4 week old babies shouldn't really be sleeping all night should they??

[princessmel]

A friends dd is doing this.
She's very pleased and keeps sayng her dd is 'a good baby' etc.

I mean maybe some babies do sleep all night and it's fine but I just thought a teeny 6lb born baby would need at least one a night feed at 4 weeks.

No idea if she's bf.

You're probably right, I would also think a baby of this age, particularly one born fairly small, would need more food at night time. Don't think there is much you can do about it.

No I don't think there is either. I was just thinking out loud.

It wouldn't do her any harm would it?

Did you ask her definition of sleeping through? Some people think this is 12 hours and others 6.

Thats a good point. Next time she tells me about her sleep I'll ask her what times she slept etc.

Not that's any of my business!

not that it's ^

I have known people whose babies have slept through that early - grrr .

Tis not fair but some people can just be bloody lucky.

lol At least my friend is getting lots of rest
ds2 was sleeping for 8 hours in the night at 2/3 months, but then started waking more as he got bigger and hungrier.

DD slept through the night at this age. Last feed midnight, woke up at half 6/7.

She was always a very sleepy baby, I used to have to wak her up to feed her. She would still fall asleep.

This was breastfeeding. When she went on the bottle when I went back to work (3 months) she slept from 6pm til I woke her the next morning. And slept in the day.

She is still sleepy now at 14. She would sleep all the day long if I let her.

I wouldn't get too excited if I was your friend. My DD technically 'slept through' when she was 4 weeks old. Since about 12 weeks she's woken at least 3 times a night - culminating in a magnificent 15 a few weeks ago!

I know someone whose baby slept through the night from 3 DAYS!

My dd slept from 11 till 6 from the day she was born. She was just a fantastic baby. Im hoping shes left a "what mummy will expect" in there for these 2 to read

My friend's (bf) baby slept 11 til 7 from this age. She credits Gina Ford. I credit luck!!
Oh and she kept doing it. None of this "ooh wonderful, she's sleeping through.....oh woops no she isn't" that most of us get!! Her DD was 2 weeks older than my DS, and although I had a good sleeper, he was not like this and sometimes I HATED her!

Is the baby in your friend's room? Sorry if this sounds awful but I have heard of babies apparently "sleeping through" when it transpires that the parent couldn't hear them (unless they really yelled) due to being on a different floor/different room.

We were lucky with dd1. She used to have a very sleepy dream feed about 10pm, then wake up maybe only once around 3-4 am. We paid for our luck next time round in the shape of dd2.

I slept through from the day I came home from hospital.

My ds slept through from about nine weeks.

Ridiculous to suggest that babies should be waking in the night IMO - as long as she's gaining weight etc no-one in their right mind would consider waking a sleeping baby in the night.

Yes I think she is in her room

My DS is now 8 weeks and sleeping 7pm til 6am - he is a very sleepy little man as was my DD. He was only 6lb when he was born and would sleep for 7 hours, unless I woke him up which I did for the first 6 weeks as I was concerned that he wouldn't gain weight properly.

I think as long as your friends LO is gaining weight and isn't jaundiced she should just be extremely thankful for a nights sleep !!!

I slept through after 3 days, apparently the electric blanket that was purchased to keep the bed warm was wasted

My two both slept through from 4 and 8 weeks, when I say slept through from 10ish to 6ish at first then certianly with the first a 12 hour stint.

i do wonder if it is genetic, as appaerently my ex was the same slept through very early and liked 12 -13 hours as a baby

I'd go with asking what she means by "sleeping through"...my definition was bedtime til morning (7-7) so was at friends who claimed sleeping through babies til I realised they meant midnight til 5am then up for the day!!

GirlWithTheMouseyHair, haha, you have just reminded me, when I had DS and he was maybe 2 months old, I remember asking on my postnatal thread. So, this sleeping through thing...does it mean that they eventually sleep from 7 til 7 ish WITHOUT WAKING UP? Really?? I couldn't believe it would ever happen! The seasoned second-timers were all most amused.

DD1 slept from 10 - 8 from4 weeks and then 7 - 8 from 3months, she was FF though which usually makes a difference.
onepeiceoflollipop - DD2 sleeps much better now she is in a different room and i can't hear her unless she really cries. I'm not suggesting a newborn baby should be in a different room, but it definitely helps not hearing every little noise as a lot of the time they can settle themselves back to sleep after a few mins.