Anyone else’s baby 1 month and not sleeping long stretches?

Question

I feel like so many parents keep posting about how long their baby is able to sleep at night and I’m feeling like I’m the only unlucky one whose baby wakes to eat every 2 to 2.5 hours - day and night. Baby is 4w4d and is formula fed. We almost never get a stretch longer than 2.5 hours, even during the day. He also struggled with GULPING his food down when we first gave him a bottle (and still have this issue now) so we have him using a slow flow bottle to prevent gas, choking and spitting up - which means it takes him about 30-45 minutes to finish a 2.5-3 oz bottle and be changed, which leaves me with just about an hour, or less, of sleep between feeds. It’s so exhausting!! Anyone else in this boat?! 😩

Answer

My daughter just turned one month yesterday and wakes up about every 2-3 hours to eat. She takes about 20 minutes to finish a bottle then I have to turn around and pump (I exclusively pump then bottle feed) which takes about 15-20 more minutes. It’s exhausting!

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Mine is nearly 7 weeks old and not sleeping long stretches. He is breastfed as were my other two. My first never slept more than 3/4 hours until 16 months and my second didn't until 13 months. Unfortunately, some babies just take a lot longer to sleep through the night. My 3 year old just started sleeping completely through the night. My 22 month old still doesn't, though he doesn't need me to go in there and help him get back to sleep. I just see him on the camera awake a couple of times a night.

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Nope mine doesn’t sleep longer than 2 hours or so. Sometimes I’m lucky and she goes 3 hours but that’s the longest. My oldest was the same way until about 3 months and she started sleeping longer. Hang in there! I know it’s tiring but it does get better.

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Same boat here also! Baby is 4 weeks exactly, and is feeding (breastfed) every 2 hours. By the time we’re done changing him, and putting him down, we get about 45 minutes of sleep. It’s exhausting. There’s light at the end of the tunnel! They’re only this little once 🥺

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Yup same here ! I pump and formula feed. Baby is almost 6 weeks. Usually at night 2.5 hour stretches feel long for us. I thought we’d be getting longer stretches by now. He eats and then it’s hard to settle him down sometimes afterwards he gets a little fussy from gas and I have to try to keep him upright so he doesn’t get reflux/ spit up. By the time I’m done feeding and keeping him upright for a half hour and put him down it feels like I get 1 hour of sleep until the next round if doing the same. Now he is finally asleep and I have to try to use part of the time before he wakes up to pump.

Anyone else’s baby 1 month and not sleeping long stretches?

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