When did your breastfed baby start sleeping through the night?

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So I’m aware that formula is more filling for baby than breast milk but I was still surprised to see comments on here that some of your formula fed babies were sleeping 5/6 through the night at month old 😮 I exclusively breastfeed and my little one goes around 3hrs tops! He was 4 weeks yesterday. When can I roughly expect him to start sleeping in longer chunks?
Edit: thanks everyone for your replies! I knew all babies are different but I thought there may be a general time for most babies, but that clearly isn’t the case!

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My first baby was formula fed, she didnt sleep for more than 4 hours at a time until 9 months old. 
Second baby, breast and formula fed, slept through the night at 6 months. 
My 8 month old baby, exclusively breastfed and still nurses every 2 hours. 
Every baby is different.

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I was told anything longer than 5 hours in the first year is a blessing.
Mine woke every two hours from 12w till around a year then suddenly started to sleep through.

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I don’t think you should have any expectations, regardless of how they’re Fed. I think 3 hour stints is awesome at that age! My 16 month old doesn’t even sleep that long 😂

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Following. Currently up because my LO feeds every 2 hours...Momma is tired 😴

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I switched from bf to formula around 6 months, due to getting pregnant and not being able to keep up anymore. My baby didn't sleep through the night until I could get him to eat more during the day (which he refused to do for a while). If they're walking up at night, it's often because they need the calories. I don't think formula is necessarily more filling, I think formula fed babies just get their tummies stuffed a little more, so they don't ask for more food as soon. 
Maybe just see if you can pull them off the beast a little sooner, and try feeding more often/ for longer during the day. I'm not sure if it will work, but maybe.

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I think my doctor told me that was a myth that formula babies slept longer (which my baby is). She also said it’s a myth that solids help them sleep longer. 
My baby is 17 weeks old and sleeps from 9 to 5:30ish am before needing a bottle.

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I exclusively breastfed my baby (for 2.5 years) and when she was a newborn, I had to wake her up for the first two weeks to feed her. Then I stopped when she got back to her birth weight and she’s always slept 10-12 hours straight, starting when she was a newborn. I just got lucky 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Number 1 slept through at about 10 months, number 2 slept through at 10 weeks, both EBF

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My son was born at 35weeks. I exclusively pumped for 11 months, he had little formula after i quit pumping. He did not sleep more than 3 hours at a time until he was 4 months old. At about 5 months he slept up to 6 hours. I do know breastfed/nursing babies who slept 5/6 hours at under a month old, just not my child.

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I would say my son sleeps through the night since he was 6 months old but I also dream feed and still do with him being almost 14 months old. He still wakes up at night if i didn't dream feed

When did your breastfed baby start sleeping through the night?

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