Sleeping through the night

I am a mommy to be - and I had a question. I haven't read any info on this yet, so I hope I don't sound like a fool....

but at what point do you expect a baby to sleep through the night without feeding? And how many hours? Does it make a difference if you are bottle or breast feeding?

I am just curious because I was reading some of the CIO posts.

Message edited 2/5/2008 6:13:35 PM.

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Did I ask something inappropriate? No one wants to answer?

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every baby is different, really. it's hard to say.

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It depends on if they are bottle of breast fed. And all babies are different, but in general bottle fed babies sleep longer.

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DS was BF for only 2 weeks and has since been FM, he slept through the night, with no feedings in between prob at like 2-3 months, he has always been a great eater and sleeper though. He started pushing back the nighttime feedings on his own at that time and going to bed earlier, so now at 7 months he sleeps from 7:30PM to around 6-7 AM, with no feedings in between

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DD is EBF and started sleeping 8-9 hours in a row at night at 2 months.

I was talking about this with some friends this weekend and the consensus was that reaching 13-14 lbs was the magic number more than the baby's age or what they eat.

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my sofia is a beast,, she never wants to sleep. .but debsey75 taught me the way

pattern


last bottle of the night, sofia wanted more and more so from 4oz she ate 6oz that moosie.....

and she went in her pack and play WHICH she never would and slept thru the night.. a whole 6hrs..

soooooooooooo every bebe is diff.

I pray tonight she does the same..

today was the first day since she's born that feels NORMAL!!!!!!!!!!

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it depends on the baby. All 3 of mine were sleeping for 8 hours stright (9pm-5am) by 2 months then they would only wake for a bottle or to nurse and be back to sleep untill 9-10 am. I only brestfed my 3rd baby and I see no difference between my bottle fed and breastfed babies. I actually think my breast fed baby sleeps better.

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three months was the magic age for us when she started to go from about 9:30- 6:00....I felt like a new woman when I got to sleep again:)

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At 6 weeks Kerri slept from 9pm-6am....would eat then go down until 9am.

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DS is still BF at 13 months and he started 4+ hours at 4 months and was 10-12 a night by 6-7 months. He still does 10-12 hours a night no problem...

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DD has been sleeping through the night since about 2 months. She also falls asleep on her own with the mobile. I try to use only the crib when she goes down for the night and the PnP for naps. I feel so lucky, bc I don't knpow what I would do if she was up every 3 hours.

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Really, really hard to say. We were told not to expect it too soon with a preemie or a smaller baby that cannot take a lot at one feeding. My DS was born with low blood sugar and our ped. mentioned that babies that have low blood sugar might sleep more and the parents think they have a good baby, but there is a problem. Then our baby did start to sleep through the night rather early. I had to be reassured that it was not because of a problem. My baby is fine and now I am lucky to have a good sleeper. But this did give me a new perspective that sleeping through the night is not always ideal. As far as CIO, that is an issue that actually comes up later. Very few people believe in doing that with a newborn and it's not really necessary then. It is more necessary when the babies become more aware of wanting things like story time, etc.

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I think every baby is different. I ebf on demand for all three of my dc's. None of them slept through until close to 2 years of age.

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Wow. I guess I am on the opposite side of the spectrum, DS is 9+ months and he isn't even close to sleeping through the night. Sunday night he woke up FOUR TIMES to eat

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Thanks for your responses.
I have heard parents say that their DC sleeps through the night - but I didn't know what that was considered by most people. I figured 6-8 hours but then I heard someone say that their 6 month old slept for 12 hours and I didn't even know that was possible!
I have a lot to learn!

I know all babies are different, so I wanted to hear different answers from all moms.
Thanks again!

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by 7 wks he started sleeping 6 hours

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My daughter didn't sleep through the night until she was two years old. There was a stretch from about 6-12 weeks where she slept through most nights. After that, it only happened on occasion until after her seond birthday.

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DD is EBF and she started sleeping through the night at 5/6 months...straight through 12 hours She just started doing it one night and never stopped, so I have no advice other than they do what they want to do!

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DS was formula fed from 6 weeks on and started sleeping through the night (10 hrs) at 8 weeks. DD is EBF and is almost 7 months and this week just started sleeping 10-11hrs. My nephew who was formula fed was waking up until he was 14 months so it is hard to tell.

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DS was sleeping 10+ hours at 1 month old. He was a REALLY good sleeper!

DD slept 10-12 hours the night she got her 2 month shots and has every night after.
before this she was sleeping 6-8 hours at about 6 weeks. before 6 weeks was every 3-4 hours.

But... every baby is def different.

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DS slept through the night for the first time at 2 weeks. We woke up in the morning and we went running to him thinking something was wrong. (Well, that didn't last, but it was a glorious night!)

He really started sleeping better when we moved him to his own room, in the crib at 7 weeks. At that point he was only waking once per night. I don't remember when he officially started sleeping through the night, but I know it was between 2-3 months.

I exclusively breastfeed. So, it's not just formula babies. We are very blessed with him!

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ds is 7.5 months old and sleeps from 9-6am most nights.. but like tonight he woke up at 3 am realllly hungry, so I had to feed him... it really depends with him...

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DD started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks (the same night we moved her to her own room). She is EBF, but I pump - so she gets a little more in her last bottle to keep her full.