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Nice. My kid did this from 4-9 weeks. Now she is suddenly up 3x a night or more.... Barf. That's why I'm on hellobee at 3:45 am...

that's around the age my LO started sleeping longer stretches too. like @grizz: said, if his weight gain and output is still fine let him sleep! let YOU sleep!

I hate you all. Ok, not really. I'm happy for you but super jealous! I've gotten ONE 5 hour stretch out of B so far. We are still on 3-4 stretches

@Pepper: I always thought it was a fluke, too! I wouldn't accept his sleeping longer until it lasted about a week. I definitely agree to let him sleep. If A only eats on one side after his early morning waking I will sometimes go pump to make sure the other side is being stimulated, too. Now at 8 weeks he goes from about 8:00pm to 5:00am before waking and my breasts are just starting to realize it.

@Bookworm: Oh I am sure we have a bad night waiting for us...and I will not be prepared because things have been going so well. There is always coffee!

@rahlyrah: my guy is 8 months and just had an awful week of waking every 3 hours (knock on wood it's over now) hang in there

Let him sleep for sure! Relax mama!

@Pepper: Definitely let him sleep! My pediatrician said it's normal for their weight gain to slow once they start STTN though, so be aware that he might drop in percentile, but as long as he's having a good amount of wet diapers and is still gaining weight, you should be good! Maybe pump if your boobs are killing you?

@rahlyrah: I second @Smurfette's suggestion of cluster feeding (if you aren't doing it). It's the only thing that worked for us to get Xander to give us some longer stretches.

@rahlyrah: Its ok! C is 10 weeks tomorrow and the longest stretch he's ever given me was 4.5 hours and it happened once!

If he is still sleeping but you are up, you can pump to help maintain your supply.

@Pepper: Winning!!!

@rahlyrah: LO clusterfed mostly when we were just learning. As long as he wasn't going bonkers, I just kept him at the breast. If he got super agitated, I'd give him a bottle. We spent many evenings sitting on the couch with DH and LO would just nurse and nurse and nurse. (DH always took it as a sign that he wasn't getting enough by nursing since LO could suck down a bottle in 5 minutes, when DH fed him.)