would probably not wake her smile
but she is probably confusing day with night, so eventually you will want her to have her longer sleep at night,

at 1 week I think you are doing the right thing and attending to her according to her own rhythm

she's so new! Congratulations!

Heléna

Hi Stacey

Firstly congratulations on the birth of yoiur DD.

How often are you feeding her? Are you on a routine or are you demand feeding her?

If you are no on a routine, I would suggest you start a routine as babies love routines and then follow the feed, play and sleep cycle. I would then suggest that you do wake up your DD so she will be get used to having short sleeps in the day and then have a long sleep at night. Babies need to be taught the difference between day time and night time.

All the best,

Cheers