Sleeping through the night

[afx27]

If you’re exclusively nursing and your baby is sleeping through the night, how often are they nursing throughout the day? My 4.5 mo old slept from 8:30-7:15 last night for the first time. He normally wakes 1-3 times and feeds, so I was shocked when I woke up at 7 and he was still asleep. Just concerned about him getting enough to gain weight if he continues to sleep this much as we do bedtime around 8-8:30. I don’t want to push bedtime later as I have to wake up at 4:30 for work 2-3 times a week and I work 12 hr shifts, so it makes for a very long day for me. I’m not concerned about his intake on days I work because I can obviously see how much he eats, but when I’m home with him we exclusively nurse.

Any advice is appreciated!

 

[popsy]

@afx27 My 4month old often sleeps from 9pm-5-6am. He usually does 7-9 feeds a day.

The time drop is really helpful to hear about!
Just a few days ago he went from 16min feeds to 8mins, and it freaked me out!

 

[psumoose]

@afx27 My 5 month old has been sleeping from bedtime to wakeup since he was about 3-3.5 months old. We usually nurse 5-6 times a day (used to be 5, but things have gotten wonky with the 4-3 nap transition, so I'm doing a top-up feeding before second nap and/or just before bed, depending on when his naps started/ended.

Total time nursing in a day is usually an hour and 20 to an hour and 30 minutes.

 

[afx27]

@psumoose This is super helpful thank you!! I also appreciate you including the total nursing time. As he’s gotten older his nursing time has dropped from 2.5-3 hrs to roughly an hour and 45 minutes.

 

[psumoose]

@afx27 Yeah, they tend to get more efficient (and distractible!) that way.