Feeding

How long will your baby sleep without a feed/how long are you comfortable them going?

My little boy is starting to do longer stretches of sleep and I find myself panicking if I should be waking him for a feed still at his age or just let him wake when he’s ready?!

He’s 8 weeks old and never lost weight and has been gaining well (but had been feeding at least every 4 hours, but now starting to go beyond this overnight every so often)

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My daughter is just over 7 weeks and we have had some 6 hour sleeps overnight now. As long as they are gaining weight I think it is fine. The health visitor told me it is more about them getting enough milk over 24 hours than a certain amount every few hours so if they are feeding well and a healthy weight I wouldnt worry about waking anymore.

We've just had a 5.5 hour sleep, which is a record for us, 8 weeks old. Didn't wake her, if they are gaining weight and have the right amount of nappies you are fine, enjoy the sleep!

My little boy is 10 weeks and can happily go up to 5-6 hours during the night without a feed. For example he last ate at 11ish and woke up at half 4ish for a feed, he’s gone back off now and will likely be up at half 6ish to start his day 😂 even from a newborn he would go 3-4 hours over night and sometimes 2-3 hours during the day. Always steadily gained weight and was content. Enjoy the sleep 🩵

My little girl has been sleeping 10-12hours over night since 10days old, after the first week I stopped waking her in the night for a feed when I found out you don't have to wake them once they are back up to birth weight. She's now 10 weeks old and is a little chunk but she feeds approx every 1.5-2hours during the day which I guess makes up for the long stretch at night.

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