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My LO occasionally (and I mean OCCASIONALLY!!) slept 12 hours in a row. Like, maybe 5 times total. At 5 months his average was more like 9 or 10.

I will add that now, at 9 months he is in bed at 8-9, wakes up at 4-5 then is up 2.5-3 hours later

C did it for the first time at like 2 months old. She started regularly sleeping 13-14 hours at 6 months old.

my LO started STTN (11 hours) when she was 10 weeks. not every night, but maybe every other night. so i knew she was able to sleep that long without eating. then she got sick, went thru a regression, we traveled, etc...so she was waking up 1x a night to nurse for a couple months and we just did CIO to night wean a few days ago and its working out well so far. she STTN again for 3 of the last 4 nights, so it is doable. she is 6 months right now. our pedi said by 2 months, babies do not need to eat at night (but i found that way too young to do CIO. we even tried it once when she was 3 months and 4 months and she wouldn't stop crying. i dont think she was ready). that being said, i think sleeping is largely based on the disposition of your baby...in other words, its luck of the draw.

My LO started sleeping consistently for 12 hours around 5 months. She started with 8 hours at 8 weeks old and gradually slept more each night. She was EBF but supplemented with formula the first 3 weeks of her life.

We had to sleep train at 5.5 months but once we did, she started sleeping 12-14 hours through the night.

CAN they? Yes, most babies probably physically CAN sleep that long at that age, as in they don't NEED to eat. But that doesn't mean they don't get hungry and wakeup and complain about it (or wakeup and complain for a million other reasons...). I am also feeling bitter right now about the 2-3 hour stretches we've been getting

When I told DS's pediatrician that he started sleeping 11-12 hours without waking right before he turned one, he told me it's actually pretty rare. He said most of the kids he sees do 9-10 hours at night until they drop all of their daytime naps! Fwiw, neither of my kids STTN consistently until one year old, and most nights they both sleep about 10 hours (DS sleeps a little more since he's younger).

When we sleep trained at 6 months, we got STTN for 12 hours. We had a dreamfeed in there until last week when I was too tired to do it. LO slept right through the feeding period. We've had small regressions where he'll wake up at 4am, but we don't go into the nursery and let him work it out. So, we've had 12 hour sleeps from 6 months on with CIO. Before that, we were lucky to get 5-6 hours at a tick. I think he got used to being tended to when he cried and fussed in his crib. It's a lesson for us for the next baby for sure.

A STTN 12+ hours at 12 weeks. And is EBF. (5-6x during the day 5 oz each)

Aside from minor hiccups during 4 month regression and teething, he still sleeps 10+ hours at 5.5 months.

He's almost 18 lbs!

Pedi was so surprised at how well he was gaining weight at his 4 month check!

(WE ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY)

My LO started STTN at 4 months. I think a lot of it had to do with daycare. He would be so exhausted from daycare he would have no issues sleeping for 12 hours at night.

My son never needed a lot of sleep, he wasn't one of those sleepy newborns. His eyes were always open and he wanted to be part of the action.

Now, at just over 2 years, he's sleeping a lot longer, but we still have night wakeups. Most nights he logs 10 hours.

At 4 months WJ was RIDICULOUSLY chubby and healthy, so with the OK of our pediatrician (that he didn't really NEED a night feeding anymore) we sleep trained and he did great.

LMW was also plenty chubby and healthy, but we didn't sleep train her for whatever reason (not wanting her cries to wake up WJ, etc) and she naturally started sleeping 12ish hrs each night around 8 months. She did it for about a week when she was 6 months then stopped (teething?), then started doing it again consistently at around 8 months and has ever since.

I know, I am BLESSED!! I cannot complain, and I don't!

Oh, both were EBF. Night feedings were all pumped milk for both of them. No formula or rice cereal in the bottles for either.

I think some kids are just naturally great sleepers and will go throughout the night because they'd rather sleep than eat... and some kids just wake because of their hunger and need you!!

Started around 11/12w!! Haven't looked back since! I did sleep train though. But, that wasnt for 12h. I only sleep trained until he hit the 8h mark**. Then, he just kept adding hours and did 12h on his own.
**if he woke up before 8h, I would CIO with checking in on him and offering a bak rub or son to him. If he up at 8h or after, then I'd let him up and we'd start our day.

Yes, it's definitely possible but not for every child!

My LO has never ever ever slept 12 hours straight and she is 12 months old and breastfed. The longest she has ever gone is 10 hours and that was the day before yesterday. Up until a week ago she was waking every 3-4 hours and has been that way her entire life.