Sleeping through

At this age they still need lots of feeds so I’d be surprised if many sleep through. Mine is 1 years old and still had around 3/4 feeds a night

I didn’t think it was common for babies this age to be sleeping through, but at least maybe sleeping longer than 2 hours at a time.. she used to sleep 5 hours till 3 then sleep till 6 but that’s gone out of the window

My baby can sleep 7-10 hours a night. I know it's not that common though

Are you breastfeeding? My son woke every 1-2 hours at night until he was about 10 weeks old when I breastfed. We slowly stretched out the time between feeds to every four hours and gave a formula bottle before bed and that helped to reduce the wake ups. He would only have 2-3 feeds a night rather than 5-6. At 16 weeks we did have 4 weeks of hellish sleep but I put it down to the 4 months sleep regression and just had to push through the exhaustion haha. He’s now fully formula fed due to a TT causing issues and severe multiple allergies that would leave me only eating rice 😂 he’s only just sleeping through (sometimes wakes once or twice but just needs to be given his muzzy and he goes back off) and will be 11 months next week. I don’t think it’s formula related but more age and individual readiness…he’s dropped down to 1 nap himself during the day though so I think that helps the overnight Xx

Im formula feeding! It wouldn’t be as bad if she stayed asleep once she was put in her crib, she’s too big for her Moses basket now so we’ve transferred her to the next to me crib in a sleep bag and that’s when she’s started waking up more too. We put her down and it takes 2-3 attempts putting her down some nights for her to stay asleep, taking 30-1hour at a time! Maybe that’s common? I’m not sure as I’m first time mum

My 7 week old sleeps from 9.30 - 4.30am so 7 hours a night and I make sure I give her enough milk during the day. 5oz every 3-4 hours so she’s nice and full 🥰

Aww I know it’s so tough! My LO was a world of pain at this age. One of us would stay downstairs with him until 2am then he’d come upstairs and occasionally he would pull all nighters. He was having milk every 1.5-2 hours. Unfortunately it is common for them to not sleep well at this age but it’ll get better! Don’t despair I know it’s so so hard! The only thing I would have done different which I would now recommend (we started at 4 months) is to just keep to your bedtime routine even on days it doesn’t work and it really will click for her when she’s a tiny bit older. Try white noise, placing your hand on her chest when she starts to stir, dummy, comforter ( take it after when she falls asleep) xx

She’s on 5oz every 2 maybe 3 hours at a push so she’s having a lot through the day, the same during the night. If I let her sleep from 9:30 she would be up 11:30 latest😩

The next to me you just moved her to is also another factor . When I started with the next to me for my girl, she woke up every hour and it was just hard for her to sleep long. So I tried changing her bed sheet to a fleece one that kept her warm and cozy . She’s better and now wakes up 2 to 3 times per night . Also , when she was younger , she slept a lot more but as she started to become more aware, she’s had less sleep. You are not alone x

You’re not alone! My baby is formula fed and we had a nightmare night last night… she has done the odd 6 hour stretch but rare!! Normally 3-4 hours. Sometimes 2-3 hours… it’s all depends on how she’s feeling! From & weeks they start to wake up more, more aware etc. It’s very hard, we just have to hang in there xx

How do you put your baby in next to me? Blanket or swaddle or sleeping bag or? She sleeps a lot better in the Moses but she’s been in that day and night since 2/3 weeks with the odd day naps in the next to me

My little girl is sleeping 10:30pm-6am but is having 6oz every 3-4 hours in the day. She is 2 months old today too and is currently in the middle of a “leap” which is essentially like a growth spurt where they learn new things. I’d imagine your little girl may be at the same stage if she is also 2 months, and this can affect sleep and feeds whilst it lasts! The Wonderweeks app is fab at explaining about all the leaps and what changes your baby may go through - it’s usually only temporary though so if she is in a leap hopefully she will be back to sleeping longer again next week 🤍

My little girl is 2 months old today I’d usually have her down around 10 she would stay asleep most nights till 4 and down till 7/8 but last night she was awake nearly every 2 hours and took ages to settle. She had her injections this week too so I thought that was disrupting her sleep but maybe it’s a growth spurt. X

@Charlie it was the same with my LO , she slept in the Moses basket for a while and when I moved her to her next2me , she just wouldn’t settle. I use the love to dream swaddle,put her down when she’s drowsy (not asleep) and tap on the bed to form the heartbeat rhythm . She’d close her eyes after some minutes. In the beginning when she moved to the next to me , I would warm it with hot water bottle before I put her there .

There is a calculation to work out if you're feeding enough. It's babies weight in KG x150 then divided by the number of feeds in 24hrs. It helps when you're trying to figure out if they're getting enough but I'd also keep in mind if they're still gaining weight nicely to add a bit of common sense in and prevent over feeding.

My baby is 7 weeks old and has been doing 7 hour stretches of sleep for a few weeks now. I know it’s definitely not normal or common and definitely shouldn’t be expected! But I think what has contributed to this is we swaddle her, use white noise and she tends to feed a lot in the day. Not sure how much as she is breastfed but definitely drinks a lot in the day. My first was still waking up for milk in the night at 1, I just think all babies are different and will do their own thing x