How long should a 5m/o be able to sleep at night before eating?

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I’ve read 5-7 hours in some sources, 8-10 in other sources.
From your experiences, how long of an initial stretch should a 5m/o be able to sleep without needing a feeding, if a sleep regression is not interfering?

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My daughter slept 11-12 hours starting around 4 months. She’s in the 75%ish percentile for weight.

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I don’t think there’s a specific number of hours as it varies so much from baby to baby. I suppose there’s lots of factors to consider too, does he have breast milk or formula? Does he have a dummy (pacifier) as I’ve heard babies can wake up more often when using these if they fall out etc. Was he born prematurely? Is he steadily gaining weight? 
My son has just turned 3 months and, generally speaking, does 5-6 hour stretches. I will try to feed him (he’s EBF) just before he goes to bed, between 7:30-8pm. He’ll wake up once for a feed and go back down until around 6-7am then has another feed and a nap.

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My daughter has been sleeping 11 hrs in a row since about 3.5 mo.

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There's not a "should." This varies widely. Some babies sleep all night & others wake several times.

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Since my son was born, he was sleeping 5 hours at night for the first two months (my son never lost weight at birth so we didn’t need to feed every 3 hours at night since we could feed on demand) then once he turned two months old he has been and still is at 19 months, sleeping 12 hours at night, sometimes will be 13 hours and then once in a while would be 10 hours. He hasn’t gone through a sleep regression either 🤞🏻

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Minewas sleeping 12-14 hours.

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My first was sleeping 8-10 hours since 2 months old.. & goes up to 12- 2 years later lol

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This differs widely between every baby, but at 5 months my boy was sleeping anywhere from 5-7 hour stretches.

How long should a 5m/o be able to sleep at night before eating?

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