A few newborn questions

Hey Laurakim.

alo depends on your baby and if you breastfeeding or formula feeding, if I recall from your other posts you breastfeeding. I dont beleive blanket rules apply to all babies, but I will tell you what I did with Paige if it helps.

1. in the begining she would take about 45 minutes to feed, as time went by it got quicker, and now it takes her 5 - 10 minutes at the breast
2. A few books I read said a new born should not be awake for longer htan 45 - 1 hour at a time, so sleep, wake for a feed adn nappy change and go back to sleep. this worked for us... not sure what the total number of hours this adds up to
3. Breastfed babies tend to poo more than formula fed babies, Paige had around 6- 8 wet nappies a day with about 2 or so being poo nappies, if I remember correctly
4. I feed on demand, she would feed every 3 hours, but sometime every 2 hours if she was having a growth spurt
5. I dont put cream on at every nappy change, more like after every poo and/ or every second nappy. if she had a bit of a rash then I would put on at every change. if you find he gets a red rash and normal nappy cream doesnt work, use Nystacid it works brilliantly.
6. I never had to wake paige during the day for feeds, she woke to feed like clock work. I did wake her at night as the clinic wasnt happy wtih her weight gain and so I woke her during the first 6 weeks and ocne she was gaining weight I let her sleep

Hope it helps

cheers

If you met me now you wouldn't think I had 2 other children. I feel like a rookie mom

So I have a few questions (google is NOT your friend when it comes to newborn information)

When I say newborn lets assume the baby is between birth and 4 weeks!

1. How long should a newborn feed for?
2. How many hours a day should a newborn sleep for?
3. How many poop nappies should they have?
4. How often should baby be feeding?
5. Is it necessary to put bum cream on with each nappy change?
6. Do you wake baby for feeds?

I suspect we are on track and Jack really is doing just fine but for my sanity I need to have these things answered - please