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my EBF baby started sleeping 8-10 hour stretches at 8 weeks. we still have nights where she wakes up once for a feed (usually after around 9 hours of sleep), but we have had a good number of 11-12 hour STTNs.

My baby started STTN consistantly at 4 weeks. She is EBF. I think it has more to do with sleep training, bedtime routine, and making sure they are getting enough to eat during the day than what you are feeding them.

I think it depends on a number of things. DD was sleeping in 8 hour stretches by 8 weeks, but once she went to daycare, she started waking every 2 hours. It took her until 1 year to STTN again. I think it was due to being sick so often and her general disposition.

@googly-eyes: no way! I value sleep too much to do that.

@googly-eyes: my LO was EBF and slept 6-8 hours at 4 weeks, and 8-12 hours ever since she hit the 6 week mark! I switched to exclusively pumping @ 6 weeks.

We're EBF and my LO started sleeping through the night at 6 weeks. I think it's each individual baby and their families adaptation to their own schedule. All the "advice" books recommends putting LO down at 7pm. This wasn't going to work for us. We eat dinner at 7pm. I altered her schedule and we started her sleep routine at 9 and now she wakes up for a morning feed at 7am and goes back to sleep until 9/10am. It's all about finding the balance and needs of the baby to your families dynamic.

Out of our May mamas group (20 of us), 10 or 11 are still breastfed. Not a single one of those babies is sleeping through the night at nine months. However most of the FF babies are.

So I think the answer to this question is yes.

Completely agree with @LemonLong that it has more to do with being committed to good sleep habits. All my friends and I exclusively breasted our babies and by 3-4 months nearly all were STTN. All the sleep books I read (Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child; Momsoncall; Babywise; Secrets of the Baby Whisperer) say there is no significant difference be breastfed and formula fed...they difference is whether the parents were committed to teaching their baby good sleep habits...of course every mom knows their baby best and does what works best for their family...but I don't think it matters whether a baby is formula fed or EBF

@Rainbow Sprinkles: Off topic... There's a May 2012 group? How did I miss that?

LO is EBF and started STTN between 6 and 8 weeks. I firmly believe that each baby is different.

Sleep is VERY important to me, so I read a bunch of sleep books and that helped create healthy sleep habits. I also decided to feed on demand (instead of schedule feeds) in hopes that LO would cluster feed in the day and sleep longer at night. Yes, I was feeding more frequently during the day, but LO was sleeping longer at night and that was so worth it!

My LO is EBF and does not STTN. She's up about every 2 hours (on a good night), and has recently been waking up for about an hour or two every night wanting to play. We have read sleep books, tried CIO, we have a routine- she's just not a good sleeper. She also wakes up from naps after 30 minutes, like clockwork. She is 6.5 months old, I'm hoping that she will at least start sleeping longer stretches soon. I am beyond exhausted.

Frankly, I think most of it has to do with the baby's temperment. There are things you can do to help your baby sleep better (bedtime routine, sleep training), but I'm convinced that a lot of it is just luck of the draw. I do think there is something to the idea that breastfed babies (who feed from the boob) want comfort nursing at night, but who knows.

@PrincessBaby: My son wasn't ready for an earlier bedtime probably until around 3.5 months old. Until then, he went to bed when we did - usually around 9 or 10.

Oh, and for what it's worth, my son started sleeping in longer stretches around 8 weeks (and he was only 9 lbs then). He started going without night feedings occasionally (like 10 hrs straight) around 4 months (around 12 lbs) and has gone without night wakings off and on since then. He is not consistent, but generally goes without night wakings when he is healthy. Since he's in daycare, he's sick a lot so at 9 months old we do still have night wakings.

LO was EBF and she started sleeping 7-8 hour stretches at 8 weeks. She did regress some during growth spurts and teething, but for the most part I don't think EBF affected her sleep. I was wry strict with bedtime and nap time routines, and started it as soon as she started showing somewhat of a steady schedule. Around 6-7 weeks I was able to see she slept her longer stretch starting at 8pm so I started doing bedtime routing for that sleep session. Now at 12.5 months DD's bedtime is still 8pm and she sleeps pretty well.

I agree with pp's - depends on routine and rental disposition of your LO. =)

Eh, we have a solid bedtime routine, he eats like crazy through the day, and we are still up 2-4 times per night (to nurse) at 9 1/2 months old. I think you are either lucky or not, and your baby is either a "sleeper" or "non sleeper". I have given up the fight, because I know he will STTN before he goes to college. It does seem from what I have seen/heard that FF babies sleep a bit better though.

My LO was EBF and started sleeping through the night consistently at 8 weeks. I definitely think it is more about routine and baby.