At what age?

Question

Does anyone know at what age babies can start sleeping through the night? My baby girl will be a month old in a few days and at night I have to wake her up for her feedings or she will sleep right through them, but when I wake her up she is definitely hungry. At the hospital I was told I needed to wake her every 4 hours if she wasn't waking up on her own but I was never told that when I had my son 6 years ago.

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My pediatrician allowed us to not wake my daughter up anymore at night once she was back to her birth weight, which was after a week or so I believe. (I have heard that if your baby was a preemie they need to reach a higher weight than their birth weight, though.) At first she would sleep for 4-5 hours, but now she is up to about 8. She is 6 weeks old. She started sleeping through the night pretty early, I think, but according to my pediatrician the second month is usually when you see them sleep a little longer. Hang in there!

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It really varies as to when babies sleep through the night and keep in mind that the definition of "sleeping through the night" means 6 hours, not 8 or 10! Most babies are doing at least 6 hour stretches by 3 months and many are at the 8 to 10 hour stretch by 6 months. But keep in mind that every baby is different! 
Most pediatricians will tell you that once baby has reached their birth weight you can let them sleep as long as they will go at night, just be sure that baby is getting no fewer than 6 feedings in a day, ideally they get 8 to 10, so if baby sleeps for a long stretch at night you want to wake them to eat more frequently during the day.

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I let my son wake up on his own. He's also a month old, he tends to wake up on his own every four to six hours. I'm also curious as to when babies start sleeping through the night. I miss sleep, lol.

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Depends on your baby, every baby is different! My son started sleeping through the night at 2 weeks old! I sure was lucky!

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