Yes! Sometimes it’s OK to wake a baby from a nap
In our daughter Rowan?s first year, my husband and I repeated this scenario more times than I?d like to admit: Rowan would skip her nap during an exciting visit with Grandma and Grandpa, and we would leave shortly after dinner, smugly confident that we?d all have an early bedtime. Then, barely out of the driveway, I would sense quiet?too quiet?and turn around to see her napping away in the car seat. I?d gasp, my husband would curse softly, and we?d hotly argue over what to do next: Wake her up to endure a howling baby for nearly two hours while we drove home, or let her nap now, only to have a refreshed and playful baby who might stay up all night when we got home"
Every parent has heard the cautions about waking a sleeping baby, but is it ever better to cut a snooze short" We asked the experts about the following scenarios. When your baby hasn?t eaten in a couple of hours
You should wake up your newborn to ensure she?s feeding every few hours, says Tracey Bridger, a paediatric endocrinologist in St. John?s. Regular feedings are important, at least until your baby has regained her birth weight. According to paediatric sleep specialist and University of Toronto associate professor Robyn Stremler, waking a newborn from long stretches in the daytime to feed also signals to them to be more active in the day, which in turn helps shift those long stretches of sleep to nighttime.
But once your baby is a healthy weight and is feeding, peeing and pooping regularly?general...
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