https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:51:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988775 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:25:49 +0000 Amelieisme 1988775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5+ hours: by 6 weeks for both LO's</p> <p>All night: 5-ish months for DS (but I started giving a formula bottle at bedtime because I struggled with supply)<br /> 8 months for DD (never started formula) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988732 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 14:54:06 +0000 psw27 1988732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 4 months we get 7 pm to around 2:30 am and then back down until 7 am. He has done 7-7 once or twice (it scared me!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988621 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:56:35 +0000 rattles 1988621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still weren't getting a 5 hour stretch when we decided to sleep train at 9.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988613 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:53:55 +0000 illumina 1988613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5+hr stretch by 5 weeks. By 8 weeks she was STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988511 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:03:08 +0000 anandam 1988511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're at almost 7mo and it hasn't happened yet! Once or twice around 2.5 or 3 months we got a 5-6 hour stretch, but that was apparently a fluke. We're still up every 2-3 hours but I've stopped expecting it to change so it hardly bothers me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988503 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:58:01 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1988503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She just did it for the first time last night at 12.5months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988491 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:51:38 +0000 Kemma 1988491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Miss A was sleeping nine hour stretches by 2-3 months but she didn't consistently STTN until she was almost two! She needed the night feeds for comfort and because although she was dropping day feeds she wasn't eating enough calories in the form of solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988483 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:47:58 +0000 kes18 1988483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6w my EBF baby started sleeping 6hr stretches. Of course, that all went away during our 4mo sleep regression (lasted 2 months ugh). Now she is 8 mo and sleeps (usually :bummed: ) 8hrs and then eats and then goes back to sleep another 4 hours.</p> <p>My baby loves to eat! I don't think she misses a meal... Upping her intake in breastmilk (I give her 3 bottles a day while I work) around 5mo did help us with her sleep regression. At 4 mo she had been getting 12oz while I worked during the day and by 6 mo she was up to 18oz. She also dropped a feeding in the evening during this time so I was trying to make up the oz for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988470 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 12:39:47 +0000 Mrsjets 1988470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: yup! Usually she only wakes up enough to eat and is still at least half asleep. She's good about going to sleep on her own though so if she does wake all the way I can put her in her crib and she will fall asleep on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988381 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:49:45 +0000 HabesBabe 1988381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C STTN early (around 8 weeks) but then started having night wake ups around 6 months. She would wake to nurse until we sleep trained right before her first birthday.</p> <p>H hasn't STTN yet (even after sleep training) and he's 7 months now. I think he started doing 5+ hour stretches consistently around 3-4 months.</p> <p>@Mrsjets: do you wake her up for her dream feed (as in, you go in and feed her, regardless of whether she was sound asleep or stirring a bit)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988377 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:48:06 +0000 catlady 1988377@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>10 months for really sleeping through (10-12 hrs). She was able to do 5 hrs pretty early on (maybe 8 or 10 weeks) but it wasn't that helpful because it usually occurred between 7 and midnight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988371 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:41:32 +0000 Mrsjets 1988371@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was about 8 months when I started to do a dream feed when we went to bed and it is the sleep miracle. Now at 9.5 months she goes to bed at 630, dream feed at 1030 and she sleeps until 7ish almost every night :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988363 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:38:20 +0000 ShootingStar 1988363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't happen until we sleep trained at 6.5 months. We also upped his food intake during the day, which I could see made a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988355 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:34:05 +0000 avivoca 1988355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 months for STTN. I can't remember when she started doing longer stretches, maybe 6 months? There are a bunch of sleep regressions, so I try not to think about that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988353 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:33:15 +0000 Thenetexan 1988353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both LO's were EBF and with both we consistently got 5 hours at two weeks (great weight gain and ped said to stop waking for feeds at 2 week appt). We got 8+ hours consistently around 7 weeks with LO1 and close to that with LO2. We got 12 hours when we sleep trained (to fall asleep/ self soothe) at 7 and 6 months. I wanted to share even though I may be jinxing myself, because I feel like there is a perception that if you BF then you sacrifice sleep. Both of my boys were 8+ lbs at birth and are big eaters, which I think contributes to their good sleep stretches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988331 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:22:37 +0000 BabyPenguinXO 1988331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies!! so interesting to see, I think it really just boils down to the baby! But the theory that they need a certain amount of calories a day, and if they get it before going to bed then they will sleep also makes a lot of sense to me.