3 week old only waking once a night ?

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My daughter is 3 weeks 3 days today. Last two nights, she's only woken once a night to feed/poop. Is that okay?

If she's putting on weight it's probably fine. Some babies are sleepier than other, enjoy just in case it doesn't last.

If she's not putting on weight then you'll need to wake her every 2-3 hours depending on how she's fed for the time being.

As long as she’s gaining weight it’s fine. Mine only woke once a night from the day I brought him home. I slept through from day1 apparently.

DS slept through from 9 weeks. But people don’t talk about the babies who do sleep because the parents with babies who don’t don’t want to hear it as it can come across as being smug.

But it’s not unheard of and it’s not wrong.

Yep same with my two. At that age I generally fed around 10pm, they'd wake about 2am and then sleep until 6am. After around 3 months they both dropped the 2am wake and then slowly the hours got more spread out. They now sleep 6pm-7am! As pp have said, as long as she's putting on weight I wouldn't worry. I never woke mine for a feed.

As PP say, if gaining weight, all's good. I had one who began sleeping through at three weeks which was utter bliss after the older one who was up 3 times a night for months.

Don't question it - just enjoy it as long as baby's happy and healthy!

Enjoy it as long as gaining weight and nappies are full on a regular basis. All babies are different.

As long as she's gaining weight it's fine.

Don't get used to it though, it won't last.

Congrats on your baby!

It's fine. As long as she is feeding plenty in the day and is gaining weight well then that's great.

Mine were all like that too at that age - usually just one feed during the night but plenty during the day. Suited me. Within about another 6 weeks they dropped night feeds completely and didn't look back.

One of mine was like that too. She had a few little moments of not sleeping but generally slept through from 6 weeks and now at 5 still loves her sleep, she goes to bed at 7pm and I have to wake and drag her out of bed at 7:30am to get ready for school.

Those of you saying ‘it won’t last’ how do you know?

It very well might last OP, don’t let the haters bring you down!! Enjoy it ☺️

As others have said if she's gaining weight it's fine. My DD dropped night feeds (EBF) at 7 weeks and never looked back.

Also comments like ' it won't last' are not helpful. Every baby is different and how could you know.

Neither of mine ever woke more than once overnight. No it didn’t last but that was because they both dropped the night feed completely at around 3 months old.

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I suppose it depends on what you are calling the night. IF she is being fed at 6pm, out down for the night and then not waking for 6-7 hours, I would say that is too long. If she is fed at 10pm, wakes at 2pm and then again at 6 am, that is fine.

Thanks all, very reassuring. The health visitor came yesterday and she said it's absolutely fine too, so long as she isn't asking for food and keeping her weight up, we're good to not wake her at night. Of course last night she woke quite a few more times than usual... typical!

Yes I'd ignore those saying it doesn't last. It's lasted for mine. Age 15 months and 2.5 years, neither have had regressions and always been great sleepers except for the odd night.

Yep had a pair of sleepy boys. Scared me as I was convinced I was sleeping through them crying. My EH was insomniac and watched them and couldn't believe they barely moved. Obviously they took after me. Theething was a shock, I was back full at work and had no experience of broken sleep.