u/psychandcoffee

Baby hard to wake

Hi all-last night I tried to wake our 5 week old for a feed (normally wouldn’t wake her from sleep but she had been fussing earlier and I had a bottle ready that was about to expire, and it had been hours since her last feed so I figured she’d wake soon anyway..)

Normally when I unswaddle her, she wakes up fussy and ready for food. This time, she stretched a little but kept sleeping. The things that would normally wake her (re-swaddling, tickling, laying her in bassinet, unzipping her clothes…) didn’t wake her. She would wiggle a little, but not actually wake. Breathing and coloring were ok throughout. I undressed her to her diaper and even that didn’t get her right away, but eventually she woke and cried and took a new bottle and I was so relieved I started crying.

I called the pediatrician and they said it is ok just to keep an eye on things and can call the nurse triage line if it happens again, and we have an appt anyway this week so can chat with them more then, but just was curious if this has happened to anyone else, because it freaked me out.

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u/psychandcoffee — 26 days ago