https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:40:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2500385 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 07:40:03 +0000 travellingbee 2500385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: moving in the right direction! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2500381 Sat, 19 Mar 2016 07:24:57 +0000 pachamama 2500381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: Yes, that's what I've been doing, letting him work it out then when he actually seems hungry, feeding him. </p> <p>Last night he slept 4 hours for the first time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2499876 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:44:00 +0000 travellingbee 2499876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I probably wouldn't let him cry much. But definitely if he just fusses and goes back to sleep then yeah I'd let him fuss for a few minutes. I have found mine grunts and makes noises for about an hour before he wakes up to eat. But I don't pick him up to feed him until he's actually awake and crying </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2499606 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:28:21 +0000 Kulala 2499606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: My baby is 10.5 weeks old so I just went through your stage not long ago. My baby started to sleep longer at night around 6-7 weeks. I remember she slept from 11:30pm - 6/7am. My pediatrician told me not to wake her up as long as she is gaining weight. By week 9 or so, she started to sleep 9 hours and 10 weeks, she started to sleep 10-11 hours. I don't know how long it will last, but the bottom line... I guess babies will eventually start to sleep longer. Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2499195 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 08:19:44 +0000 pachamama 2499195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travellingbee: I don't really know how much to push it, to let baby "work it out" when he wakes. Again, he doesn't cry or even seem very hungry... He goes back to sleep pretty easily. I think he's waking because I sleep next to his bassinet?<br /> My husband does the 8-1am shift (baby wakes twice and is grumpy at this time...) so I do get a nice long stretch of sleep in.<br /> Should I let baby cry a little? He's 9 weeks now.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night/page/2#post-2499138 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:42:15 +0000 travellingbee 2499138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: oh man. I hope he starts stretching that out soon! That isn't much rest for you. Does he go right back after he eats?<br /> Ds2 was sleeping through the night for about a week consistently and now he's waking up at 3am again. I agree that sleeping patterns always change, and you can't expect anything based on what they've been doing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2499129 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 07:29:00 +0000 pachamama 2499129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seems like my son is sleeping sliiiiightly longer. We got 3.75 hours out of him the past few nights. He doesn't eat much when he wakes. I think he just wants attention. He cried like he was hungry... but I soothed him and he fell back asleep silently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2491112 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 19:46:11 +0000 pastemoo 2491112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: I looked through an old journal, it was actually 3 1/2 months when we started getting a 4 hour block, consistently, and it lasted for a little while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2484312 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 11:49:25 +0000 fancyfunction 2484312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do t want to jinx myself but H was born on Monday and we've had to wake him to eat a few times overnight. He could easily do 4 hours - so far he's a champ! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2484136 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:15:35 +0000 lilyofthewest 2484136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a 10 month old who still only sleeps in 90m to 3h stretches. So, definitely more than 2 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2484118 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 08:58:02 +0000 pachamama 2484118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoyfulKiwi: Yes, sleep patterns definitely do always seem to change! I am learning to stop with my expectations and just deal with what he does. Trying to be more flexible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2482946 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 11:43:01 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 2482946@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: my son was a rocky sleeper. He'd was up every 2-3 hours for much of his infancy. There were periods where he'd have consistently longer stretches &amp; periods of consistenly shorter (like up every 90 min!). I used to obsess about how he "should" be sleeping &amp; I was miserable. Finally I gave up &amp; just figured out a plan to make ME get enough sleep; then I was a lot happier. Oh, and caffeine helped a lot too! :silly: </p> <p>My daughter is 8 weeks and sleeps a 5 hr stretch, then 2-3 hour stretches. But I'm prepared for this to change, because sleep patterns always seem to change! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2482841 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:54:23 +0000 pastemoo 2482841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: 4 months or so </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2482716 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:54:09 +0000 travellingbee 2482716@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: :( DS 8 weeks and is sleeping in one 6 to 7 hour stretch early in the night. Then he does a 2 to 3 hour stretch after that and then he's pretty fussy until we get up. Last night was different though. He went to sleep at 7:30, I dream fed him at 9:30 which he didn't wake up for then he fussed at 12:45 and I stuck a Binky in his mouth and he fell back asleep and woke up at 3 to eat. He seems to have a hard time settling after that wake up and he started crying again at 4. He was wide awake at 4 and fell back asleep at 4:30 only to wake at 5:30 again to eat. Sigh. He pretty much stayed on my boob until 7. He is having a growth spurt so maybe that's why. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2482681 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 09:42:04 +0000 pachamama 2482681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So my son is 7 weeks and last night he was very irritable. He woke every 2 hours. I thought we'd be going longer at this point... This is so frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2460724 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 09:59:43 +0000 Portboston 2460724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That's great! It gets easier and easier to tell when they're really hungry and when they're just making noise. And your boobs will adjust. Just make sure you express a little if he gets crazy and decides to sleep for like 8 hrs ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2460686 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 09:01:54 +0000 pachamama 2460686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@EBSC: I also feed him right before he hangs out with dad (from 8pm-1am, which lets me get a great stretch of sleep in).