4.5 week old sleep 8+ hours, should I be waking?

[LynAsh]

This is not a clear brag! It’s obviously wonderful but is it okay… Is she okay…?

My month old daughter is drawing out her nights for a feed and I start to get very antsy when she goes over 8 hours without.
Anyone had longer stretches and just let them crack on?
She feeds well in the day and has small top ups / ‘snacks’ in between feeds if she shows she wants / is hungry on up to 120ml (4oz) feeds every 3-4 hours in the day.

Want to make the most but just conscious. She makes ALL the noises through the night and reg wind wake ups for me 😬 but she’s content enough and that keeps my mind at rest to a degree.

Any long stint experiences to help me make the most?

TIA!

You lucky thing!
How much does she weigh?
We were told that if baby had regained their birth weight, is feeding well, lots of wet/dirty nappies there is no need to wake. Keep an eye on her and offer plenty of feeds during the day though during this hot weather (assuming you are in the UK).

@tortiecat i know right!
im sure it’ll be short lived with the regressions and such, hence not wanting to be so uptight.

Ive not had her weighed since my last HV visit where she was over her birth weight at 9lb but looking at her you can see she is filling out and gaining/getting longer too!

We are indeed in the UK and she has been asking for feeds a little sooner than the 3 hour mark at points during the day maybe because of the heat :)
Shes having much larger wake windows also in the day and can get herself over tired, which could be contributing but seems she’s solidly getting her days/nights in order, which is great… Though, it’s a 24c night in our room tonight with her in a long grow but 0.2 sleep sack swaddle and I just think… ‘Are you not thirsty?’.

im also checking to ensure she’s not overheating :)

@tortiecat Should probably also mention she is ff (as much as I would have loved that ti be different & of course, as for most mumma’s a sore subject) Which too will likely be a contributing factor.

My DD was doing stretches like that at not much older. I just fed her a lot during the day (EBF). Sometimes babies are just good sleepers! FWIW, mine has always been a good sleeper so you might just be lucky! She was noisy AF though, she grunted!! But it stopped sometime between 4 and 8 weeks.

If she’s back up and over her birth weight my midwife said it’s fine to not wake. My DS is also a good sleeper at night and we don’t wake him. I find he’s very hungry for his first few morning feeds though.

Oh and my DS is 8 weeks now but has slept like this since 4 weeks. He is Formula fed as well.

My DS never woke for a night feed. He was just a very content easy baby. He is 12 now and still the same.

Night waking is associated with lower SIDS risk. She's very young not to wake at all but perhaps this is just a growth spurt.

DD was the same and it was also hot when she born. We had to set an alarm and wake her for the first 10 days as she needed to regain her birthweight then had jaundice. After we were told we could stop, so we did, and she went the full 8 hours. She’s 7 now! Her brother was similar in that he stopped nightfeeds around the same age but we had to pop his dummy back in every night at around 3am until he learned to do it himself at 6MO 😴

My DD did exactly the same, she's 20mo and still sleeps well through the night. You have yourself a "unicorn" baby, make the most of it catch up on sleep, and enjoy it. As long as she's gaining weight well then I'd leave her sleep.

No judgment from me on how you feed your baby, @LynAsh! Sounds like she is content and doing ever so well.

Also if she was 9lb at birth that is a great weight - from what I understand from friends and family bigger babies do sleep better.

Thanks all :)
I think the vote here is let them sleep! Which I was certainly hoping for.

Hi @Snooglequack Growth spurt I’ve definitely considered, suddenly realised how big she looked against another newborn today and also, she’s nearing top to bottom In her Dockatot… You just don’t see these things!
Though, she may not ‘wake’ fully, she definitely makes herself known.. Just like @Happyhappyday ’s lil one, she’s super noisy through the night with all her grunting and baby snores, so I’m never concerned that she’s in any deep sleeps as such but of course there is always risk in all sleep conditions - It’s one I’m always on the look out for as much as humanly possible, I’m sure we all are. I guess hence asking for reassurance around this in the first instance :)

@ElmTree22 A unicorn baby :) first I’ve heard this term but if it lasts… Through the regressions and all, bladdy marvellous! 🙌🏼

My baby is 4 weeks today and is the polar opposite to this 😭😆

Ooooh no @SquashPenguin im sorry to hear that & as I said, it’s by no means a brag as such…

Is your lil’ one waking regularly for feeds or waking in general, wanting to be on you type scenario? I have a 5yr old boy and I can assure you, it wasn’t this way with him and we were waking 4+ times a night either feeding or fussing… So, it’s just the personality type I truly believe! He was waking multiple times up to around 3 really and then from there once a night, only until 4 has he slept through at points, if he wasn’t charging into our room to get into our bed between 1-3am 🥴

@SquashPenguin & just realised by stating the above, it’s likely to send the bladdy fear into you that it will last… Truth is, they all settle into their own schedules and if I’ve seen anything in here (& with my little boy) is the magnitude of different ages and how they settle with sleep.

This early certainly isn’t typical (& could change tomorrow 😬) is seen to start more so months/years older in stretches…
Time goes by so quick but feels so slow at the time and if you are in the trenches and with many other things, we certainly are - We’ll blink and they won’t be tiny babies for long x