Please tell me it is possible to have good nights sleep with a newborn!

[LittleMonkeysMum]

DD2 is 6 days old, and we had one dreadful night four nights ago, but for the last three nights she's been amazing. I've had her in bed next to me and she sleeps from 10pm, with maybe a couple of small snacks feeding her on my side, then feed her properly at 2am and again at 5am. This is so unlike DD1 who didn't sleep anywhere near as well as this for ages!!
Please someone tell me this is possible and it's not absolutely guaranteed to go tits up from now on!

Although I was ff, I cannot remember a night when I had to feed DS more than once - he fed at 10ish, usually at 2ish and then had a bottle in the morning (from 6ish onwards) - this lasted for about 3 weeks and then he started sleeping through - we dropped the 10pm feed as he would be fast asleep and not open his mouth and he would sleep through until usually between 6-7. He is 6 months now and since he was 3 weeks old, he has never woken for a feed during the night since - so I guess what I am trying to say is that it is not necessarily going to go tits up

I always felt guilty though when people asked me how I was coping with the sleepless nights

They lull you into a false sense of security and just when you think they're in a routine, they'll do something different just to keep you on your toes!

my bf dd (now age 9) was in a great routine really early on and has alwasy been a fantastic sleeper. my ds (18 weeks) - the opposite. You got lucky this time - enjoy!

just to clarify - dd not still bf!!! Four months was my limit that time round!

Cruise - thats exactly why I am seriously thinking about stopping at just the one child

LMM - it is possible! Except, with my two, it was the first one who was more restful at night, not the 2nd.....

Enjoy it. If it doesnt last - well, you know it gets better eventually.

Congratulations.

I found it totally possible, by keeping them in my bed, and bfing whenever. By DS2, I was able to change sides without waking. I think.

DS slept from 11pm till 3am then back to sleep until 8am from day one. That all changed from 7 weeks though and I had several bad nights with him.
I remember it so clearly as his sister never slept well.

They both love their bed now (8 and 4.9)

Botgh mine were very simialar to that, and I found that hard (I'm a bit sleep obsessed). Sounds like you had a poor sleeper first time and were expecting the same, enjoy, but noe complacent!

Co-sleeping is great, I don't know how I'd have managed without it. I can honestly say we've only had a handful of disturbed nights since ds3 was born and on those occasions it's been when he was ill. Enjoy!