10 week old sleep - anything I can do to lengthen night sleeps?

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We seem to be in a vague EASY routine roughly every 3 hours in the day. He is a good napper, I tend to wake him if he goes over 2 hours and he self settles - day and night I can put him down awake but tired and he will go off to sleep.
He has a bath and change of clothes around 7 every evening then goes back to sleep with us in lining room. Around 10 we transfer upstairs for final feed and he goes down, usually easily. Then wakes between 1.30-2.30 and again between 4.30-5.30. I've tried settling him during the first wake up with white noise / dummy and sometimes get another 30 minutes but invariably he wants feeding.
From what I've read I think this is fairly normal for this stage but is there anything else I could be doing to lengthen that first night sleep? It would be wonderful to get more than 3-4 hours sleep at once!

Experiencing the same with my 11 week old DS, although he's lost the ability to self settle following a bad cold, so interested to hear any tips from others.

If you find the answer to that question you'll be able to make a fortune! They are still so wee at that age. I'd be feeding as soon as the hungry signs start in the night as that way you maybe able to feed and settle quicker than letting them get into a more wide awake state. I pretty much co-sleep with DD2 who is 17 weeks and on a similar schedule with food on demand, cot next to bed with side down, and can feed while dozing. I'm knackered but not as knackered as I was with DD1 who it attempted to stretch out before she was ready!

Gosh...your night sounds pretty idyllic as it is...a reflux baby on a growth spurt means waking every hour or so at the min. The longest stretch i've ever had in 14 Weeks was five hours which has never been repeated.

Agree with above. Not what you want to hear but thank your lucky stars you've got a 'normal' baby.

Mine is 10 weeks and if i get the above 3-4 hours, i'm ecstatic!

Hang in there...it can only get better in time (i keep telling myself!)

Thanks guys-I shall just be patient and hope he gradually starts going longer

I've got a 6 month old who, literally this week, has only just started going 3 hourly overnight.

It has been 6 months old torturous 1.5-2 hourly feeding round the clock.

I'd have LOVED to be in your shoes a 10 weeks!

10 week olds will still need night feeds though.

do you wake him for the 10 pm feed? Could you be interrupting his one longer sleep?
(Please ignore if this is a stoopid comment)

I would just make sure that the afternoon nap (anything after 3pm) isn't too long, as I always find that this made them wake in the early hours. Maybe only 45 mins to an hour? I used to give a big feed at 10:30pm (both sides and then a top up of expressed from a bottle) and then they would have a lovely long stretch. Good luck, you're doing great!

My ds was sleeping from 11pm till 7ish at 10 weeks this was when I managed to get an extra feed in in the day! Also found moving him into his cot helped as he was being woken by banging his Moses basket!
How much/often are you feeding your lo?
Maybe don't automatically assume they want a feed when waking at night? Maybe change nappy, cuddle and try resettling!

pinkr I have reflux baby too - ranitidine has helped a great deal also keeping cot propped up and also paediatrician said most common mistake is overfeeding them, too much milk in tummy means only one way to go - up lol