Is it ok for a 7 week old to sleep 6 hrs

[jessieb90]

Hi all,

Hope everyone is well.

I'm a first time mum so doing the typical mum thing of worry about the two sides of one situation.

My LO was 7 weeks old yesterday, and is a big boy (he was weighed last week at 14lb 1oz so there is no weight issues) and last night he slept for 6 hours solid from 22:15 to 04:30.

Half of me is like I shouldn't complain (as I worry most of the time he's not getting ENOUGH sleep) but the other half is worried that he shouldn't go that long between feeds at such a young age! He's formula fed FYI not sure if that makes a difference.

Any advice would be fab.

Thanks x

Can I swap for my 7 month old?

Hiya yes it's absolutely fine for a baby to sleep that long as long as they are healthy and gaining weight. Enjoy it, I think many will be very envious - hope you get a few more long stretches like thar

Generally speaking I wouldn't wake up a healthy baby for a feed.

My eldest would sleep for 12h at 2.5 months so this doesn't seem shocking to me.

Consider yourself lucky and let baby sleep ! And enjoy it while it lasts (it might not).

Yes, it’s okay He’ll wake you when he’s hungry.

@kitkatsky haha this made me laugh!

Thank you all that really reassured me.

@Marty13 I'm sure we'll be back to the old 2-3 hour stretch's tonight 🤣 just wish I'd enjoyed it more now instead of waking up every hour to check he's ok lol!

Both of mine did 8/9 hour stretches from 6 weeks. There’s absolutely no need to wake a healthy baby.

I still have to wake my baby as she was prem and we are on a schedule from the HCPs but otherwise no you don't need to.

My DD1 slept from midnight to 6am from the day she was born. She was fine. She just fed a lot during the day.

Thanks all 🥰