LO is 12 weeks old today...and he is still NOT sttn! I EBF and my pedi suggested I pump and give him a bottle at his last feeding; well....since I work full time and pump all day, the last thing I want to do is pump and not nurse at night. But...if that means it will give me more sleep, it might be worth it?! Anyone else's LO still not STTN? If your LO is sttn, do you give a bottle at last feeding?
I should mention he goes down around 10pm, wakes up at 1am and 4am and then sleeps until 8:30am when we have to wake him to take him to day care.
Re: Not STTN?
Anyway, I hope you get some sleep soon, and just know it won't last forever, even if it feels like it in your sleep deprived state!
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Would I love a longer stretch, yes, but I just keep saying its coming.....
5 hrs IS STTN for babies, so your baby is STTN with a few night feeds.
My DD does the same. We usually get 5 hours followed by another 3 after a night time feed. I can usually catch her before she fully awakes and give her a dream feed and she'll doze back off. That's one of the nice perks of bed sharing!
I actually consider 5 hrs STTN. Even though I see people post about 12 hr stretches. Breast milk digests much faster than formula so baby's tummy empties more quickly and baby gets hungry again faster.
We do have days though when she will wake up after 3 hrs then every 2 to 3 hrs after that but again I catch her before she fully wakes up when I see her rooting in her sleep and nurse her lying in bed so at least it feels like she's slept a longer stretch those nights!
Thanks for all your replies...I am really just hoping for one nice 5 hour stretch really- not expecting a full nights sleep for a while
I didn't say she wasn't but 4 to 4.5 hrs is not STTN. FWIW 6hr is considered STTN by most pediatrician. Like I said, would love longer hours but we are happy with what we have which is very close to what OP has.
this. overfeeding causes discomfort/gas/fussiness-at least for our baby. Cluster feeding seems to be working really well. He's 10 weeks today and just this week has been going for just about 6 hours for his first stretch of sleep. He goes down between 10:30 and 11:15, sleeps until 4ish, nurses, and sleeps until 7:45.
Like OP said...I pump all day at work, I definitely don't want to pump again at night. AND our baby will not take a bottle if I'm in the house
Thank you for this. My son is also 10 weeks today and has the same sleep schedule. Unfortunately he won't nap by himself during the day either, so I am one tired momma. Like the OP, I know he will sleep longer eventually, but I wish that day would hurry up and come already!
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Our birth class taught us that STTN is 5 hours in baby terms
This. Sounds like you have a pretty good sleeper, actually!