Should I wake her?

Question

For the second night in a row my 10 week old baby (EBF) has slept 8 hours at night before waking up to eat. She's healthy and in the 76 percentile for her weight and height, but I'm wondering if 8 hrs is too long. Should I wake her to eat?

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She's fine! She'll wake up and hungry, but then she'll nurse really well! My LO does it every night, we've gotten into a bit of a routine - sleep for the night between 9 and 10 (sometimes he goes until 11, just depends on the night), and then wakes up between 6:30 and 7:30. He wakes up and kicks a whole bunch and talks and makes high-pitched happy squealing noises, and then I come in the room, say Hi, and then go straight for the diaper change and then boob. He usually falls asleep for about 10 to 15 minutes after he nurses because the boob makes him all milk drunk, but then the rest of the day until bed time again he is wide awake and feeding and playing and having fun :).
He started this pattern completely on his own, and I freaked out the first time he went more than 5 hours; but then he kept doing it.
My LO is 15 weeks, but he's been doing this since somewhere sround 9-10 weeks old, I've always let him dictate when to breastfeed though, and he sleeps when he's tired. 
Good luck momma!

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Never wake a sleeping baby, ever! 😎

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NEVER wake a sleeping baby 👶🏻!!! Let her sleep she'll wake when she's hungry 😋 Zoey sleeps 5-8 hours ever night one time she did 10. Her weight is great good and healthy. I never wake her! Congrats on the 8 hours

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So jealous

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After they've gained their birth weight, you do not need to wake them. Enjoy it while you can! I'm so very jealous! Lol

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Don't wake her up! Count your blessing for having such a good sleeper 😊

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I say no. My boy is only 5 weeks old and he is already sleeping anywhere from 6-9 hours at night. He was in the 80th percentile for height and weight when he was born. At his month checkup, he hadn't gained as much as the doctor wanted him to (for him to still be in the 80th percentile). So she ordered for him to come back a week later for another weight check. He still wasn't up to the weight he was supposed to be to make the 80th percentile, and was in the 40th percentile now. But during that week he had gained a healthy amount of weight. The doctor said the only thing she cares about is that he's steadily gaining weight, and said letting him sleep thru the night is fine. (I wasn't too worried about his weight either because this is common in our family. We are all on the taller side and rather slender. I was the same when I was a baby, and so was my sister and my husband and his sister too).

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Heck no!!! I regret waking my son because now he's so used to it and 6 months in only sleeps 6 hours at a time 😭

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