EBF babies and sleep?

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How are you LOs sleeping? Mine is still up every 3-4 hours. He eats 4 oz every 3 hours. I just see all these other posts about babies doing 9-10 hour stretches and I don't get more than maybe 5.  I always wonder, would he sleep better if formula fed? I can't cosleep because I don't sleep.

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I think the only reason I get 8+ hours is because I have my little guy bed share. Other wise I'm sure he would be up every 3-4. Right now he wakes once to feed around 3/4am and then sleeps until 7:30am

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My LO is almost 15 weeks and gets between 2-4 hours between feedings.  She's EBF as well.

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Mine is ebf too and 5 hrs is a dream.. I also read babies sleeping from 9-9 and I feel when will my baby do that 😂😂😂.. Now i feel is not thing to happen until we start solids.. So urnt alone.. Yesterday he woke up 4 times to nurse 😖

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Every baby is different. Breastfed babies do wake more because BM digests faster but switching would not necessarily make for a sleepy baby and ideas like rice cereal are a huge no no. My boy started sleeping through the night a little short of 3 months with the occasional wake up a few nights around 3, but I also exclusively pump  into bottles so he wouldn't wake just to comfort nurse.

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My 15 week old is EBF and only sleeps 45 min to 2 hours at a time. 😑 Also she has to be in my bed with me. 💤💤💤

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My 3 month old is exclusively breast feed and he sleeps through the night most of the time.

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If you don't mind me asking, how do you know how many oz he eats?

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She is 14 weeks and only gets formula at daycare if she runs out of breastmilk. She'll have her last nursing session at about 10-10:30 and then sleep until about 4 or 5...if we're lucky :)

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It wasn't until I switched to formula feeding that my little man slept through the night!

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My friends 11 month old has not slept longer than a 3 hour stretch once. My oldest two boys were sleeping through the night by 3 months they were breast and formula fed. My 3rd baby though.. he's exclusively breast fed 14 weeks old and st night sleeps about a 5-6 hour stretch BUT he is a cat napper during the day.  I'm talking 20 minutes here 20 minutes there. Which makes it REALLY REALLY hard to be even remotely productive! I know it takes longer for breastfed babies because their bodies metabolize breast milk faster than formula so they're hungrier more often.

EBF babies and sleep?

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