6w and STTN?!

skye83

Not that I'm complaining (though my boobs are) but isn't 6 weeks a bit early for Charlie to start sleeping through the night? Tuesday night she slept from 10:30 until about quarter til 5. Last night she slept from before midnight until 6:15!!! I could get spoiled this way but of course now I'm worried that it's too early and I should be waking her to make sure she's eating enough. 

CnAnA

Alice was sttn just shy of six weeks. As long as she doesn't have gaining issues, she's fine. Congrats!

adoxyinherear

DD started STTN between 6 and 7 weeks! It was way harder on my boobs than it was on her. I just tried to trust that if she was hungry, she'd let me know. And when she hit her 3 month growth spurt, she totally did

skye83

mrs.ike:

Alice was sttn just shy of six weeks. As long as she doesn't have gaining issues, she's fine. Congrats!

I knew I could count on you t keep me sane... as scary as that may seem ;-)

I kind if figured that was the case but I needed to hear it. She has definitely not had any gaining issues so far. By her 1 month check up she had gained 2.5lbs. I guess we'll just wait for her next check up and see how she's doing.

We also changed her bedtime routine and I wonder if she's getting better rest now. We used to not really have much of a routine. She would spend the evening dozing and nursing in my lap until I was ready to go to bed and hen I would put her in her crib if she was asleep or lay down and nurse her if she was awake then move her to her crib if I was still awake. Now DH and I have decided to kick her out of our bed and try to ensure some alone time for us in the evenings so I lay her down at about 9;30 with just a night light on after the big kids are settled into bed. She usually talks to herself for about half an hour and then wants to nurse. Then I lay her back down and we go through a couple cycles of her talking to herself then wanting rocked until she talks herself to sleep. (usually only takes 1-2 cycles)

JulyMomma2U2

DS was STTN by then, too.. He did 11-5, and then back to sleep again until 9.. it was glorious!  Around 8-9 weeks, we moved up his bedtime to 8:30 instead of 11, and he'd still sleep until 5.. and then, before his 3 month appointment he was sleeping from 8-8:30pm until 7-8am!  It's wonderful when they sleep well

gilmoregirl105

My dd started sleeping consistently 5-6 hour stretches at 7 weeks.  As long as there are no issues with weight gain, I wouldn't worry.  Also if she continues to sleep consistently long stretches your boobs will adjust and not bother you.  

mork

I'm jealous! DD still consistently wakes up hungry every 3 hours. She had one 5 hour stretch a couple weeks ago, but it was a fluke.

tbone_bride

Totally jealous too!  My toddler still gets up at night.  My 5 week old isn't even close to STTN.  His longest stretch has been 3 1/2 or 4 hours.  It's OK though, somehow with the 2nd kid I can function on little sleep.  Don't know what changed, maybe my body just knows I can't nap during the day with a toddler, esp since she decided she doesn't want to nap anymore.  Ugh

CnAnA

skye83:

mrs.ike:

Alice was sttn just shy of six weeks. As long as she doesn't have gaining issues, she's fine. Congrats!

I knew I could count on you t keep me sane... as scary as that may seem ;-)

it is scary when I'm the voice of sanity... LOL!

hopefulmom81

DD was STTN at 6 weeks as well.  In our case, it has ebb and flowed where she STTN and then went through a few wakeful periods.  As long as she is gaining weight well, let that baby sleep!

SouthernBellaKS

For the record, I'm currently giving you all the stink eye of envy. We're still 2-3 hour stretches, and his 1 1/2 - 2 hour stretches all seem to occur on my shift. We've had 3 fluke 4 hour stretches over the last few weeks, but that's it.