Too much sleep?

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My 7 week old daughter just slept for 8 hours. This means she went 9 hours without eating. I'm usually all for not waking a sleeping baby, but that just feels too long. 
I pump and bottle feed and occasionally supplement. Any thoughts about why she would sleep that long? I feel like I need to set an alarm so she doesn't go more than 5 hours without eating...

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I never woke any of my babies up but sometimes I did touch them to make sure they would move lol but you could if it makes you feel more comfortable but from my experience they will definitely wake up when they are hungry and be prepared she will probably be extra hungry so she may gulp down a bottle faster if you give her extra make sure you burp her a couple extra times and hold her sitting up for a few mins longer bc she isn't used to eating so much lol good luck hun

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Honestly, you should ask your pediatrician. The general rule of thumb is something like not letting them go more than 5 hours without eating. It’s not necessarily true that babies will wake themselves when they’re hungry. If we waited for my son to wake himself, he would’ve starved to death and that’s a fact, not an exaggeration.

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Let her sleep. As long as she’s gaining weight at a normal rate then there is no reason to wake her up. If you start waking her up to feed her then she’ll never learn to sleep through the night.

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I actually think this happens a lot more than we’re lead to believe - I think people just like talking negatively about how some babies never sleep more than 3-4 hours even at night... 
I got worried as well, my LO started sleeping 5 - 6 hours only a few weeks in and at 10 weeks slept for 11.5 hours and since then goes between 8 - 11 hours straight (no feeding or waking, just straight sleep).
Obviously as a FTM this worried me but then I realised she’s gone up from 87th to 98th percentile (probably more now tbh) and is a happy little chubby monkey. She’s exclusively breastfeed too, so honestly as long as baby is gaining weight and giving you those happy smiles they’re probably all good! That’s what the Plunket nurse told me anyway.
Can always check with a doctor if you’re worried if something isn’t quite right... you’ll probably be the best judge of whether or not they need it!
Don’t let those who are negative or even just have bad luck with baby sleep get you down... every baby is different! Be glad you can get your sleep! And after talking with others more sleep through the night than you’d first think...

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Don't stress about it. I think more babies sleep through the night then people will admit. Maybe she was super sleepy or going through growth spurt.

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She was just sleepy. Babies will definitely wake up when they are hungry!

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My son was sleeping 12 hours at that age. He’s 17 lbs at 20 weeks.

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If the baby's weight is good, I wouldn't worry about it.

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Just feed her a lot during the time she’s awake and let her sleep. Her sleep schedule will change in the coming weeks and she won’t keep doing this and then you’ll wish she was!

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Okay so babies don’t necessarily wake themselves up if they’re hungry, so please don’t comment that if that’s what you believe because it is misleading mothers. Although you don’t want to wake your baby up, they say to never to more than 5 hours without feeding. I would definitely call your pediatrician

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