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How long of a "stretch" does your three week old sleep?

penguinempenguinem member
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DS is so sleepy, you'd think he'd sleep a bit longer at night :). During the day, we are either holding him or using the moby for naps. He eats every two hours if he stayed awake between feeds or every three if he naps (he would go four, but we wake at three to feed bc I want him to get enough during the day and switch his internal clock. At night, DH holds him for sleep from about 10:30-1:30 and then comes to bed; he then wakes up to eat every two hours exactly. Ie, if he eats at 1:30 and I finish feeding him at 2:30 (and change, swaddle, make sure he is sound asleep or he will cry) and lay him down, he is up at 3:30. I know he is only three weeks old and I'm ok with this schedule, but I'm wondering if other three week LOs are in a similar place or if further moms can remember when things stretched out longer. Thanks! (sorry if there are phone typos)
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Re: How long of a "stretch" does your three week old sleep?

  • candygirl29candygirl29 member
    Our LO only sleeps for about an hour to an hour and a half at a time. She is only a week old so I am praying to God her sleep increases over the next few weeks.
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    at 3 weeks I think we were getting 3-4 hours between feedings overnight.  By 4 or 5 weeks I think she was going 4-5 hours and by 8 weeks she was in a pattern of 7pm bedtime and 6-8 hours, up to nurse, then another 3-4 hours.  Now at 12 weeks, we always get at least an 8 hour stretch, sometimes 9, then another 3 or 4 after nursing. 

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  • halo_txhalo_tx
    At night, she usually goes 4 hours from "bedtime" feeding between 7-8 pm and next feeding. The rest if the night she goes maybe 2-3 hours, so either 1-2 more feedings before she is up for the day. 

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  • penguinempenguinem member
    Hmmm.... So a bit longer than my guy. :) However, last night he slept for two hours at the last stretch and when I went to get him, one hand was out if his swaddle, and vendors like to suck on his hand. Maybe I'll try that tonight!
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  • munchkinkid88munchkinkid88 member
    Our little angel takes a 2hr nap in the AM, 3hr nap in the afternoon, catnaps during the evening and then sleeps in two 4-5hr stretches during the night.  She needs to have her hands up by her face (no swaddle) and we've actually made the decision to allow her to sleep on her stomach as it relieves her gas and she sleeps much better.
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