From experience.. do bigger babies sleep better ?!

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So baby is measuring slightly small
I have a 3 year old who in my view was absolute angel child- very content baby and a great sleeper. Was discussing this with a friend today and she said it’s cause he was a big baby and drank all his bottles and was so full and to not expect the same again!
I’d never thought of this before- so just out of curiosity have you found the same ?

Er no.... not in my experience!

My above 98 centile DS is still a bad sleeper at 3.5, My 4month 50th centile DD sleeps brilliantly in comparison.

No I can't imagine there's any correlation between weight and sleep? My boy was 6lb4 and we've been incredibly lucky in that he's slept well since about 12 weeks.

9lb9oz DS silent refluxer worst sleeper for 2 years!

Probably more likely to be the bit about drinking all his bottles, as in he was stuffed full of formula, rather than his birth weight!

My children were huge babies and awful sleepers.

So no.

Nope!

Nope mine were 8lb 11 and 9lb. Neither sleep through the night still... they’re now 2 and almost 4 😩

My baby was 2nd percentile until nearly 12m and was a good sleeper from day 1.

No.

My best sleeper was my smallest baby and my worst sleeper was my biggest baby.

Mine was 8lb 8oz and slept through from 5 weeks

Sorry my last one was 10lb 9oz and he still only sleeps through half the time at 14 months...

My 9lbers slept through from 6 months.

My 98th centile DD2 woke up every 40 minutes for 6 months.

My three DC all weighed a similar amount at birth (between 8lb7 and 8lb10) but ranged from a great sleeper (DC2) to a terrible one (DC3) via an average one (DC1).

Mine was 5lb 9oz and has always been a great sleeper.

I had a 10lb9oz baby and he is a pretty good sleeper and has been from birth, bar the odd night of cluster-feeding. He’s breastfed and does wake around 5 and burrow around for a boob, but is now 1 so pretty much feeds himself while I continue to doze.

nope
'tiny' 7lb dc was a great sleeper compared to 9lb dc2...

I've worked in plenty of baby rooms over the years. No correlation!

Mine were average and were utterly shit sleepers but so was I at 9lbs 8 myself. I didn't sleep til I was five.........

Not from my experience. DD was 7lb 6 born so quite average but very quickly went up to 99th centile and still is 90+ age 13 months. She still doesn't sleep well

DD was an 11 pounder! Hard to believe as she's a skinny little thing now at age 10. She did sleep through quite early on. Ds was also a big baby (9lbs) but didn't sleep through the night until he was nearly 1.

No. DS1 slept loads better than DS2 and was smaller. DS2 is also greedier and drinks more but it doesn't seem to help. I'm not worried - it'll come in time :)

Both of mine were big babies and have slept well (at night at least with my eldest) since very young.

I'd love to say it was because of X, Y and Z but in reality, I think it it's just how they are. They were never ones for keeping me awake at night moving lots at night when I was pregnant either.