11lbs “Magic Number”??

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I read an article saying that babies tend to sleep longer stretches after they hit 11lbs, as that is the metabolic weight needed to carry them through the night. Has anyone found this to be true?

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I don’t think it’s true, but since my girl has gotten past 11 pounds she has gone from waking every 2 hours to every 3-4 hours at night!

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I think the key distinction here is that they "can" not that they "will".  Rule number one of parenting, kids are not predictable :)

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Not true for my baby. He’s 12.5 lbs and he still wakes up every 2.5 hours to eat 4oz and he’s only 5 weeks 😅

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Nope! My baby is about 13 lbs now and still the longest he will sleep is 6 hours but usually it’s 3-4 hours at a time at night.

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I read that too, my guy is almost 9 pounds so I’m hoping things get better as he gets better but the other comments are not making things look good lol

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Definitely not true over here...

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Definitely not. My girl is almost 14 pounds and still wakes every 90 minutes for food.

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I'm guessing my daughter is about 11lbs, and she has started sleeping from about midnight to 8am. So maybe? But that might be coincidental since shes always been a good sleeper

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No.

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My first was 11lbs 3 oz at birth & he woke up every 45 mins to an hour every night for the first 4 months. So wasn’t true for me 😅

11lbs “Magic Number”??

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