Donna, I recommend that preemies, babies under six pounds, and or babies needing to be woken for feedings not go longer than four hours at night. The early infants have a tough time in the beginning knowing when they need to eat. Also for moms comfort. Hope this helps. Sally A. Isaacs RN, BSN, IBCLC University Medical Center @Princeton Princeton, NJ 08543 908-881-3390 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html