When did your LO start sleeping longer at night? (more than 4 hours)

MrsJerseyJets

When did your LO start sleeping longer stretches?  How old were they?  I remember with my first it was 7.5 weeks, and I am praying that this one is similar because I am so exhausted lol.  Also, when they started sleeping longer, did they sleep later?  My LO wakes up anywhere between 2 and 4am for the first time and then only sleeps for 2 hours after that, waking every 2 hours until about 6 or 7am when its harder to get her back to sleep for more than an hour.  I don't remember if it was like this with my first, but I think it may have been.  I wouldn't mind the getting up the first time if she would go back down for another 3-4 hours instead of 1 or 2!  She is 6 weeks old right now...

shrty603

Mine started at 2 months

SFESQMOM1

DD started giving us anywhere from 8-10 hours of sleep at around 6 or 7 weeks I think.

shaket83

Mine started last week It was a long 3.5 months!!!

nawlinsgrl

Mine started this week, at 6w2d, out of the blue.  She had been going 4 hours pretty regularly, and then the next thing I knew, she went from 12:45am to 6:30am.  It scared the crap outta me when I woke up that morning, not having had a middle of the night wake up call.

The second night I bumped up the time 30 minutes, and got the same result, down around 12:15 and up at 6:30.  Last night was the 3rd night, and she went down from 11pm to nearly 6am.  I am just hoping it lasts and optimistically looking forward to the day when she starts sleeping 8+ hours, especially once I return to work.

MrsJerseyJets

Thank you guys for the replies!  At least it gives me hope...I know it will eventually happen but I am obviously hoping for sooner rather than later because I am going back to work in 2 weeks and could really use the extra sleep lol.  This is always the toughest part of having a newborn!  

khagan9368

Lately he's been sleeping up to 6 occasionally 7 hours overnight. He will wake up once to nurse and goes back down for another 3 or more. Tonight of course he fell asleep early so who knows how the overnight will be. 

angelfire02

Ours are 9 1/2 weeks and last night did a 9 hour stretch.  We fed them at 9pm and put them down and didn't hear anything from them until 6!  They are 5 weeks adjusted age with being early. 

PS Love your daughers name, Amber Rose is my name too!

 

MrsJerseyJets

angelfire02:

PS Love your daughers name, Amber Rose is my name too!

 

That's so cool!  We love the name, we've gotten a LOT of compliments on it!  

My daughter is 5 weeks adjusted age, so that's why I'm hoping that around 7 weeks (her 6 week adjusted age) she starts sleeping longer.  The first stretch is fine, it's just the following stretches.  She seems to be "up" for the day around 6:30a, which is hard for me right now lol!  I'm just not used to it, my 3 year old sleeps until 8-9am most mornings so the 6:30a is killing me!  haha!