<br /> @Portboston: Last night, I "ignored" his vocalizations and grunts, and only fed him every 3 hours. He didn't even really cry but my boobs were rock hard haha! He seemed to do well with that!<br /> Seems like we are getting a littttttle bit on a schedule. Yay! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2459634 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:35:32 +0000 EBSC 2459634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 10 week old was closer to 3hrs from the beginning, but really lengthened out overnight around 7 weeks. At that point, we consistently got one 5-6 hour stretch. </p> <p>I found it really helped us to make sure and feed him right before I went to sleep-- if not, he'd do that longer stretch from 7pm- 1am and then be up again at 4am and 7am. If I feed him at 10pm, he won't be up until 3, and then again at 7, which was only one wake up for me. </p> <p>Just yesterday he started actually STTN for us, going from 10pm-6am with a few fussies that the pacifier can solve at 330 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2459619 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:27:26 +0000 Portboston 2459619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ummmm 3.5 months when we did some light sleep training. Then the 4 month sleep regression hit and now finally at 6 months he's waking up less (1-2x a night). I agree it's important to distinguish sleepy grunts and squeaks from hungry noises. I realized fairly quickly that I created my bad sleeper by feeding him and tending to him every time he made a noise (I blame most of that on DH though because he was the one saying "he's awake aren't you going to feed him??") once we moved him to his crib at 3.5 months that stopped. I personally wanted to move him sooner but DH wasn't having it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2459595 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:18:15 +0000 pachamama 2459595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@babypugs: Ahhh!<br /> @PawPrints: earplugs definitely hep with the grunts. I've learned to distinguish grnting/ squeaking from hunger and it has really helped!</p> <p>Last night DH had him til 1, then he only fed at 3AM and 6:30! AMAZING! I pieced together like 8 hours of sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458540 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 16:13:13 +0000 babypugs 2458540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: You probably don't want to hear this, but not until she was eight months old and we sleep trained her. I hope you have better luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458511 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:48:44 +0000 ctegge0416 2458511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is 5 months old and just started sleeping 3-4 hour stretches. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458476 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:29:26 +0000 PawPrints 2458476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She slept 4+ hours her first night in the hospital. Like, the nurses were startled and told me I needed to wake her to eat. She's always been a good sleeper like that.</p> <p>Agree with others, you can ignore the grunts. I know that is much easier said than done, though. Personally I kept picking her up and nursing her every time the grunts become loud, up until we moved her into her own room. I was worried I was enforcing bad habits but really so much changes when they get older anyway that I don't think it made that much difference. It was the easiest way to deal with it, I felt, since she would go right back to peaceful sleep afterwards. Go with your instinct. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458440 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:12:02 +0000 SweetiePie 2458440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with pp that grunting and little squeaks don't mean you need to pick up and feed right away. I was told that babies are just noisy sleepers! Not sure if you're using a pacifier but when he was grunting and making noises I just replaced paci and patted his head over and over until it became undeniable he needed to be fed. But sometimes he would go back to sleep and not make noise for another hour. I really feel like that's how he eventually was able to stretch his time between feedings at night. </p> <p>To answer your question, he always did 3 hour stretches at night. But I'd say around 4/5 weeks is when he would do 4-5 hour stretches. Gosh it's such a blur! Take comfort in knowing that it does pass and before you know it you can barely remember being that tired! It's such a blip on the radar, though while you're in it it feels like never ending! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458435 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:09:05 +0000 JoJoGirl 2458435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: 4 month regression :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458433 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:08:42 +0000 JoJoGirl 2458433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 6-7 weeks she started sleeping 5-6 hour stretches. I don't think we got more than that for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458430 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:06:35 +0000 Grace 2458430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started 5 hr stretches at 7 weeks. Thing is it didn't stick. She'd do great for a couple weeks and then bad. Then better, then bad. There was always something to mess with sleep: moving to the crib, sleep regressions, learning new milestones, teething, colds etc etc etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458427 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:03:32 +0000 wrkbrk 2458427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: At about 4 weeks he only woke up twice. Did that for another 4-5 weeks and then started sleeping 7-8 hours reliably! At 11 weeks he sleeps 8.5 hours. It could be because he is half FF though. Good luck!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458424 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 15:02:02 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2458424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weeks 3-6 were rough. At 6 weeks things got better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-your-newborn-start-sleeping-longer-stretches-at-night#post-2458420 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 14:59:51 +0000 NovBaby1112 2458420@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 7 weeks he started consistently sleeping 8-4 and then 4ish-7. It was amazing. Now at 4 months, he sleeps anywhere from 2-6 hours at a time, usually up 3 times a night, boo! </p>