2 Month old sleeping 9 hours, is this OK?

[JnJ929]

Hi all

First time Mum here

I know I should feel blessed.. I am incredibly grateful for the sleep I get..

My 2 month old has started sleeping in 7-9 hour stretches, and some nights/mornings I reckon she could go even longer (not from exhaustion, but she seems to like her sleep.. she wakes up smiley and content every time) but I don't want her sleeping in past a certain time so I try to make sure she's defintely up by 8am at the latest, but usually she's awake and alert between 6 and 7am, and that is 99% of the time her waking herself up/choosing to wake up around then.

We start her bedtime routine around 7pm (dim lights, calm atmosphere, bath, feed, bed etc) she didn't used to sleep her big stretch of 4 to 5hrs until around midnight/she'd wake up after 2 or 3 hrs before, but now sometimes she's knocked out fast asleep by 9pm.

The past few weeks, she's been gradually sleeping longer at night, we are now at the point where she regularly sleeps 7-9hours uninterrupted.

I mentioned it to the health visitor, and she said I shouldn't let my baby go more than 6 hours without a feed overnight. She said to wake her to feed.
She said it could cause her to get a dry throat and her weight to slow down.
But, during the day, she feeds every 1.5-2.5hrs. She usually has about 500-650ml/17-22oz between 6am and 9pm. So I don't think she's 'not getting enough'.

I've been told to never wake a sleeping baby - if they are hungry or are uncomfortable at night, they'll wake up.
I've also been told that once the baby has exceeded their birth weight, it's not necessary for them to be woken to feed at night.

She was 7lb 6 at birth, she dropped 12% as I tried exclusively breastfeeding, and she wasn't getting enough(I now exclusively formula feed). At 4 weeks, she was 7lb 9, and at her 8wk check appointment yesterday, she was 9lb 1. There was no mention of this being a slow, fast, or average weight gain.

So I guess what I'm asking is, am I OK to leave her to sleep as long as she wants, even if that means she sleeps an uninterrupted stretch of 9, potentially 10 hours.

Many thanks

I would wake her/dream feed her at that age OP. X

My baby was the same- he's now 13weeks and has slept through since and continued to gain weight.

He's the first to let me know when he's hungry and has literally zero chill in the day when he wants feeding 🤣 so I would assume he'd let me know in the night too

I'm not sure really what the official line is on this but it's been okay for us so far

Unless there's an actual issue with weight gain, I really really wouldn't wake a sleeping baby!! It would be different for a complete newborn. I think you may be super lucky with sleep and you should go with it! Sounds like you are doing so well with a lovely routine :)

My son was sleeping through the night around that age too, i never woke him. He loved his sleep, would also sleep 3-4 hours during the day.

My first slept through from 8 weeks. 7-7! We just left him and he was fine and never lost weight etc.

Our second is 2 months and a different story, I'm jealous of you haha

For the first few weeks it's really important to wake babies to feed, about every 4 hours.

But your baby isn't a newborn (congrats on getting through the newborn stage!)

I'm not sure what the cut off is for waking for feeds.

Dd was doing 7-7 at this age.
The health visitor wasn't happy.
I worked on the same theory, a hungry baby will wake.

DD1 did about 8 hours straight a night from about 4 weeks. She never lost weight and I never woke her. She was breastfed so not sure how much she was having, but I remember she fed really ridiculously frequently during the day so I just assumed she was filling up then and going for longer stretches at night.

At 12 weeks she forgot how to sleep and decided to wake every hour for the next few months though! But it was lovely while it lasted.

I wouldn't wake her unless there are concerns about her weight. If her weight gain has been good so far, I'd be fine to let her sleep.

DD slept through 7-7 at 12 weeks. Assuming weight gain is ok I'm in the "never wake a sleeping baby" camp!