How long is your longest... (Non-clicky poll)

Ambeerose · July 2011

Stretch of sleep at night? And do you bf or ff?

CarlaAndJames · July 2011

4.5 hours the other night! Breastfeeding. (Not getting this consistently or anything, but it was really nice! Oh - and my stretches are a little longer because DH takes the night shift. So once she's off the boob he takes her out of the room and I go to sleep while he does the changing, reswaddling, soothing, and putting her down)

christelrn · July 2011

CarlaAndJames:
4.5 hours the other night! Breastfeeding. (Not getting this consistently or anything, but it was really nice! Oh - and my stretches are a little longer because DH takes the night shift. So once she's off the boob he takes her out of the room and I go to sleep while he does the changing, reswaddling, soothing, and putting her down)

I need to get fiance to do this. By the time I diaper, feed, burp, reswaddle, soothe, & put him down it is well over an hour - so even if I get 2-3hrs between feeds it is only 1-2hrs of potential sleep at a time. Longest my LO has gone at night is 3.5-4hrs between feeds but that is again only 2.5-3hrs from the time he is asleep to awaking for the next feed.

So jealous of all those mom's who get 5-7hrs. Wish I could just get 4hrs consistently. BTW, I'm breastfeeding & then give 1-3 bottles of BM a day.

Maybe I'll suggest fiance and I take turns. He can do the feed before bed, I'll pump, and then do the next feed, and then alternate. Sounds fair to me.

kattyleigh · July 2011

We got a three hour stretch last night and that was incredible! I think he still has his days and nights mixed up. It's been rough. I'm BF.

saunderslm2 · July 2011

6 hours last night! minus my one quick bathroom trip. I'm BF'ing but my little guy would sleep all day and night if we let him. I had to wake him up after the 6 to feed him and he went right back to sleep.

rainstar752 · July 2011

The Pedi still wants us to wake her after 5 hrs, so that's the longest she's gone. But, with feeding her and cleaning up and getting ready for bed, the longest I've slept is 4 hrs and usually closer to 3.5.

SarahP15 · July 2011

4 hours and I breastfeed

SarahinRichmond · July 2011

Usually 4 hours although one time he made it 5 before waking up. I'm breastfeeding.

amanda1680 · July 2011

3 hours, rarely. She is breastfed.

Baby4OT · July 2011

DD sleeps 4-5 hour stretches every night! I'm amazed and ecstatic over it. My second DD didn't sleep through the night until she was 14 months old so the thought of my 3 week old sleeping this well is blowing my mind! Oh, she's BF. Some nights I go right to bed as soon as I get her down, other nights I take a shower first, which cuts down on my sleep, but otherwise it's next to impossible to ever get a shower - I'm averaging every other day, sometimes every 3 days

marooner · July 2011

I'd say 3 hrs rarely also. I BF, he usually feed every 3 hrs on the dot through the night but it take almost an hr total to change, feed, swaddle & put back down. My LO seems to poop more at night, lol. So, sometimes it's only 30 minutes b/c he poops or has an upset tummy.

JuneBug0611 · July 2011

The longest consistent stretch between feedings at night is about 3.5 hours (from the start of one to the start of the next). I've gotten a few 4 hours and one 5 hour stretch, but those were flukes. And sometimes it's only an hour or hour and a half! I'm BFing. I get the longest stretch of sleep when I feed her on both sides so her tummy is nice and full!

waterfall11 · July 2011

6.5 hrs and DD is breastfed. She varies, but I get at least one 4 hrs stretch. Wish the 6.5 was every night.

Ambeerose · July 2011

Ds eats every 3hrs on the dot, so I get about 2-2 1/2hrs a t the most in one stretch. I have gotten 1 4hr stretch one night and that was great!! I bf ds.

Turtle143 · July 2011

Usually 3-4 but the 4 happened only once or twice and that was with me waking up first before she started to stir around. This has been the case whether I am putting her to the breast or giving her expressed milk.

M&M227 · July 2011

We FF and last night DD went 4 hours between feedings! I'm so excited.

supermom83 · July 2011

It's usually 1-2 hours and often times less, I breastfeed. But his longest was 3 hours and it was only once. It's rough...

prettyfish13 · July 2011

Maybe 3 hours. He did 4 hours once. But he mainly does 2 hours, and 1.5 if I'm REALLY lucky Crying .

I EP, so he has breast milk.

march2008 · July 2011

I EBF and the longest DD has slept during the night is 3 hours. Last night, she had me up every 2 hours again....so I guess it's still pretty variable for us!

lmbw1184 · July 2011

6.5 hours and I BF - - For most nights, we get 4-5 hours.

ShangriLaRose · July 2011

Our DD is a good sleeper, thank goodness... 6 hours and I'm BF'ing. She typically eats every 3-4 hrs during the day, with her last feeding before bed being usually between 11pm and 1 am. We're not on a set schedule quite so much, but pretty close. Once she's had that last feeding, I can usually get that full 6 hour stretch.

mari_gold · July 2011

3.5-4 hours. We're breastfeeding.

Sazhrah · July 2011

4 Hours. I EP so he has breastmilk.

brandx725 · July 2011

6-8 hour stretches have been his usual for about a week now. He is BF.

kas80 · July 2011

I get a 4 hour stretch once a day (usually during the daytime though) and then just little spurts here and there other times.

My husband is horrible about having his sleep disturbed and gets really short tempered and upset when she cries (not to the point where he would ever hurt or shake her, he knows to put her down before it gets there) so I do everything starting at her fussy time (around 5-6pm through the morning). It's one of those things that you know about your spouse ahead of time and on one level expect it but hope that you'll be wrong.

MommaA117 · July 2011

4ish hours. I BF. I don't wake her. I wait for her to wake.

folkfemme · July 2011

Longest is 8 hours, but it's more like 5 hours these days. I EBF and do not wake to feed. We also co sleep, so it's really easy to feed at night. When he wakes up, I simply feed him while we lay on our sides. He is usually back asleep by the end of the feeding.

rattlecanqueen · July 2011

AprilLynn09:
4ish hours. I BF. I don't wake her. I wait for her to wake.

This!

ShandaB · July 2011

I'm bf and the longest I've been able to sleep is 3 hours. I usually have to wake DS to eat since we aren't supposed to go more than 4 hours without eating.

ACM1616 · July 2011

6 hours was the longest stretch, but generally it's 3-4 hours during the day, and 4-5 at night. We FF.

helenejr · July 2011

4 hours - its pretty consistent and i'm BFing

aniceucchik · July 2011

If I take James at night then I get a 4 hour stretch...if DH takes him for the first feed then I get 6 hours

We FF. He usually eats around 7-8 and gots down till 12-1, then up around 3-4 and again around 630.

MammaBear81 · July 2011

DS will do one 6 hour stretch at night, and then he's up every three hours for the rest of the day, he is a BF baby.

lovejoyinme · July 2011

3 -31/2 hrs. i am ebf

lovejoyinme · July 2011

kattyleigh:
We got a three hour stretch last night and that was incredible! I think he still has his days and nights mixed up. It's been rough. I'm BF.

this!

twirler324 · July 2011

Last night= 9.5 hours!

In the last week she's been sleeping anywhere from 2 hour stretches to 8 hours. I asked the pedi at her appt. last week if that was too long to let her go, and she laughed at me! Ha. She said- "No- just enjoy it!" She has been gaining weight like a champ and is BF.

I'm amazed that she has done so well, it has made me a new woman this week! haha. Hoping it continues, but won't be surprised if it doesn't.