When should I expect my baby to sleep for longer?!

[booklover164]

My 8w old sleeps for 2-3 hours between feeds at night ( BF) and I wondered when I should expect him to sleep for longer. Is there anything I can do to help him or will it just happen naturally?

They'll just do it when they're ready.

My DS is 1 on Sunday and he still doesn't sleep for longer than 3 hours without waking at night. You get used to it 😂

It’s hard but as pp has said they do it when they are ready, and then when they do something comes along and disrupts it. My 3 year old is going through another spell of waking every couple of hours. You get through it... 8 weeks is still very tiny. Hope it changes soon for you.

Sorry to fill you full of dread but my 6 month old slept 4 hours between feeds from 7 weeks to 16 weeks and since then has woken up every hour sometimes every 2 hours.
The plus side is you get used to it and it becomes normal, I'm always tired but nothing like I was at 8 weeks. get a co sleeper cot and it becomes so much easier!

But then you might have a unicorn baby anythings possible!!

Mine is exactly the same at nearly 8 weeks. I get two hours on the dot almost at night. Sometimes less! Like last night...

Keep at it booklover and CJ - I had exactly the same. My DC1 was EBF and fed every 2-2.5 hours through out the night - it was exhausting. These started stretching out at around 4 months I seem to recall. To help me get more sleep I’d express some milk, then I’d do the 8ish feed followed by bedtime for me with earplugs in. DH kept DD with him in the living room and he did the 10ish session. Once finished, he brought her upstairs to our bedroom and I’d then hear her when she woke for the next feed. Having a good 3-4 hour stint of sleep worked wonders.

Having a hungry baby will really help with weaning. We started her at 5 and a bit months and she wolfed it down. As a result, she quickly went from waking 3/4 times a night to sleeping through solidly at 6 months!

My son (who was a very happy sleepy baby) needed bottle feeding with formula, as he slept too much and I didn’t make enough milk. He also didn’t sleep through until after he was 2! So whilst it’s such a pain, a lot of feeding is a good thing