To Sleep or not to Sleep

I have had so many new mom's tell me that they have set their alarm clocks to go off every three hours so that they can feed their baby only to find that they had a horrible time trying to wake their baby up!
"They just won't wake up! What can I do to get them to wake up and eat?"
My answer to that is "don't". Don't wake them up. If your baby is content to sleep for 4 or 5 hours - even through the night, let them!
Unless their is a specific medical reason for waking your baby up in the middle of the night to eat, it is not going to hurt your baby to sleep through until morning! In fact, if you allow your baby to wake you up when they are hungry, you will find that they eat much better because they are already awake and you will feel much more rested having slept for a greater length of time!
A rested mom is a happy mom!