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5 Week Old--is this normal?

charmgalcharmgal
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DD#2 is 5 weeks old. She's in that real fussy stage and gets real wound up in the evening.  The last two nights she screamed for about 45 min off and on while I soothed her.  Well, both nights, she sort of calmed down all of a sudden and got quiet.  So I put her in her swing (where she is happiest).  She fell asleep in her swing both evenings about 7pm.  She hadn't nursed since about 5:30 pm.  Two nights ago she slept in her swing until 11:00pm, so 4 hours of sleep and 5.5 without eating. I wasn't concerned about that, just wished her longest sleep period was a little later on.  Well last night she slept in her swing until 1:00am, when I woke up, realized she was still asleep, and got her up.  She hadn't eaten in almost 8 hours, and had been asleep for 6.  So my question is can a 5 week old BF baby go 8 hours w/o eating? DD#1 didn't until much later. 

 ETA: She didn't go back to sleep until about 2:30 am last night, woke up an hour later to eat again, and then every 2 hours after that.

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Re: 5 Week Old--is this normal?

  • MrsAdlonMrsAdlon
    DD is 6 weeks old today.  She is a great sleeper at night and has gone as long as 9 hours already (although it's usually 6 or 7).  I think as long as she is still gaining weight and eating enough throughout the day (or night) that this is ok. 
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