Newborn not fed for 8 hrs  (19 Posts) Bunbaker Fri 06-Sep-13
06:54:03  Ah, that's good news. Congratulations BTW.  ElBombero
Thu 05-Sep-13 22:44:17  He's woke had 2 big poos n just finished
a huge feed grin happy mummy  midori1999 Thu 05-Sep-13 22:26:56
I would personally be expressing some colostrum to spoon or
syringe feed if my newborn hadn't fed that long. I'd be worried
about blood sugar dropping.  itshowwedo Thu 05-Sep-13 20:59:29
Well done ElBombero. Sounds like you got the advice you needed.
Good luck tonight.  ElBombero Thu 05-Sep-13 20:53:08  Thanks
everyone just rang post natal ward, they said strip him and keep
offering breast, that he is probably just tired. She expects e
will wake during night hungry but if not to call back if he
hasn't taken anything by 3am x  noblegiraffe Thu 05-Sep-13
20:32:56  IME it's not ok, and you need to make an effort to
feed at least every 2-3 hours. If baby will not take a feed then
you need to hand express into a syringe and give the feed that
way.  If it's just a