This is so weird (baby sleep)

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Benjamin has been sleeping 4.5 hours.  And I guess he would have done it last night too but H got nervous and woke him up at 4 hours.  So I googled and this is apparently normal?  I've been on the edge of my seat waiting for him to wake up for like two hours now.  He only took cat naps today and I was wondering WTH was going on.  Is this my new six week old baby?  Is he going to be hysterical when he wakes up?  He slept for 4 hours when he was 1 week old but then he was so hysterical when he woke up that he couldn't eat and we haven't let him do it since.

When did you start to notice your kid sleeping longer stretches?

[carolinagirl831]

About 8 weeks , I wouldn't wake him, let him sle,ep!

[Deleted]

Despite having a video monitor, I have been going in there every ten minutes to make sure he's still breathing. How long can this go on? Will H change the diaper? LOL

[havarti]

I'm sorry, are you trying to predict what your baby is going to do? The first rule of baby club: don't try to make predictions about the baby

To answer your question. My kid has always slept in fairly long stretches. 4-6 hours at first. Longer now. As long as his weight going is good, let him sleep.

[catbus]

E started really early on, and STTN (10.5 hours--8:30 PM-7 AM) at seven weeks. So... yeah... let him sleep!

Also, is he still pooping in the MOTN? If not, is there a reason you're still changing his diaper then? I think you're making this harder on yourself than you should. Relax and get some sleep! I went to bed at like 8:00 for the first two months of E's life, LOL. 

[foryourboy]

Jul 3, 2013 23:03:40 GMT -5 carolinagirl831 said:

About 8 weeks , I wouldn't wake him, let him sle,ep!

LOL, I agree I would just let him sleep. That is fantastic that he is sleeping for longer periods of time.

[catbus]

Jul 3, 2013 23:05:56 GMT -5 havarti said:

I'm sorry, are you trying to predict what your baby is going to do? The first rule of baby club: don't try to make predictions about the baby

To answer your question. My kid has always slept in fairly long stretches. 4-6 hours at first. Longer now. As long as his weight going is good, let him sleep.

Yep, E also did pretty solid stretches from the start. I was just grateful for the sleep, LOL. 

[Deleted]

Still asleep! H just went to bed (in the same room where B is sleeping) so I'm just hanging out waiting to see what happens. I'm not even tired this is so great.

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Jul 3, 2013 23:43:33 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

J STTN starting at 5 weeks until 3.5 months. Sinc sleep training we are getting back on track. He'll be 6 months on the 11th

The whole night?  Eek!  I don't think I could stay up that long.  He's moving his head a little bit per the monitor but eyes are still closed.  I guess if he's not awake by the time I finish watching the Bachelorette I'll go to bed too.  So weird!

[Deleted]

Awake and fed. Now he's just sort of looking around. I screwed up this swaddle so I'm waiting for my sleep signals before I fix it. But 5.5 hours, guys. I'll take it!

[dulcemariamar]

Go to sleep. Take one night at a time. You will have good nights and you will have horrible nights. So try to sleep when you can because there will be nights when your LO wont let you.


I think my LO started to do long stretches (5-6) hours around ten weeks but things really got good after the 12 week growth spurt. And then it sucked for awhile around the 4 months and now things improving.

[Deleted]

I was just waiting for him last time instead of sleeping. Now I know better.

[gibbinator]

6 weeks he started sttn

[lolo]

DD is 7w and the longest she's gone is one 4 1/2 hour stretch. So basically I am super jealous of any good sleepers.

[Deleted]

By 6 weeks DD was sleeping for 6 to 8 hr stretches. I can only hope we're so lucky with DS.

[bunch]

Whispers not to tempt fate: since the day we brought her home. She is also literally impossible to wake if she's not in the mood to eat.

[littlemermaid]

My daughter did 6 hour stretches at night from the time we brought her home from the hospital. Unlike her older brother who didn't sleep through the night until 18 months.

[pierogigirl]

DS1- about 10 months when I night weaned and did a little light Ferber.
DS2 - can't quite remember, but he was always a better sleeper than DS2 as a baby.

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Jul 3, 2013 23:19:11 GMT -5 catbus said:

E started really early on, and STTN (10.5 hours--8:30 PM-7 AM) at seven weeks. So... yeah... let him sleep!

Also, is he still pooping in the MOTN? If not, is there a reason you're still changing his diaper then? I think you're making this harder on yourself than you should. Relax and get some sleep! I went to bed at like 8:00 for the first two months of E's life, LOL. 

Oddly enough he did not poop last night. I hadn't notice that stopped happening.

[Deleted]

3 weeks. She started doing 5-6 hour stretches and its just gotten longer. SHe regularly sleeps 8-9 hours at night now.

[schrodinger]

Jul 4, 2013 7:19:10 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

DD slept 6-7 hour stretches around 7 weeks. That lasted until 3.5 months. You don't want to know what happened after that.

I could have written this word for word.  The 4 month wakeful was a beast!

[MadamePresident]

Jul 4, 2013 11:37:28 GMT -5 schrodinger said:

Jul 4, 2013 7:19:10 GMT -5 @msstarry said:

DD slept 6-7 hour stretches around 7 weeks. That lasted until 3.5 months. You don't want to know what happened after that.

I could have written this word for word.  The 4 month wakeful was a beast!

Same. She slept through the night regularly until maybe 5 months and now wakes up at least once to eat and she is 9 months. Although my theory is she would sleep all night if she would start eating solid foods.

[dcn]

DS has never ever slept through the night (as in 11 or 12 hours straight). Ever. GO TO SLEEP. Do it for me, lol.

Before the 4 month wakeful, he was starting to go 5 - 6 hours and that was great. It has taken about 3 -4 months to get back to that. We now regularly get 7 or 8 hours out of him. My husband and I are pretty sure that babies that do that at an early age don't really exist. I kid of course, but if you have a good sleeper, take advantage!

[spk926]

At 4 weeks exactly DD started sleeping through the night. 8:30pm to 6:30am. It was heavenly. She would nurse around the clock during the day though but I didn't care because it meant sleep at night.

[Deleted]

DS STTN (10pm to 6am) from 6 weeks to 4 months, when the 4-month wakeful bitch slapped me IN THE FACE. His sleep has been a crapshoot since. If his weight gain is good, let him sleep!

[babyrn]

E started sleeping 5-6 hour stretches around 6 weeks and then 8-10 hour stretches around 3 months. Now we are in the middle of the 4 month wakeful and its been rough to say the least...