Do fat babies sleep longer?

huntjul · December 2013

bkeane619 · December 2013

See now logically I would think fat babies eat more often hence being up more.

DETrent · December 2013

This brings up another question...what is considered fat?

huntjul · December 2013

DETrent said:

This brings up another question...what is considered fat?

Yeah, the scientist in me thought of that too, but I decided to leave it to mommy perception. I suppose we could do a more scientific poll by defining fat as >75% on growth and skinny as <25% but I didn't do that.

Pollster fail.

sleepy33 · December 2013

My kid was 86% in weight his last checkup and this entire week he's been up nursing every 2 hours. He's never slept longer than 5 hours consecutively. FML.

Mama2be12345 · December 2013

Skinny baby, 17th% and STTN up to 8 hours this week. She eats like a piggy when she wakes at 6 am then sleeps until 8 and eats again, then eats every 2-3 hours throughout the day. I love my little squishy but I secretly wish I had a chunky baby...

DETrent · December 2013

huntjul said:

DETrent said:

This brings up another question...what is considered fat?

Yeah, the scientist in me thought of that too, but I decided to leave it to mommy perception. I suppose we could do a more scientific poll by defining fat as >75% on growth and skinny as <25% but I didn't do that.

Pollster fail.

Not a fail! I was just curious. LO is 2 months and has a pedi appt tomorrow, but his doc doesn't do 1 month visits, so I don't really have proof that my baby is fat. He just feels like it.

bionicb · December 2013

52 percentile, some nights we get 9 hrs waking up once in the middle. Other nights we're up every 2-3&1/2 hrs.

My chunk is 9 wks. Was 13 lbs 8 oz at her 8 week appt. Long though, 23/24 in. (She doesn't like stretching out for the MA.)

EmJ&B · December 2013

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

kimbo1216 · December 2013

Ellie is average to chunky and doesn't sttn. Although I usually get a 4 hour stretch. Sometimes 5.

KerCo51 · December 2013

Addy is pretty skinny, mainly because she is really tall, and usually sleeps 7-8 hours at night.

Lee81 · December 2013

Greta is 5th percentile and has only sttn a handful of times. Only when well swaddled and only in her rnp (usually she sleeps in her crib).

huntjul · December 2013

EmJ&B said:

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

I beg to differ, with a 12lb baby. She STTN the first time at 4 weeks and approx 9lbs, did it consistently starting around 7 weeks and approx 10.5lbs, and now at 10 weeks she's doing 10-11 hour stretches consistently (like every night for the last 2 weeks, no exceptions) without waking. I'm probably the best rested mama on Oct'13. Feel free to share your hate and/or set off my smoke detectors all night.

Philsbride2be · December 2013

He's in 90th percentile for ht and wt and only slept 5 hrs once, 4 hrs is more like it. He likes mommys milk. I may be over feeding, hmmm.... :-SS

huntjul · December 2013

NRyan55 said:

EmJ&B said:

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

I beg to differ, with a 12lb baby. She STTN the first time at 4 weeks and approx 9lbs, did it consistently starting around 7 weeks and approx 10.5lbs, and now at 10 weeks she's doing 10-11 hour stretches consistently (like every night for the last 2 weeks, no exceptions) without waking. I'm probably the best rested mama on Oct'13. Feel free to share your hate and/or set off my smoke detectors all night.
Ew My kid STTN too, but I don't feel the need to be a total snatch about it.

Touché. I take it back. Karma will probably come for me soon.

allymp13 · December 2013

STTN through the night is

huntjul said:

EmJ&B said:

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

I beg to differ, with a 12lb baby. She STTN the first time at 4 weeks and approx 9lbs, did it consistently starting around 7 weeks and approx 10.5lbs, and now at 10 weeks she's doing 10-11 hour stretches consistently (like every night for the last 2 weeks, no exceptions) without waking. I'm probably the best rested mama on Oct'13. Feel free to share your hate and/or set off my smoke detectors all night.

Seriously annoying. My DS sleeps through the night but I don't feel the need to post 2 threads a day about it.

psychdoc12 · December 2013

NRyan55 said:

NRyan55 said:

EmJ&B said:

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

I beg to differ, with a 12lb baby. She STTN the first time at 4 weeks and approx 9lbs, did it consistently starting around 7 weeks and approx 10.5lbs, and now at 10 weeks she's doing 10-11 hour stretches consistently (like every night for the last 2 weeks, no exceptions) without waking. I'm probably the best rested mama on Oct'13. Feel free to share your hate and/or set off my smoke detectors all night.
Ew My kid STTN too, but I don't feel the need to be a total snatch about it.

Touché. I take it back. Karma will probably come for me soon.
--------- Yea, no one is going to believe that half ass retraction. Everyone seems to have accepted this as your new norm so I don't think people are surprised anymore.

Yeah, you're not the only one getting 10-hour stretches. The rest of us just don't include it in every post.

kelle017 · December 2013

My baby was 50% for weight last week. She sleeps one 4-5 hour stretch on average and has for a few weeks. She's ten weeks today.

Chrisanna0508 · December 2013

I go for the 2 month visit tomorrow and I know DS has got to at least be 15 lbs. Also, 4 hrs is the best I've ever gotten. The past few nights it's been every 2 hours at the longest with him waking up crying from gas before then normally. I am STTN bitter.

yesthisiskim0401 · December 2013

sleepy33 · December 2013

awwwpuddin said:

awwwpuddin said:

Snatch, tho???

Too much?
I mean.. A little

Your kid must be sleeping pretty well. Mine is on a no sleep jihad and I can assure you, snatch seems almost polite.

sleepy33 · December 2013

23Melissa28 said:

awwwpuddin said:

awwwpuddin said:

Snatch, tho???

Too much?
I mean.. A little

Noted. Next time I'll draw the line right before snatch
What is the line before snatch? Do we have a reference guide?

I had a c-section, so now I have a line right before my snatch.

ETA: I'm not taking pics, tho

SnoopyLuv · December 2013

I have read/heard that they need to be 10 lbs at least to sleep a 5 hour stretch. I don't know where that comes from, but I've heard it more than a few times.

I will say that Francesca is WAY fatter than Josephine (95% vs 10ish% at 8 weeks) and Frankie sleeps way better than Josie ever did. I bedshare with both and nursed both so I think it has to do with their fat composition, at least in part.

EmJ&B · December 2013

huntjul said:

EmJ&B said:

Apparently they need to be over 13 pounds to consistently STTN ... I have no citation except that's what our LC said.

I beg to differ, with a 12lb baby. She STTN the first time at 4 weeks and approx 9lbs, did it consistently starting around 7 weeks and approx 10.5lbs, and now at 10 weeks she's doing 10-11 hour stretches consistently (like every night for the last 2 weeks, no exceptions) without waking. I'm probably the best rested mama on Oct'13. Feel free to share your hate and/or set off my smoke detectors all night.

LOL ... that's why I said I had no citation. Also, I am well over 13 pounds and haven't STTN myself in years. Maybe I need a swaddle? ;-)

EmJ&B · December 2013

Apparently I fail at quote boxes ... as per the 13 pound thing:

LOL ... that's why I said I had no citation. Also, I am well over 13 pounds and haven't STTN myself in years. Maybe I need a swaddle? ;-)