Sleep

It is! My little girl has slept through the night almost sense she was born, I know people say feed them every 2 hours or every 4 if formula fed but that’s not true! Not true at all if you feed the baby as he or she need through the day then when it comes to the night feed the baby only when they want food. If you constantly wake them up through the night they won’t get any sleep and neither will you but then the baby will be exhausted through out the day and will be wanting to sleep and wont be able to get any rest again bc they didn’t get rest at night. There’s nothing wrong if the baby doesn’t wake up through the night to eat. And they can go from sleeping through the night to needing to wake up to eat. It’s ok.
You are doing an amazing job. You are a good mom♥️ remember to give yourself some mercy and love and to take a deep breath💕

Thank you so much ❤️

I second that , I was told wake every 3-4 hours, I felt I was force feeding her as she just didn’t want to take it. I saw health visitor yesterday who said go with the baby, they know what’s best. Since I’ve been doing that everything is so much more relaxed. She did say don’t go more then 5 hours so waking once in that time period is really good. Means you can get more sleep too :)

He’s not a small baby and loves his milk. He’s a chunky boy and would never voluntarily miss a feed he was hungry for which reassures me further. Thanks for your support x

Mine is also the same and has been since about 3-4 weeks. Since then until now (he’s 8 weeks now) he has 5oz every 3-4 hours in the day, but at nighttime he sleeps all the way through for about half the week (10-6). And the other half he only wakes for one feed about 3am x

Once baby is over brith weight you can let them do as they like at night. My baby was about 6 weeks when she started going longer stretches at night..

He’s been over birth weight since about 5 days after his birth haha x

There’s no such thing as ‘normal’ when it comes to babies. They’re all different

Then let him do as he wants and enjoy the extra couple of ZZZ 😄

If you're worried about him missing out I use to put an extra oz in the last bottle of the day because of the longer gap between feeds. I used to call it the "big" bottle..

5 and half is a great amount and definitely sounds filling enough for that length of time. My son is 4 months old and has 5 bottles a day at 5-6oz at a time. Enjoy the sleep 💤 they will let you know when they are hungry 😀

Update! He’s still only waking once between 11/12 and 6/7am and we’re very much enjoying the extra sleep. 🎉