is successful breastfeeding and sleeping through the night just not possible?

[Caz10]

i will preface all of this by saying that dd is teensy and there are concerns over her slow weight gain...so the answers might not be aplicable to her, but i am just curious!

because of her weight i have obviously been reading up and taking advice to make sure my supply and her latch are as good as possible.

• i feed on demand, or 3 hourly if she has not "demanded" before 3hrs are up
• been on domperidone
• wear her in a sling - haven't mastered feeding in it but am trying!
• tried feeding in the bath, top off etc
• always offer both sides, never limit feeds
• bfc has seen and "approved" latch, watched us feed etc

from about 5wks dd (now 10wks) has slept for a relatively long time at night. she used to feed 9pm-ish, then 12ish, then not wake again until 5/6am

now she is cluster feeding from 5pm-midnight, but still sleeps until anywhere between 5-7am.

i am very reluctant to co-sleep for various reasons, which is the only other "tactic" i can think of to increase her milk intake. but she does sleep in our room, right next to the bed.

anyway to get to the point (eventually!) i'm wondering if all bf babies feed during the night and it is wrong for dd not to be doing this? tbh i think i'm actually getting LESS sleep now than i did when was feeding every 2/3hrs during the night, because then i was napping during the day, going to bed earlier etc. now she is awake all day unless out walking in pram or sling, dh, parents etc are all back at work and life has gone back to normal to a certain extent, and we are up cluster feeding until 12. but it nice to then get an uninterrupted stretch! we did try waking her at 3ish for a while, but she would hardly feed.

my breasts are full in the morning but not painfully so, and they now seem quite soft at all other times, which i'm hoping means my supply is becoming more established.

today she fed at 5.45, 8, 10.30, 1, 3, 5 - that is quite typical. she is def not a "snacker", but feeds for about 30 mins each side, and is always content after feeds.

thanks!

Just to say that suddenly at 12 weeks my BF DD is sleeping 12 hours 8-8 (sometimes wakes at 5 for a feed) She did use to cluster feed in the evenings until 12 but then although she was feeding I think alot of it was for comfort so I started to leave her to cry for a bit and she stopped feeding so much. I feed her before her bath at 7 and then again at 8 and then she goes to bed. She does feed alot in the day however every 2 hrs.
My advice would be to maybe step up the feeds in the day if you can?

Both my dcs are crap in the sleep department. So bf-ed and co-slept. Dd only started sleeping through suddenly when I weaned her at 17 months. Ds is now 17 months, not sleeping through, thinking of weaning. Both dd and ds used me as a human dummy (refused the latex kind) and needed the boob in the mouth to fall and stay asleep.

Although I get wakened 4-5x a night sometimes more, I don't feel tired during the day. So that is fine. It is the comfort nibbling I cannot abide.

Don't hit me but my breastfed DD is nearly 11 weeks old and usually sleeps through the night. She has slept from midnight til 6 am most nights since she was about 3 wks old. Gave me the fright of my life the first time she did it but we have just encouraged her to keep in that routine! Now I'm trying to put her to bed a bit earlier and the best she has managed so far is 9.30pm til 6 am! She does however feed frequently during the day and rarely sleeps during the day so the days can be a bit challenging. I wouldn't change it though as I'm getting a good amount of sleep at night.