Sleeping

MishC · Nov 8th, 2009, 17:02 PM

This post is aimed at people that breast feed only. Does your baby sleep right through the night? If so when did s/he start to do this?

My daughter is 13 weeks old and still wakes in the night for a feed. I've noticed ladies who give there baby a fomula feed at bed time, their babies sleep right through. I was just wondering if i was alone with still having to feed mine at 4/5am.

petal040 · Nov 8th, 2009, 17:11 PM

At 6 weeks, my LO started to sleep for five or six hours without a feed. Now, at nearly 8 weeks, she usually goes 6 hours and has done 7 and 7.5 (but only those two times).

So she has slept through from 10pm until 8am only waking once, at 4am, for a feed.

Usually though, she goes to sleep at 8.30ish, so I don't get the benefit of the longer block as I am still up.

My LO had a bottle of formula once at bedtime. It made no difference to how long she slept (she has slept longer with just breastmilk). But as I said it was only once so not much to go by.

I would also like to know if/when bf babies can be expected to sleep through for longer periods of time.

DolceBella · Nov 8th, 2009, 21:41 PM

Bella is exclusively breastfed and wakes up once overnight, which I don't mind at all. She does one of two things...
Eats at 8pm, 12am, and 7am...
Or eats at 8pm, 4am, and 7am..
Either way, she always does one big stretch.

Sherileigh · Nov 9th, 2009, 00:58 AM

My baby is exclusively on BM and he sleeps through the night....from 9-12 hours in a stretch, he's done this since he was 8 weeks old.

mommyof3co · Nov 9th, 2009, 01:24 AM

Casen was exclusively breastfed from birth to 7mo...at that age we started offering some formula but seriously between 7-11mo I would say max 10 bottles so not a daily thing. He didn't start to sleep through until he weaned from the breast and went full time on formula at 11mo.

Hayden exclusively breastfed until he self weaned at 19mo and I had to night wean him at 15mo because of horrible thrush...thankfully right around that time I started to notice he really wasn't needing the feedings..but just a couple weeks before that he really did need the feedings at night

celine · Nov 9th, 2009, 04:25 AM

I think thats great, at that age my lo woke once at 3-5am but that changed at 4m

jovi_girl · Nov 9th, 2009, 04:40 AM

depends on your defintion of sleeping through i guess.

I tend to say that Thomas, at 4months, still doesnt sleep through. But that being said, i like him to go to bed early so i get some me time in the evenings. He generally sleeps from 8pm-4am then goes back to sleep til around 7-8am after i feed him. I guess if i put him to bed at 10pm he'd probably wake up at 6am and that would be considered sleeping through?

Hes been in this routine for i would say about 6-8weeks now, so since he was about 2months old.

bana · Nov 9th, 2009, 06:32 AM

Last night he went to bed at 11.30 and woke at 3.50 for a feed then at 7.50 then we got up properly at 10:40! each feed lasts from 1 hour to 1hour and a half! x

CountingDown · Nov 9th, 2009, 08:20 AM

Olivia at 4 months had 4 weeks of sleeping from 9.00pm until 6.00am but then went through a growth spurt and since then feeds at least once a night. Olivia does go to bed early now between 6.30pm and 7.00pm and most of the time wakes at 2.00am for feed then again at 6.00am when we get up for the day.

petal040 · Nov 9th, 2009, 09:57 AM

That doesn't sound too bad to me

My LO has slept through only waking once to feed (she doesn't actually 'wake' as such) but it doesn't happen regularly yet. I hope it comes soon!

Nov 8th, 2009, 17:02 PM	#1
MishC Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,659	Sleeping This post is aimed at people that breast feed only. Does your baby sleep right through the night? If so when did s/he start to do this? My daughter is 13 weeks old and still wakes in the night for a feed. I've noticed ladies who give there baby a fomula feed at bed time, their babies sleep right through. I was just wondering if i was alone with still having to feed mine at 4/5am.

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Nov 8th, 2009, 17:11 PM	#2
petal040 Dad Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 527	At 6 weeks, my LO started to sleep for five or six hours without a feed. Now, at nearly 8 weeks, she usually goes 6 hours and has done 7 and 7.5 (but only those two times). So she has slept through from 10pm until 8am only waking once, at 4am, for a feed. Usually though, she goes to sleep at 8.30ish, so I don't get the benefit of the longer block as I am still up. My LO had a bottle of formula once at bedtime. It made no difference to how long she slept (she has slept longer with just breastmilk). But as I said it was only once so not much to go by. I would also like to know if/when bf babies can be expected to sleep through for longer periods of time.

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Nov 8th, 2009, 21:41 PM	#3
DolceBella Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,285	Bella is exclusively breastfed and wakes up once overnight, which I don't mind at all. She does one of two things... Eats at 8pm, 12am, and 7am... Or eats at 8pm, 4am, and 7am.. Either way, she always does one big stretch.

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Nov 9th, 2009, 00:58 AM	#4
Sherileigh Other BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 4,450	My baby is exclusively on BM and he sleeps through the night....from 9-12 hours in a stretch, he's done this since he was 8 weeks old.

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Nov 9th, 2009, 01:24 AM	#5
mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	Casen was exclusively breastfed from birth to 7mo...at that age we started offering some formula but seriously between 7-11mo I would say max 10 bottles so not a daily thing. He didn't start to sleep through until he weaned from the breast and went full time on formula at 11mo. Hayden exclusively breastfed until he self weaned at 19mo and I had to night wean him at 15mo because of horrible thrush...thankfully right around that time I started to notice he really wasn't needing the feedings..but just a couple weeks before that he really did need the feedings at night

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Nov 9th, 2009, 04:25 AM	#6
celine Other BnB Elite Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11,978	I think thats great, at that age my lo woke once at 3-5am but that changed at 4m

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Nov 9th, 2009, 04:40 AM	#7
jovi_girl Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 196	depends on your defintion of sleeping through i guess. I tend to say that Thomas, at 4months, still doesnt sleep through. But that being said, i like him to go to bed early so i get some me time in the evenings. He generally sleeps from 8pm-4am then goes back to sleep til around 7-8am after i feed him. I guess if i put him to bed at 10pm he'd probably wake up at 6am and that would be considered sleeping through? Hes been in this routine for i would say about 6-8weeks now, so since he was about 2months old.

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Nov 9th, 2009, 06:32 AM	#8
bana Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,051	Last night he went to bed at 11.30 and woke at 3.50 for a feed then at 7.50 then we got up properly at 10:40! each feed lasts from 1 hour to 1hour and a half! x

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Nov 9th, 2009, 08:20 AM	#9
CountingDown Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Nottinghamshire Posts: 1,761	Olivia at 4 months had 4 weeks of sleeping from 9.00pm until 6.00am but then went through a growth spurt and since then feeds at least once a night. Olivia does go to bed early now between 6.30pm and 7.00pm and most of the time wakes at 2.00am for feed then again at 6.00am when we get up for the day.

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Nov 9th, 2009, 09:57 AM	#10
petal040 Dad Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 527	That doesn't sound too bad to me My LO has slept through only waking once to feed (she doesn't actually 'wake' as such) but it doesn't happen regularly yet. I hope it comes soon!

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