Baby feed only when crying after midnight

Im a FTM, and my baby is currently 9 days old. He’s on formula milk fully and feed every 3hrs. However sometimes to keep our sanity at night, as he would not sleep at all once he’s awake at night till daylight, we would feed him every 3 hours day to night but after midnight, we would only feed him if he wakes up and cry, can be every 4 hours or so. So far he’s still slowly gaining weight. His jaundice is still within normal range of 191. Is it ok? #firstbaby #FTM

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Hi there. I checked with my gynae and peads and no I'm sorry I will share again and again and again. Babies under three months MUST be fed every two or three hours through the night! And with jaundice regular feedings is VERY important so the body disposes bilirubin excess efficiently. Because high levels of jaundice = bad consequences for the brain. We went through this recently. SO PLEASE. Its super exhaustion we know. My husband and i had so many meltdowns but its for the baby. We can bounce back sooner or later. A child who is unfed more than three hours is just NO😭😭😭 Ill share again why i was reprimanded by my peads. I FELL ASLEEP ONE NIGHT AROUND 3RD WEEK AND WOKE UP FIVE HOURS LATER WITH BABY CRYING SO WEAKLY from hunger. I overslept my 2.5hr alarms. And the poor baby. it was heartbreaking. I cried for hours knowing that both of us were too weak and exhausted to wake up and feed her that one time. im sorry but please take turns to feed. i feel u i hear u. its tough and depression sets in. but u dont wanna end up at the hospital with a hurt baby. u dont wanna starve the child. baby needs u😞 AND PS. ITS NOT ABOUT BABY GAINING WEIGHT OR NOT. Baby needs regular feedings and care consistently please. I swear we parents need to be better at getting info and doing our best. I hope ur baby will get better soon

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2y ago

Hugs!!