</p> <p>I also grew a very large boy! All around big not just chunky! I'm having a girl this round. I didn't breastfeed long with my son due to him being Preemie and a lot of complications. My supply was amazing but I just never got the hang of trying to go straight to breast from the nicu and it was rough. Now that I know what to expect ( because this baby will be early too) I am hoping to succeed with BFing. So just curious about sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988312 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:16:13 +0000 purrpletulips 1988312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD-starting sleeping through night at 8w</p> <p>DS-didn't start sleeping through until I night-weaned at 11m </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988271 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:00:50 +0000 fussygal 1988271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She did a few five hour stretches by 8 weeks, but that was only a handful of times. There was one night where she slept seven hours a few months ago and that's the longest she's ever done. Now at 8 1/2 months she's still never slept through the night. We average 3 hour stretches... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988265 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:58:08 +0000 fairy 1988265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5+hrs was pretty early, like 2 months. But sttn was more like 6 months with the occasional regressions after that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988264 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:57:38 +0000 autumnlove 1988264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>8 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988262 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:57:18 +0000 mrsjyw 1988262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12 weeks 12+hours, he's always been a sleeper.</p> <p>Before that there was really no pattern but he did his first five hour stretch at 3 weeks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988258 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 10:56:10 +0000 autumn865 1988258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Through the night was just short of a year. For 5 hours we had a single fluke night at 2 months but then didn't have it happen again until 6 months. PRAYING for a better sleeper second time around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988016 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:21:59 +0000 jetsa 1988016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is also a chunk 20lbs at 6 months but he didn't sleep through the night (7-5) until we sleep trained at 11.5 months and now we get up around the 5am mark almost daily. i can't remember when he started with longer chunk but we had 2 wakeups a night for a long time so probably 6 months or so </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988013 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:20:04 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1988013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I FF my oldest and she was a horrible sleeper. </p> <p>I BF our second, and she's a great sleeper. She was sleeping 4 hour stretches in the hospital! We had a few 2-3 hour stretches when we first came home but consistently got 4-5 hours by the time she was 3 weeks old. </p> <p>She's 3.5 months now and sleeps 10pm-6am most nights but on occasion gets up in the middle of the night to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988008 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:18:55 +0000 mediagirl 1988008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>17 months.<br /> 5+ hours? I can't remember... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988006 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:18:25 +0000 hilary 1988006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was super lucky and 12 hours by 8 weeks. However, I pumped an extra session before I went to sleep so she always nursed and we offered a couple extra ounces in the bottle. She was taking almost 9 oz of breastmilk before bed so that probably helped keep her full and happy and asleep. </p> <p>On the flip side at about 8 months old, she decided to make up for it and woke up 2 times a night for the next couple of months just to torture us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988003 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:16:27 +0000 LBee 1988003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bubbles: We are incredibly lucky. I hope I didn't just tempt the sleep gods though! He's a chunk (we got to the pediatrician today, but I think he's around 19 lbs and is 4 months), which I think helps. He definitely has his other areas of struggle... boy loves a good diaper blow out and is the spit up king! He's gotta STTN or else Mama wouldn't have time to do all that laundry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1988002 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:15:57 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1988002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She was a pretty good sleeper and could do 5 hour stretches a few times a week around 2 months. Then we hit the 4 month sleep regression and we didn't get back to 4 or 5 hour stretches until about 8 months old. Then around 10 months she had one wake up per 11 to 12 hour night until we weaned at 14 months. She sometimes still wakes up if she can't find her paci or cup of water but it's rare. She usually sleeps between 11 to 12 hours per night. Just depends on how much she napped the previous day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1987998 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:12:57 +0000 edelweiss 1987998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was STTN by 4 months (can't remember when he hit 5-hour stretches), for which i am grateful. however then we did a bit of backtracking starting around month 5 when he would wake up consistently around 4.30am. that continued until he was about 12 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-it-take-your-breastfed-baby-to-sleep-all-night#post-1987995 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 09:12:32 +0000 Bubbles 1987995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: 10 weeks - wow!<br /> He did his first 5 hour stretch at about 3 months. He didn't STTN until about 2 weeks after I switched to formula (7mo) - although that could of course have been complete coincidence. </p>