My baby is 2 months old today, (8 weeks and 5 days to be exact) last night she slept 7 hours straight. Which is the longest she has ever slept. I think it might be due to the fact that I mixed some formula into her breast milk earlier in the evening and she also had a bottle of formula only in the evening. but her last meal before she slept was 100% breast milk. I felt kinda strange when I woke up this morning and realized she pretty much slept through the night and never cried. I decided to wake her up around 6am to feed her. I just wondered if this is normal for a 2month old who is primarily breast fed?. Should I have woken her up earlier, or just let her sleep as long as she wants
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yesssss i would leave her!
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I would let her sleep and throw a party for myself!
Seriously, that's great, and as long as she is gaining weight normally, you can let her sleep as long as she wants.
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Don't wake her!!!!!!!!!!!! Mavi slept 8 hours straight starting 6 weeks old... and i'm sure it helped in the sleeping dept. You don't want to wake her and then she starts adjusting to that routine, she might never go back. A baby will wake up if they are hungry... IMO
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Yes! My LO started sleeping through the night around eight weeks and she started eating a lot more in the afternoon and evenings!
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Don't wake a sleeping baby!
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Oh ok thats great.. Hopefully she keeps it up because last was the best nights sleep I've had since before I was pregnant!!!
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ohmygod I would not wake her either!
The one night LO slept for 5 hours straight and I was shocked! I think it was last week (6 weeks old) and I did a double take at the clock!
Here's hoping a full nights sleep is in my future too!
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Never wake a sleeping baby!! My husband started sleeping through the night at 4 weeks. I'm praying this kid comes out just like it's daddy!
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I wouldn't wake her! That's awesome. The longest stretch I've had was 6 hours on Tuesday. It was great.
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never wake a sleeping baby!!!
unless your pedi tells you to because she's underweight!!
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Yes! I would definitely let her sleep. My daughter was sleeping for long stretches by 2 months, and it was complete bliss! Now at 2.5 months her only nighttime wake up is happening around 5 AM. I'm hoping that she stretches out her sleep by another hour or two soon, at which point I will be able to get a full uninterrupted night of sleep finally!
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My LO slept a 7 hour stretch at 7 weeks (average was 5 at that time) but we started putting him to bed at 8pm at 4 weeks so it wasn't technically sleeping through the night. I was ecstatic though and I had to relieve my breasts by hand expressing in the sink!
Next time, definitely don't wake her up!
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I agree... as long as shes gaining weight and healthy, let her sleep. My 4 week old has gone 5-6 hrs on occasion. Its so difficult getting her down that theres no way I want to wake her! I figure she'll wake up if she's hungry.
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I don't have kids yet, but my mom has always talked about how I slept through the night literally the first night I was born until the nurse woke me up to feed...I was almost 10 pounds at birth and so after that night my mom asked her dr. if I slept all night again did I have to be woken, and he said definitely not! I turned out just fine =-) So I would think as PPs have said, no need to wake a sleeping baby unless your dr. tells you they need that nighttime feeding!
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I slept through the night the first night I came home from the hospital and then every night after I was 2 weeks old. Trust me, I'm fine and am banking on good sleeping karma for when my LO is born in November. The only time I would wake a sleeping baby is if s/he were sleeping for long stretches during the day so they don't confuse day/night.
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Yes let her sleep
My LO was EBF and was sleeping 6-8 hour stretches at 2 months and soon after was going 8-10 hour stretches and finally 12 hour stretches by 3 months...breastfed babies can STTN
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You are soooooooooooooo lucky.
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Do the happy dance!!! My LO slept thru the night for the very first time at exactly two months old and I know what you mean. When I woke up to light outside and no baby crying, I freaked out at first and ran to check on her. She was fine and I was confused! Then she kept on doing it except for a few nights here and there until a few weeks ago. Now she's up at 430 to nurse every night. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Seriously, that's great, and as long as she is gaining weight normally, you can let her sleep as long as she wants.
unless your pedi tells you to because she's underweight!!
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