This is normal?

[jinn2025]

Hi have I been sent a miracle? This is our 2nd baby and also a suprise baby! Our first was IVF after 8 long years and then 2 years later we naturally concieved which was a huge shock but wonderful. DD was born 6 days ago. For the the past 4 nights DD has slept 5 hours straight each night!! Which I know can change at any point. Health visitor is coming today to do her checks so I will be asking her also if this is common.

what do we think? Any mums with a fresh baby sleeping this long?

Our baby did but she was jaundiced and very sleepy. Lost sig weight so I tried to waken at 4 hrs.
is she formula or breast fed? It will make a difference to advice.

and CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Congratulations OP! Please make the most of these long stretches! Both my second and third babies slept like this for about 4-5 months.., then everything changed and I was lucky if they slept 2 hours together for a period of time! Xxx

She’s a bottle fed baby. Oh I know our first born did this at 4 months sleep regression stated

Ds2 did. 5-7 hours a night from day 2. He was a giant though (10.5 lbs) and maintained that being on the 99th centile for the furst year (breastfed if that makes a differnece-i dont think it does). He also thumb sucked which i think helped him self soothe. Twas wierd and I feld like a bit of a fraud when at baby groups with everyone complaining about lack of sleep! Now ds1 was a completely different story...

Congratulations on your second baby! What a lovely thing to read. Don't want to be a downer but just to say if baby hasn't regained birth weight, I think the HV will tell you actively wake them every 2-3hrs to feed. Once they've regained birth weight, i believe it's fine to let them sleep longer, but please check this - don't just take my word for it. Basically, babies that are so little can get too sleepy and not wake themselves up to feed, which then makes it harder for them to gain weight and gets into a downward cycle. It took my DD2 3 very long weeks to regain her birth weight. Hopefully your baby is back to birth weight soon!