Babies sleep

Has anyone else experienced their 3 week old sleeping almost 7 hours at night? My baby is over his birth weight and has been eating about 120-150ml (4-5 oz) per feed and has been having a longer wake windows. I think he is having a growth spurt but just want to check and see if this is normal? I had to finally wake him up to eat but he was easy to wake up and wasn’t fussy.

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Following, I’m in the exact same situation except mine is 4 weeks and isn’t so easy to wake, she’s a deep sleeper. I was literally just wondering the same thing! lol

Well my baby is three weeks old and he sleeps alot, but he does seem to have longer wake periods but he keeps his eye close all the time , u can tell if he’s actually sleep tho , he’s not hard to wake up and he hates anything to do with changing diapers and bath time lol 😆

My daughter can sleep Loooong during the day. Every once in a while she’ll sleep from 1 am to like 6 am basically skipping rest of middle of the night feeds. Doesn’t bother me unless she didn’t eat much during the day

Yes:) I feel like they’re usually good about knowing when they need to eat.

Mine is 1 week old and I don't think she's awake for more than 3 hours total in a day. She sleeps a lot.

Mine is 12 days old and back to birth weight - pediatrician said it’s ok for her to go longer stretches without eating since her weight is good. Take that sleep time mama!!

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