Should I be worried that 5 week old is sleeping for 8 hours at night???

[Pilki]

It's only happened a couple of times over the last four days but she has started sleeping from 11.30 - 8 am and Im just a bit concerned that babies shouldnt sleep for this long???

Any help appreciated xxx

I don't think I'd be worried that there's something sinister causing the long sleeping, but it could mean that she ends up not getting enough milk and, if you're bring, not stimulating your supply enough.

If you pick her up to feed her when you notice her stirring (which she'll do hourly during a long sleep), you can probably get her to feed without waking her up.

If you co-sleep, feeding her while she's asleep will be even easier and less hassle for you

I am assuming there are no health worries but I would be grateful - I have heard of such mythic children

No I think you should be over the moon!

BF DD was sleeping about 11 - 5 at 6 weeks if I remember correctly. As long as your DC is gaining weight and happy and alert etc then I wouldn't worry

Mine was doing the same and it freaked me out too. All was well. It is as well to keep your eye on their weight though.

Thanks Ladies
She seems to be gaining weight and drinks plenty during the day!! Guess I should enjoy it whilst it lasts xxx

No be thankful, my dd2 did this at 4 weeks, first of my 3, then got a sick about aweek later and didn't sleep through the night until she was well over a year!

It does scare when they first do it though I remember waking up and thinking o crap she hasn't woke up yet

My DS has only in the last couple of weeks started doing an 8 hour stretch.............he is 2.5

Enjoy it!! As long as she is otherwise healthy - alert when awake, gaining weight, frequent wet/dirty nappies then I think its fine. You lucky bugger!!

My mum always said that me and my sister slept through from three weeks so maybe DD just takes after me!!

Enjoy it!

My DS was sleeping 7-7 at 7 weeks. I thought it was down to my fab parenting and then I had his sisters... One of them didn't sleep consistently through the night until 18 months!

Don't jinx it by going in and prodding her every 5 mins - resist the urge

I know, Ive taken to holding a mirror over her face to make sure she is still breathing (grin) Its my first baby so think I worry about everything

As long as you don't wake the little tyke then your mirror techniques will do no harm!

DH used to go in and poke her til she wriggled and still would given half a chance! (She is nearly 2).

DH could sit and watch her sleep all night!!
he is besotted with her xx Sometimes feel like a spare part ha ha ha grin

Aah sounds like mine

TBH it was great as it gave me a rest

He was always checking on her and worrying, far more than me...

She went into her own cot at 6 weeks as DH works shifts and i didn't want my fantastic sleeper to be randomly woken at 4am etc by the alarm...

He was up the whole time going to look at her...

Bless.

We are having our second in a few weeks and i confidently expect that same behaviour from him [smile[

Ooooooh congratulations xx

sounds fine tbh my two were both like this and both still love their sleep aged nearly 4 and 13 months. Good sleep patterns promote growth and sleep breeds sleep. The only time (as others have said) you should be concerned is if growth drops off. Or should I say weight gain.

Sounds like bliss, if she's in her own cot then the unbroken sleep is probably because there are no disturbances to her pattern. Well done you, must be your gold top!! Grab the sleep while you can x

Thanks pilki

My dd did this for a whole 4 days when she was 6 weeks. One hv told me to wake her up every 3 hours for a feed as she was just under average weight, another told me to enjoy it while it lasted. It didn't last for us, hope it does for you.

Definately going to enjoy it whilst it lasts as I have a sneaky suspicion it may not last much longer x

Pilki My ds2 is 15 weeks, feeds 3 hourly-ish through the day and still wakes twice a night!
Can you come and show my ds2 how it's done please

DD slept 10.30 - 7-ish from about 6 weeks and was BF.

Her weight gain was quite slow though. She dropped from 50th centile at birth, then tracked at about 9th until she went started having formula and solids at 6 months. HVs weren't too concerned though as she was obviously thriving.

No, enjoy it!

Mine did this at around 6 weeks. My HV told me I had to start waking her (there was no issue of weight gain), so I had to set my alarm every night to wake poor me and poor DD up every 3 hours or something. A couple of weeks later, I started going to a Bosom Buddies group and the Breastfeeding Cousellor there told me it was nonsense and she did not need to be woken at all (HV's advice was apparently well out of date) By then, the damage was done and DD would wake up on her own expecting her feeds. I didn't get a full night's sleep for a loooong time after that.

Im thinking it may be because I let her have a dummy I know it makes me a scummy mummy but she settles so well with one. Maybe because she has the dummy she doesnt want feeding at night???

my dd slept all the way through from birth. Bit worried this baby will have other ideas lol and it will be a shock to my system. she would sleep from 9 or 10 till 7 or 8 in the morning. it was great. She was never a vig eater and still isnt but it didnt do her any harm