[stacyp]

How often were your other children awake during the night as newborns?


Andrew was up every two hours for almost 9-10 weeks. He didn't stop night feedings until probably 5-6 months.

[::er!ca::]

I formula fed Brinlee, she was sleeping through the night before 7 weeks.

[whalenmommy]

All 3 of mine were up every 3 hours during the night until they were about 2-3 months old, then they got to about 6-7 hours per night by 3 months...I would put them down between 10-11 and they would sleep until about 5 or so...but that was also usually the time I transitioned to formula because i went back to work...

[Doodle]

mira was up every hour b/c of reflux, Tessa would sleep 5 or 6 hour stretches once she hit the 6 week mark, Levi had his nights and days screwed up for a long time and would cluster feed 1/2 the night.

[Butter]

I don't really know. I nurse and by 2 months I sleep through the feedings and my babies just latch themselves on and nurse. Ani started sleeping through the night some time around age 6 (LONG after she had weaned!), Cameron at just under 3, and Fritz was my surprise since he stopped waking at night around 14 or 15 months. I think Ani nursed every 1 1/2-2 hours at night until I nightweaned her at 15 months when I was pregnant with Cameron, Cameron nursed every 4 hours at night until he was 5 months old and started nursing all night long, and Fritz woke up ever couple or three hours until he was around 6 or 8 months and then it decreased from there until he just started sleeping through the night.

[Jennmarie]

Toby would eat at 10 & 12 ish, then not again til close to 5 usually, from really early on..like 3 or 4 weeks. He was pretty much sleeping through the night by 4 months.

[valandemmy]

i was SOOOO lucky with emily. i bottle fed, and after the first 2 weeks, she slept all through the night. she would take a bottle before bed, wake up 8-10 hours later, and take a big bottle, then fed every 3 to 4 hours during the day. she weighed almost 9 pounds at birth, and gained well, so the ped wasn't too concerned with us waking her up for nightly feedings. ahhh to be this lucky with CJ LOL

[OkieAlli]

Claire was eating every 3 hours (6am, 9am, 12pm, 3pm, 6pm, 9pm, 12am, 3am) as a newborn. She would eat at midnight, then again at 3am until she hit 5 weeks. That's when she started sleeping through the night-from 11pm to about 7am. At that point, she just wasn't wanting to wake up at night-even to eat, so we would feed her at 9pm, then do a little "top of the tank" feeding at about 11pm and put her down for the night.

[meg1219]

Jake went down for the night at 8 p.m. as a newborn (just something he did on his own) and would wake up about every 3 hours to eat. When he hit maybe 3 months or so, he was getting up once a night (around 1 a.m.) to eat and continued doing that until he hit 7 months. He didn't sleep completely through the night (8 p.m. until 5 a.m.) consistently until he was 7 months old. And I can count on one hand the amount of times he has not slept through the night since then--oh I hope this baby is a good sleeper like Jake. I'm praying.

[illinoismommy]

Both of the first two settled into about 3 hours round the clock sometime in the first week. David started going 6 hours at 6 weeks and was doing 10 hours through the night by about 12 weeks, then he would wake for a really early morning feed and then sleep a few more hours. Maya took about 4 months to sleep that long because she had reflux mainly.

I hope it goes so well with this new baby... being up all the time really takes a toll on me.

[Momma2threekiddies]

Mine didn't sleep through the night for a few years but that's b/c I nursed and never let them cry it out and got up and got them at the slightest peep. This one I may wait a few mins to see if she settles back down. They were up every few hrs...they were never on a schedule though b/c we're not on schedules. Now they are on a pretty good schedule...we may try to get the baby on a schedule right away instead of waiting.

[E1izabeth]

I'd say he was up every 2 hours at first and stretched to every 3 hours or so. Then he just gradually stretched out and started sleeping longer and longer between night feedings. I think the first time he slept 6 hours in one stretch he was probably around 10 weeks old. I'm not 100% on the schedule because I'd just go with the flow, I didn't have him on a real schedule back then. Just basically nursed on demand although I did try to make sure he was nursing for a complete "meal" - not just snacking all night long. Sometimes that worked sometimes it didn't.

[stacyp]

Thanks! i am hoping that this LO sleeps better than Andrew did/does. He still has nights were he wakes up & it's a struggle to get him back to sleep. My Mom says I was the same way.

[mommaluvs2730]

Nicole was up every few hours but she always wanted to nurse. That is one of the reasons why I had to stop because I felt like she was on me all the time.

[homemakermommy]

You know I honestly couldn't say, it's all a blur LOL. I do know my last two were not bad at all, my first was a nightmare and I never slept.

[Sour Amaretto]

Brooke didnt completely and consistently sleep thru the night until she was over a year old, she stopped breastfeeding at 7 months, but she would still wake up just for the comfort of knowing someone was coming to pat her butt til she fell back asleep. Every night was different with her.