Question

apiechta

Do breastfed babies ever sleep thru the night? At what point will this happen? Last night we got 4 hours....but im dreaming of the days we get more!

Brit's Luna154

Mine has slept for 7 hours stretches a few times, not nightly though. She had her first 7 hour stretch at about 8 weeks.

chelle_chelle5487@hotmail.com

My LO is 5 1/2 weeks old and for about 2-3 weeks she sleeps 4-7 hour stretches at night. We've even had a couple 8 hour stretches. The thing I did was I started giving her a bottle of breast milk  at night and that seemed to help a lot! She tends not to eat as much when she nurses directly from the breast.

beccajanedowning

My DD has been sleeping for 7 hour stretches since 3.5 weeks. DH will give her a bottle of BM, then she'll wake up for a snack 2 to 3 hours later and after that sleep for 7 or 8 hours. However she rarely sleeps during the day. I feel lucky if she takes one 20 minute nap.

sweetky_06

They need to hit about 12-13 lbs before they have the stomach capacity to eat enough to sleep through the night. Right now my LO is about 9.75 lbs and he's sleeping 4-5 hours at a time.