longer sleep stretches (?)
my baby is 8 weeks old, and for the past few nights i *believe* he might be starting to sleep longer. hes been wanting 4 oz every 2 hours before bed, then when night time wake ups come he will only drink 2 oz, and then when he wakes up for the morning hell drink maybe 5 oz.
for example tonight! he ate 4 oz pretty close together finishing the first bottle at almost 8 pm and the other at 10:30 pm. nighttime comes he wakes up about 2:30 ish am and he only ate 1 oz- wakes back up at around 5:35 am and ate 2 oz. he will always knock right back out after eating too.
i still get nervous about this though because he was born at 5 lb 10 oz (left the hospital at 5 lb 6 oz) and they were very admit on every 2 hours... well once he hit 7 oz he started drinking 3 oz and told me every 3-4 hours but no!!! later then 4, and then once he hit 8 lb he started drinking 4 oz and they just told me that every 3-4 hours still but didnt seem as admit on a "he must eat by this hour" đ
i still try to feed him or wake him up by 3 and a half hours but its a 50/50 if hes wants it.
ahhh this just so scary to me, i just dont want to mess anything up but hes been gaining weight very steadily still- as well as plenty of wet diapers, and he has one (extremely) poopy one a day usually too.
i just wanted to hear other peoples stories and experiences to see if this seems about right with babies learning sleep, thank you :D
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Unless baby was premature, Iâm fairly certain you can stop waking them to eat once they hit birth weight. If theyâre hungry, theyâll wake up on their own. I have a 9 week old, and he usually gives us a good 5-7 hour stretch before waking up the first time. We stopped waking him up almost as soon as we got told he was back at birth weight
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