When does an exclusively breastfed baby sleep through the night?

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My little princess is almost 4 months.  She still breastfeeds every 2 hours at night, 3 if I'm lucky.  I switch breast like I'm suppose to for the foremilk and hind milk.  Formula isn't an option, as I've decided to only breastfeed.  Any suggestions on when this pattern will change?

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One of my nieces slept through  the night at 2 weeks and one didn't sleep through the night until almost 3 years old when she was weaned... You can't predict it

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All babies are different but we started getting consistent 8 hours of sleep on breast milk only at 11 weeks.

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It really depends on the baby and how they regulate sleep hang in there I no its ruff I breast fed my daughter till she was a year she stopped getting up through the night around 3-4 months but my cousins little guy didn't stop waking up till he was 6-7 months old and she had a very strict routine with him on naps feeding and bedtime where as I just went with it with my daughter as I plan on doing with my son when he gets here 3months to go :)

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We have the same thing. I just stoped counting how many times we wake up during the night. And if someone asks me about my baby sleeping pattern I just say that he sleeps like a baby ;) once I read about it in SEARS page and there was a sentence that heps me get through this - babys don't sleep through the night because they are not suppose to.

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She's adorable

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Mines 3 weeks & 5 days and he regularly seeps 5-7 hours at night. Last night was 7. Now I've posted this he'll probably only sleep 2 hours tonight 😜

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Mine didn't start sleeping through the night until 22 months. It's different for all babies. It's really hard, but at least in the first year you can take comfort that the frequent waking helps prevent SIDS. If you're having trouble after 15-18 months, you can start looking into night weaning, but I wouldn't recommend it before then because right now baby needs all the nutrients from your milk.

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It can be anything from 4 months Upto 18 months it's all about baby deciding unfortunatly. If you read online on all the baby websites it gives you a lot of information, breast milk digests quicker than formula that's why they tend to wake up more frequently, but you need to make sure it is for feeds and she isn't doing it just for comfort X

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I wonder the same thing! My daughter actually slept great the first couple of months because she would cluster feed in the evenings and then sleep for several hours through the night.

But now at 14 weeks she doesn't do that and is up every 2-3 hours. 😕

When does an exclusively breastfed baby sleep through the night?

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