You want a baby to wake frequently in the night to establish feeding (hormones are released at night--they increase milk supply if the baby feeds) and also because a frequently waking baby is less at risk of sudden unexpected infant death syndrome. If they are in deep sleep whilst still so little, they should be woken. Her midwife/HV should be advising her this.Isn’t it damaging for newborns to sleep that long? I had to feed my newborn every 4 hours because of his low birth weight but I also remember my midwife saying long stretches without feeding can cause low blood sugar.
You’re definitely right about the efficiency, babies are babies they wake up that’s what they do. It is really disheartening hearing all these Instagram people talking about how good their babies sleep if yours doesn’t you do start to feel like a bit of a failure. I was there and had a hard word with myself. I just wanted to point out there are benefits for any Mams reading the threadNo I agree,my baby is 9 months and I've used an app to track sleep and he's still a frequent night time waker. I feel like what she is using is unnecessarily focused on "efficiency" and that does not sit right with me at all. It just seems her focus is getting her baby to sleep through the night as soon as possible. Each to their own but it sends out a negative message to vulnerable mothers post partum about babies sleep
Agreed my baby had low blood sugars so was the same from we were in hospital and still advised to wake for feed if they don’t wake but my wee man is a hungry wee thing so wakes up lol I prefer that though cause I panic and check he’s ok even when he is sleeping. She doesn’t send good messages to people who have have babies especially when we are all sleep deprivedIsn’t it damaging for newborns to sleep that long? I had to feed my newborn every 4 hours because of his low birth weight but I also remember my midwife saying long stretches without feeding can cause low blood sugar.
This! She could cause a lot of baby neglect and mums feeling low thinking they are doing something wrong. So dangerousI think her explaining the results of the app so poorly and irresponsibly is the problem here. Her baby didn’t sleep 7 hours straight, he slept 7hrs total with wake ups in between. Which is more normal but her not making that clear is dangerous and could lead other new, vulnerable mums into thinking they were doing something wrong because their baby did differently. She needs to realise that with “influence” comes responsibility and never more so than when influencing motherhood. New mums can be incredibly fragile, there should be restrictions on who and what can be targeted at them. Preferably not this halfwit.
Shouldn’t be doing it while she’s breastfeeding either, it’s extremely unlikely to cause harm but it’s not been proven safe either and no studies done on it, I’m dying to get my frown between my eyebrows botoxed but won’t until I’ve finished breastfeedingI think she has had her lips re done !!! Totally nessacary right Lucy
Trouble is, vacuous, self-obsessed airheads like her, with nothing to offer but flogging shit with her fake face would consider that an ‘essential journey’. Hopefully influencing dies of coronaI think she has had her lips re done !!! Totally nessacary right Lucy
100% agree with this, her bestie Lydia is doing similar too, trying to keep her 5 week old baby awake in the daytime in the misguided quest to make her sleep of a night so “she doesn’t keep mummy up all night”Ok seriously why is she so obsessed with this baby’s sleep? It’s beyond bizarre.
An app to track his sleep?!?!! He’s a month old! ‘Roman woke and was resettled’ Roman is a newborn baby!!! Give him a cuddle and feed him!
I could honestly tear my hair out at her ignorance, it’s staggering. The phrases ‘sleep efficiency’ and ‘a good night’ in terms of such a tiny, tiny baby are really damaging. What was she expecting? Really?! Imagine if the poor boy had reflux or colic and was up all hours of the night - would she still be measuring his progress via an app then?
Even if he doesn’t, babies like cuddles, babies wake up at night - it’s the biological norm. Sleeping is NOT how you measure a baby’s ‘goodness.’
She desperately needs educating, this is worrying.
I think you’ll find Lucy is the first person ever to have breastfed. Just like Jack Monroe is the first person to ever combine tinned foods and eat them.Yeh coz no one has ever breastfed their baby before Lucy
Well that’s a mistake. Breastfed babies should stay on size 1 teats no matter how old otherwise they can develop a preference for bottle feeding as it’s quicker. Bet she’s not paced feeding eitherBloody hell - size 2 teats at a month old?! She really just wants him asleep all the time didn’t she? She’s now realising that having a baby isn’t like having a doll.
Again, it’s stuff like this that’s dangerous for someone with her following to put out there.Honestly
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