How much did your LO weigh when they started STTN?

jenn2929 · March 2010

I'm just wondering and from doing a bunch of reading I'm not 100% sure weight matters a lot, but I do believe it is a factor.

Samantha slept 5 and a half hours straight last night, which is certainly a record for her. nate, however, who on occasion has slept up to five hours, has been getting up every three hours for the past few nights.

TIA

krissyh21 · March 2010

DS was about 10 pounds, but I don't believe there is any correlation since my nephew took about 8 months before he slept more then 4 hours at a time - he weighed well past the 10 pounds and was eating solids and all that.

qtpa2t · March 2010

DD started sleeping five hour stretches by around three weeks. She had only just gotten back to her birthweight at that point, which was around 9 lbs. I think it's had as much to do with how much food she can ingest. She would start cluster feeding before bed, and then sleep for five hours.

CMM05 · March 2010

My pedi claims once they hit around 12 pounds they start STTN or at least sleeping longer stretches.

At first I believed her, but now I don't....LOL!

DS#2 is almost 15 pounds and he still isn't STTN :( Boo....

DS#1 was STTN at 11 weeks and he was right around 12 pounds......

CarlyL · March 2010

My DD weighs around 14lbs and has started sleeping 6 hour stretches. She cluster feeds like crazy before she goes down around 9:30pm or so.

rockvillebride · March 2010

DS was 6 months old and at least 17 pounds, so in our case weight didn't make a difference - sorry!

skoorbnibor · March 2010

Ethan was about 10 lbs, but I dont honestly think weight has any relevance. We had a google group of the moms in our birthing class, and the babies were all over the place for STTN... some did it at 1 weeks, some at 1 months, the majority didn't until well after 6 months

I think it is a milestone like any other... they just do it when they are ready

( I am not talking 5 hour stretches, I am referring to 8 hours or more)