Why is 5 hours considered STTN?

LucyGoosey81

Who decided this?  My pedi has never said this, for the record, but I have seen it here on numerous occasions.

It doesn't make sense...if you put the baby down at 10 PM and s/he wakes up at 3  that's really considered STTN?  Hmmmmmm...

I post this because DS has done this a couple nights in a row (5 hours straight), and I was just thinking that doesn't seem right.

frootloop

my DD woke at 630 yesterday morning and both MH and i thought it was the middle of the night lol

i hear what you are saying tho... DD doesnt go to bed until 12 or 1, and sleeps til 6... i dont consider that thru the night

jculp

To me STTN is if I got to STTN!! lol

PAGAS

I put F to bed about when I go to bed.  Since I am used to getting to work at 6am, 5 to 6 hours is my normal sleep time, so I consider it STTN.  If she gets 5 hours from 7pm to midnight or something, then I don't take it as STTN because I don't sleep at that time.  We are up to 7 to 8 hour stretches now, so she is actually sleeping more than I am most of the time.  I hope yours continues with the 5 hours and keeps going for longer and longer as time goes by.

J+O

I don't consider that SSTN... DS goes down between 10-11 and wakes up around 9ish. ?THAT is SSTN!

vanillacourage

What babies/pedi's consider STTN is different from the adult version of STTN.  For babies it's 5-6 hours.  For adults we'd consider it more like 8-10 hrs. 

https://babyparenting.about.com/cs/sleeping/a/newbornsleep.htm

lmdbww

If that's true, then DD sttn since birth. She only ever woke once at night since we brought her home.

I think maybe everyone has their own definition of this. I considered sttn when I actually sttn and didn't have to get up. lol