Now I can tell you that I am experienced mom and I can share some secrets with you. But when my son was born I did not know what to do with him, how to feed my baby and how to make him calm and happy. Of course, I read a lot of magazines and articles about pregnancy, about baby care, etc. but if you have not done all those things, you have read, by yourself – it is only theory and your practice starts when your baby is born.

So let us start.

When the baby is born – he or she usually sleeps a lot during the first days. Do not think that labor and baby birth is a great labor only for you. Your baby do hard work as well and that is why newborn needs to sleep. In addition your baby needs to eat. So this is a dilemma – is it necessary to wake your baby up to feed? There are many opinions regarding this question. I believe that if you baby sleep – you should NOT wake him up to feed. Newborn will wake up when he is hungry.

The best way is to sleep close to your baby. In such way you can have a rest and feel much better and your baby can eat when he wants too. It is great if you breastfeeding your baby.

Many moms think that it is not safe to sleep with your baby. They are afraid to crush the baby. I can tell you that this is not true. Do you afraid to fall down from your bad during a sleep? I think – no. And mother cannot crush her baby.

All you need is listening to your heart. I am sure you can understand when you baby needs to eat and you will not wake up the baby for nothing. Also I can add that when my little son slept – I could not wake him up anyhow. So the question should I wake up the baby to feed disappeared.

However, you need to talk to your doctor if your baby is underweight or too small and weak. In this case, probably, you need to do everything to feed your baby more frequently.