How old is your LO & how many hours does he/she go at night before waking up?

Richardsmom_817 · December 2014

Formula or BF?

MrsG1019 · December 2014

BF & 6 hours

lizzielu82 · December 2014

7 weeks; EBF; 6 hours

Richardsmom_817 · December 2014

My son is 9 wks and is very random still....sometimes he will go 3 hours & sometimes (just in the last few days) will go 5 hours! That would be the most he'd ever do. I'm happy w/ the 5, but it's not consistent like I said. He's still regularly between 3-4....

CarrieAnne09 · December 2014

5 weeks today. EBF. 4 hours.

mander82 · December 2014

Formula.
6 weeks today
Usually 3-4 hours but every once in awhile we get a 5 or 6 hour stretch.

so72409 · December 2014

7 wks on Tuesday; EBF & sleeps 8-9 hours at night. She has been sleeping this great for about 3-4 weeks already. Blessed!

BrittG13 · December 2014

4 Weeks, Formula, 7.5 hours

BrianneG78 · December 2014

4 weeks, EBF, don't know because I wake her up but she'd probably sleep all night. I've let her go as long as five and a half hours but then she feeds on the hour the next morning

ctrueme1 · December 2014

6 weeks, BF and sleeps about 5-7 hours a night. She's been sleeping great the last few weeks but I have had to pump in the night so my sleep hasn't been the best:(

jessa1228 · December 2014

7 weeks, EBF, 5-7 hours.

pixie523 · December 2014

Mostly BF; first stretch is 2 hours, next is typically 3-4. We got a 5 hour stretch once. 5 weeks old.

We have a hell of a time getting her down for that first stretch though.

howin23 · December 2014

5 weeks, 4 days, EBF, 9lb, 0.5oz. She feeds every four hours day and night, so feeds 7pm, 11pm, 3am, waking up on her own. We're going to do Suzy Giordano's 12 hours in 12 weeks and are starting with the four hour feeding schedule (and no, we're not starving her, as some critics of the book suggest). Getting her on this schedule has been huge for us. Next step once she hits 8 weeks is to phase out the 3am feeding, .5oz at a time.

One thing that really struck me was hearing that if you don't wait long enough in between, then the baby won't be hungry enough, so won't eat enough, which then makes it harder to go longer again. Obviously the baby's stomach has to be big enough, but 4 hours seems to work fine for her.

ccam · December 2014

EBF, 5 weeks and her first stretch of sleep is 5-6 hours, then every 3 after that.

vv101010 · December 2014

Becks517 said:
This thread is depressing me because my LO is such a bad sleeper. 5 weeks old, EBF, 2 hours max, but usually more like 30 mins-1 hour.

I'm with you! LO is 5weeks Tuesday and EBF. I get one 2hr stretch at the beginning of the night and the rest are from 1hr to 30minutes.

oklahomamom09 · December 2014

3 weeks 5 days, EBF.. For now (thinking about mixing some formula in because he doesn't seem full) at night I get one 4 hour stretch, he wakes up eats for an hour and I get about 2 more hours before he wakes up around 4:30 until 6ish and then sleeps until 7:30-8. So total 7 1/2 hours but not straight through.

silverwings72 · December 2014

6 weeks today, Formula fed. He gets about 5 hours, wakes up, then does another 2 1/2. Im hoping it well get even better as i go back to work in two weeks.

TC0514 · December 2014

7weeks, BF&FF usually every 2-3hours

krgriffin26 · December 2014

8 weeks. EBF and she usually sleeps 3-4 stretches. Same here with the might be supplementing soon because she doesn't seem to get very full. Last night she had 7 oz over 2 hours and still woke up hungry after only 2 hrs of sleep. Second half of the night though we have been getting a 5 hr stretch here and there.

Ineedmorecoffee · December 2014

5 weeks old. EBF and goes 4 and 5 hours. Have gotten a few 6 hour stretches.

ssstephanie214 · December 2014

6 wks, ebf, 4-5 hrs

jac409 · December 2014

8 weeks and EBF. We have just started getting a few 4 or 5 hour stretches, but usually the first one is 2 - 3 hours and 1.5 to 2 hours after that. My first LO was sleeping through the night by this point, so I wasn't really expecting this to last so long. Someone please tell me it won't last forever! I know it in my head, but I can't quite believe it.

Kristil2014 · December 2014

7 weeks
Formula fed
7-8 hours

missnacholover · December 2014

9 weeks
mostly formula, some BM
She goes anywhere from 6 - 8 hours. Usually closer to 8, waking up once.

kcar1105 · December 2014

6 weeks, EBF, usually have two 4(ish) hour stretches... although the other night he gave me one 6 hour stretch first

kaimee27 · December 2014

3 weeks 2 days. We mostly get 2-3 hours at night, sometimes more, sometimes less.

Jan1214 · December 2014

5 weeks tomorrow
FF
Usually a 3-4 hr stretch followed by 2-3 hr stretch
We've had a couple 5 hr stretches and last night a 6 hr! I'm trying not to get my hopes up

AnnieRoo13 · December 2014

7 weeks on Tuesday, EBF and I usually get a 4-5 hour stretch at night and then a 2-3 hour one.

It's so interesting to see the variation!

Lilwatz · December 2014

Combination BM and FF. 11 weeks. 9-10 hours sleep (10-11 hours between feedings). We do a formula bottle when first awake. Next, 4-5 breastfeeds with expressed breast milk or formula supplementation. Then a formula bottle before bed.

jess123456 · December 2014

6 weeks -- He usually sleeps for four hours and then three. Last night I got a straight 6!

jess123456 · December 2014

Lilwatz said:
Combination BM and FF. 11 weeks. 9-10 hours sleep (10-11 hours between feedings). We do a formula bottle when first awake. Next, 4-5 breastfeeds with expressed breast milk or formula supplementation. Then a formula bottle before bed.

So jealous!!! That's amazing!

Lilwatz · December 2014

jess123456 said:

Combination BM and FF. 11 weeks. 9-10 hours sleep (10-11 hours between feedings). We do a formula bottle when first awake. Next, 4-5 breastfeeds with expressed breast milk or formula supplementation. Then a formula bottle before bed.
So jealous!!! That's amazing!

I am grateful every morning. I never take it granted!

Jrohrback623 · December 2014

AnnieRoo13 said:
7 weeks on Tuesday, EBF and I usually get a 4-5 hour stretch at night and then a 2-3 hour one.

It's so interesting to see the variation!

This exactly!

hiketheworld · December 2014

One month- usually 2-3 hours of sleep at a time. He will go 3-4 hours between feedings at night but he is usually up for 45-90 minutes before he falls asleep again.

Sarahbeth612 · December 2014

4 weeks, mostly FF now, max of 4 hours. Some days and nights he only gets 15-30 minute cat naps but that hasn't happened since I discovered grip water! (fx)

sparklingwhit · December 2014

9 weeks, EFF, anywhere from 3 to 7 hours. Depends on the night.

oklahomamom09 · December 2014

kegcrc said:
8 weeks. One 3-4 hour stretch followed by two 2-3 hour stretches. Starts at midnight.

Which means we are in bed til 11 am...

ETA he is EBF and takes between 30 mins to an hour to feed.

Same here with the in bed til 11, I've started scheduling all my appointments and visitors for the afternoon.

MmmPopcorn · December 2014

Damn. 6 weeks tomorrow. EBF. 3 hours max, usually less. I literally have had one stretch of sleep longer than 4 hours since DS was born, and that was because he slept at grandma's house.