14 week old sleeping through

[singlemum203]

Hi, this might sound silly but I'm a FTM and still worry a little but should I be concerned that my baby is already sleeping through? He has for the past few nights been doing 10-12 hour stretches.
I've been doing a bedtime routine from about 6 weeks, so every night we do a bath around 6/6.30, then a bottle then put him to bed, and he learnt to self soothe fairly quickly. So usually he's in bed asleep by 8pm. The past few nights he hasn't then woken up until 6-7am.
This has happened gradually and for the past few weeks he's been having one feed around 2-3.30am.
I'm obviously loving the sleep I'm getting but just want to make sure it's not too much too soon for him?

Definitely fine! embrace this phase!

Haha yes, should have read other posts first before posting 🙈 I should probably enjoy it whilst it lasts... ! Still waking up to lean over and check he is ok throughout the night!

Sleep I babies in anything but consistent- enjoy and don’t hold out hope that it will last

My friends baby slept through from day one. 12 hours solid. BF baby. She didn't tell anyone except the midwife for ages in case we all hated her. Mine slept through (7 to 7 with a dream feed at 5 weeks, 7 weeks and 9 weeks). But I wasn't smug for long as 2 of them had terrible sleep regression at 4 months.

It's absolutely fine. Both of mine started going longer stretches from 12 weeks and I was getting a decent 8 hours a night from then onwards.

Also, don't necessarily listen to the 'enjoy the phase while it lasts'. Both of mine remained consistently able to sleep through. There were times when they were teething and ill that they woke up, but it never went back to anything like the newborn stage and never lasted longer than a week.

It's fine. Mine did this and it was wonderful! Made such a difference to how I was feeling. Apart from a blip around the four month mark (there's a regression affecting sleep and feeds then) she's carried on doing it every night and is now 6yo!

Sorry to jump in here but my 12 week old is doing similar too!!

She's missing her 3am feed now but hardly drinking any extra throughout the day. She's having probably an extra ounce or two, first thing in the morning but overall is drinking on average 3oz less taking into consideration the bottle she is missing during the night.

I am confused as she can't be feeling full enough to go through the night but somehow manages it! 🤷‍♀️

It's actually pretty normal. I didn't even realise some babies don't sleep until I came on mumsnet. Mumsnet is skewed here, because mums whose babies don't sleep come on here desperate for help, whereas mum whose babies sleep don't need the support..

Yes..my dd slept th at 12 weeks......now 12 years...and has remained a good sleeper!

Actually, it's skewed in real life too, because those of us whose babies sleep can't join in conversations without sounding like a twat, so it goes unheard.

'Sofia slept two minutes last night, I'm exhausted'

No one says...

'Did she? Katie slept right through, I feel as fresh as a daisy'

They say
'I'm so sorry to hear that. Can I get you a coffee'

And so, Sofia's mum thinks not sleeping is normal.

Great to hear everyone's experiences, I hope so much it does last 🤞🏼
In comparison I do find daytimes difficult as he is not a good day time napper. He's very hit and miss and hardly ever does longer than 45mins, only if we go out in the car or for a walk in the pram. It's also really hard to put him down for a sleep so find it hard to get jobs done. But just keep trying to remind myself this phase won't be forever and to enjoy his baby cuddles whilst I have them

Make the most of it before the 4 month sleep regression!

I found the same with daytime naps until about six months. She'd nap in the morning whilst we were out in the pushchair or sling, and only in the sling for the afternoon nap once she outgrew the Moses basket - which drove me potty as the sling made me feel so claustrophobic! Thankfully at six months we started putting her upstairs in the crib for naps and things got a lot better.

I did as many chores as possible whilst she was awake - sit them nearby in bouncy chair eg when you're emptying dishwasher, talk about what you're doing and give them a wooden spoon to wave. That meant I could make the most of any naps for 'me' time.

@RidingMyBike yes I've just started doing that actually with the bouncer and talking to him. I'm usually half dancing about trying to entertain him half trying to get the washing done, get dressed etc! Hoping it'll get a little easier when he can sit up himself and play/hold things himself abit more

It's absolutely fine
Mine has been sleeping 6-6 since about 12 weeks old.
6.5 months now and no four month sleep regression at night here. The only difference was around four months most of our naps went to 20-40 minutes and they still are

@singlemum203 yep, I found it got easier when she could do a bit more for herself - even just holding something (and thwacking herself over the head with it!) as I could give her something to hold and she'd be more interested in it.

Once she could sit ok I took her in the shower or bath with me and she'd sit and play with the water, watch water run down shower door etc whilst I got washed.