Going crazy here -.-
My 3 week old is still sleeping in 2 hour chunks. It's like clockwork.
When do they start having longer stretches? I have a 4 year old too so I can't nap during the day and I'm seriously sleep deprived 
Btw he is being breastfed.
persimmon / 1272 posts
7 week twins here (born at 36w4d)....our ped told us we could stretch to 3 hours at our 1 month appt. She was surprised we hadn't already. Also BF.
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@meadow: we're they sleeping in 3 hour increments before 1 month and you were waking them up to feed? My son wakes up every 2 hours on the dot to eat and I can't get him to stretch it out to 3-4 hours Wondering when that starts to happen ...
nectarine / 2951 posts
This seems normal to me. My son eats every 2-3 hours during the day, but will eat every 3-4 at night. He is 5 weeks old tomorrow (bottle fed breastmilk and formula).
squash / 13199 posts
@pinkcupcake: hang in there... I remember how tired I was during that phase..
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@FaithFertility: @Alba4: I can handle 3... And 4 sounds like a dream. It's the TWO HOURS that's killing me.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
That sounds normal. We co slept a lot from weeks 3-6.
nectarine / 2973 posts
It sucks but that's totally normal. My DS is 6.5 weeks old and just started stretching out to 3-4 hours and even one 6 hour. Even with that sometimes he's up every 1-2 hours. Newborn sleep is so hard! Hang in there mama!
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@Mrsbells: thank you
@Mrs. Pickle: yeah I'm seriously considering just bringing him into bed so we can all get some sleep
@Purpledaisy: You must be so tired too!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21628 posts
@pinkcupcake: we borrowed a rock in play from a friend when DD was 6 weeks old and she started sleeping 4-5 hour stretches in it. We moved her to her crib when she could roll over, around 12 weeks.
nectarine / 2433 posts
@pinkcupcake: My DD had a big growth spurt around that time which could be part of it.
Is he doing any stretch that is longer than 2 hours during the day?? Sometimes you have to help them shift the "longer" stretch to some point in the nighttime hours. At that age we got a 4 hour stretch from around 11pm to 3am
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
@mrswin: nope, no stretch longer than 2 hours, day or night. He does eat a TON and is gaining 2 oz a day so I think maybe he's just a really big eater and can't go longer without feeding?
nectarine / 2433 posts
@pinkcupcake: Have you been to see an LC to do a weighed feed at all? Maybe he is constantly wanting to eat because he is not transferring enough milk during the feeds and then is hungry again shortly after. How long does he nurse for each session?
ETA: some babies are just hungry though 
My DD was 6'13 when she was born and was almost 10lbs at 8 weeks!
persimmon / 1467 posts
DS 1 got to 3 and 4 hour stretches by about 2 months. DS 2 is 6 weeks and has only done 4 hours a few times. He's been eating every 2.5 - 3 for the past few weeks and before that it was even shorter. And worse sometimes it takes us 45 min to get him back in bed! But he's gained 4 lb in 5 weeks.
Hang in there! As their stomachs can handle more and once they get through all those first growth spurts they'll stretch out.
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