Does anyone's exclusively breastfed baby sleep through the night?

[jessica3692]

I can't help feeling jealous when I see mums post that their babies slept through where my daughter is 5 months and still wakes me every 2 hours (3 if I'm lucky) I know once I start weaning her things will get better... It's just every mum that proudly declares her baby sleeping through is formula fed. I having nothing against ff whatsoever. It just makes me a little bitter and jealous.

I wouldn't change bf'ing her for the world though, I just wondered if anyone's ebf baby sleeps through?

Ta muchly

I've read plenty on breastfeeding & expressing Culture - I was exclusively expressing for 3 weeks & daily until 3 months due to DS tongue tie & finally learning how to breastfeed without nipple shields. Still going strong at 10.5 months thanks to educating myself & perseverance on both parts.

I don't see any indication of the OP worrying about her diet from my original post.

I'm not claiming to be a medical expert, just a fellow breastfeeding mother.

My BF baby didn't sleep through the night until he was 9-10 months and that was only because we did sleep training.

Prior to that he was up every 2-3 hours wanting a feed and staying awake for ages

Even on three solid healthy meals a day my DD doesn't sleep through m. Some babies/toddlers just don't. I don't manage a whole night without waking up 3-4 times.

The food you eat as a mother makes absolutely no difference to the richness of your milk by the way.

Since we're pointing out that what you eat makes naff-all difference to milk quality, I'm surprised no-one's picked up on GoldenPond's gem:

DD was taking 6oz at a feed by 3 weeks despite being bf and HV said it was impossible. Got her to weigh DD before and after feed to prove it

Weighing a baby before and after a feed is no indication whatsoever as to how much they've taken in. Please don't any new and anxious breast feeders reading this thread think that it is. TOTAL guff that went out with the dinosaurs.

I'm mid 30s and have never slept through in my life, bar a couple of "stagger in at 3am" nights as a younger adult! Some people aren't built that way. Usually it just means I go to bed 1/2 hr earlier to allow for the thirsty wake/loo break.
I read and was told after 9 months babies are programmed not to feel thirst at night. Guff. Many adults feel thirst at night or need to pee (I have been seen by a dr about this in the 90s when 'not enough sleep' was the thing to get worried about - they told me the above).

DS2 was exclusively breast fed and he was a fantastic little sleeper. I think from about 3 months he started cluster feeding in the evening for several hours, and then would typically sleep through from about 11 - 12 pm until 7 - 8 am most nights. He cut back on the evening cluster feeds as weaning progressed, but he still continued to sleep through most nights. He's been a better sleeper than bottle fed DS1.

His sleeping has currently taken a downwards slide, as he's moved from a cot into a bed last week. I'm hoping he'll adjust soon.

I also have a close friend who FF her 2 DC. By all accounts they've both been terrible sleepers and were waking her several times a night until 2 - 3 yrs.

DS "slept through" a maximum of 5 times before the age of 2.
DD has slept through about 90% of the time from birth (now 4m).
Both EBF and I haven't done anything different - except DS was prem and dink, with lots of catching up to do, and DD was a 9lb+ whopper.
Babies are all different.