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Breast fed baby sleeping through the night at 2 weeks. Is this normal?

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michie40 · 29/03/2007 07:52

My second daughter is just over 2 weeks old and last night slept from 9pm to 6am. She fed a lot last night - but this still seems a bit of long time to go without a feed. Should I be worried or is this OK.
Grateful for any advice.
Thanks.

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moondog · 29/03/2007 08:11

I would rouse her for a feed,which will of course keep your milk supply up.You need to feed at night for now.

yellowrose · 29/03/2007 08:45

michie - yes it may be a one off in which case do nothing ! But if it continues I would worry that a 2 week old needs more feeds. Night feeds are also very important for your supply. See how it goes and let us know ! If it continues I think you need to wake her for a feed.

Egypt · 29/03/2007 09:15

forgot, my friend's baby who was sleeping through 15 hours from a very early age. she was advised to wake her for feeds - one at 5am only though, i think. she was a bit older but not much.

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michie40 · 29/03/2007 09:30

Thanks for the advice - I did wake her at 6 for a feed which she ate and has now gone back to sleep. I will keep an eye on her and if it is not a one off I think I will ask the health visitor for advice just in case.

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StinkyPete · 29/03/2007 09:39

both mine (entirely bf) slept well thru the night from 2 weeks. dd started to sleep 10 hours at 2 weeks and did so until 11months (when the teeth started). Of course, discuss it with your HV, but as long as she seems well in every other way, don't worry about it - enjoy the rest!!
stinky

Twiglett · 29/03/2007 09:42

I never woke a sleeping baby for a bf and had no issues with my milk supply

it won't last though .. .make the most of it

purely anecdotal but in their first 3 - 4 weeks mine used to sleep for long periods at a time and people kept telling me to wake them up to feed every 3-4 hours .. but I didn't ..

chipmonkey · 29/03/2007 10:24

I remember ds1 sleeping through very early. I woke in a panic and jumped down to tge end of the bed, convinced he'd died in the night! I was staying with my Mum and she came running into the room. When she found out it was just that he'd slept through, she looked at him and said @isn't she daft!"
Must report her to MNHQ.

yellowrose · 29/03/2007 10:28

It depends. I had a friend whose fully bf baby hardly ever put on weight and still looked very very thin at 5 months because she gave him dummies throughout the night. It later turned out that she should have been waking him for bf. I never suggested it to her because I was too scrared to upset her, and regretted it for ever more as she was told to put him on formula at five months when it could have been avoided with extra bf.

Sorry don't mean to bring doom and gloom, but baby needs to put on weight and be healthy. Babies are so different though. If it lasts like this, sleeping right through from only 2 weeks, I would be cautious. Just my own view. Perhaps talk to an expert, LLL, NCT, BFN, etc if it continues ?

Twiglett · 29/03/2007 10:35

if there had been an issue with either of my babies failing to thrive / put on weight over a 2 week period (not counting the first 2 weeks) I would have considered waking up to feed so am fully with you

Oblomov · 29/03/2007 10:39

Not sure it is quite... normal.
See what HV says.

But who cares, praise the flippin Lord.

It might be a one off, or if she is feeding well throughout the day, then presumably she is getting enough

You lucky Cow !!!

Ds didn't manage until 13 weeks - And I thought that was good - you are cool and dd is even cooler !!!

Cazee · 29/03/2007 11:07

My HV told me that a certain hormone (prolactin?) is only produced at night, so for the first 6 weeks to wake her for one night feed. (Not sure if Breastfeeding experts comfirm this, as HV can talk a lot of twaddle!) I have read on the sleep threads that it is posssible to feed a baby when they are pretty much asleep, so it shouldn't disturb her too much. I imagine the full breast feeling wakes you anyway? I remember waking up aching in the night, seeing DD was asleep and not being able to sleep until I had fed her.

yellowrose · 29/03/2007 11:41

Oh god, yes, praise the lord for sleeping babies ! mine didn't manage to sleep through until he was around 10 months old (always bf) so envy anyone who has a "good" baby - lol !

he is now a very active nearly 3 year old, sleeps through 12 hours every night after jumping up and down 12 hours, so he is compensating for the shite first year when mummy and daddy got no sleep

yellowrose · 29/03/2007 11:42

twiglett - hope you didn't think I was criticising, was just mentioning my friend as I got so upset for her and her son.

BigCremeEggs · 29/03/2007 11:42

michie - just think yaself lucky!

Twiglett · 29/03/2007 11:48

not at all yellowrose .. was slightly embarrassed that my initial post hadn't included the fact that both of mine were patently thriving on my neglectful attitude

teabags · 29/03/2007 11:48

my DS is the same, slept through similar times to your dd from around 2 weeks and is still doing so now at 5 weeks. However, he feeds well in the day and has put on an average of a pound a fortnight. I have been expressing of an evening to try and keep my supply up though as it felt like it was dwindling a bit. I'm making the most of the sleep while I can!

yellowrose · 29/03/2007 12:08

twiglett - lol re. neglectful

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