Is it possible? | Imamother

amother

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 2:37 am

For an infant ( under or about a month) to sleep for 6-8 hours?

without any sleep training or intervention.

Seashell

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 2:41 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

For an infant ( under or about a month) to sleep for 6-8 hours?

without any sleep training or intervention.

Highly unlikely.

rivkam

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 2:42 am

Yes its normal for a baby to do one long stretch a day. It's also normal for a baby to not do that

amother

Wheat

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 2:45 am

Yes. One of my kids, born about 10 lb, slept 8 hours at about 2 weeks old. I’ve gotten 6 hours from other kids too. The smaller babies tended not to have as long of a stretch.

amother

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 2:47 am

amother [ Wheat ] wrote:

Yes. One of my kids, born about 10 lb, slept 8 hours at about 2 weeks old. I’ve gotten 6 hours from other kids too.

every night?

Kiwi13

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 3:07 am

My babies always slept wonderfully when I coslept them. Otherwise not well at all.

amother

Sapphire

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 3:10 am

My babies slept right away through the night. I had very sleepy babies. I was always afraid that they sleep too much and checked if they are breathing.

amother

Wheat

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 3:37 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

every night?

Almost every night. I felt "recovered" pretty quickly after that birth!

I was a more confident mother when that child was born, and did not wake them up every few hours (as I had been told to), relying on diapers and weight gain to trust that they were getting enough nutrition.

Many of my other kids had nice long stretches only if I was cosleeping and could nurse as I slept with them.

amother

Indigo

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 3:46 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

For an infant ( under or about a month) to sleep for 6-8 hours?

without any sleep training or intervention.

Very rare. Also babies that sleep so much and don't eat often can get into a cycle of being weak from not eating-sleeping more-harder for them to have energy to eat- not gaining weight or eating enough- so sleeps more cuz weak.

If you're child is not gaining steadily you MUST wake them to eat

amother

Chocolate

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 5:26 am

My baby dropped her first two night feedings and started sleeping 8-2 by around a month and a half.

amother

Forestgreen

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 5:45 am

Not under a month but my baby did 8 hour stretches at night by 6 weeks and 12 hours by 2 months

mommy3b2c

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 7:59 am

amother [ OP ] wrote:

every night?

My youngest started sleeping 5 hours straight at 5 weeks and 6-7 hours straight shortly after that. He did that till about 4 months and then started waking up for feedings. And then didn’t sleep through the night till 3.5.

amother

Oak

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 8:06 am

I have had some babies who did. They also cluster fed right before they went to sleep. BH their weight gain was excellent so the pediatrician told us that it wasn't an issue.

allthingsblue

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 8:52 am

One baby (a big baby) slept 6 hours at night and was gaining weight and wetting diapers, so the dr said it was ok.
He stopped that at 9 months.

amother

Plum

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 9:10 am

I cant tell anyone this in real life but my baby has been sleeping 10-12 hours a night since 1 week old with no effort on my part. She was gaining weight nicely so dr said it's not a problem

amother

Sienna

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 9:44 am

Sure, but don't expect it to be consistent or long term. It may or may not be. Of course when I've had that I would lay away with engorged breasts just waiting for the baby to wake up Can't Believe It

#BestBubby

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 10:14 am

As long as the baby is gaining weight - it's OK.

dankbar

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 1:40 pm

Babies born before due date are usually more sleepy in beginning

amother

Maroon

Wed, Oct 02 2019, 8:37 pm

My eldest daughter slept from 10 pm to 6-7am nightly from when she was just under 2 months old. I didn't sleep train or anything. I just nursed her around 10 and put her in her crib next to my bed. Being that she was an underweight baby, at her 3 month well visit the doctor told me to wake her every 3-4 hours to feed, so there went her long stretch... Bt it does show that it's definitely possible.