Re: Sleeping through the night
Lynda Seehusen (lyndas@dordt.edu)
Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:15:51 -0600 (CST)
> was also born at term, weighing 9# 8 oz. Melissa is now 8 weeks old,
> corrected, so I'm anticipating that she may begin at any time. Much to
> my dissapointment, I've had several people tell me lately that it's more
> dependent on weight -- "babies don't sleep through until they reach 12
> pounds or so." Any opinions?
We just had this discussion on my Oct./Nov. mom's baby group and the
consensus was that weight has very little to do with it. It seemed
to make a dif. whether or not the baby was getting breast milk, with
formula fed babies sleeping through the night more quickly than
breast fed babies.
My 33 weeker started sleeping through the night at 3 1/2 months (about
6 weeks corrected). My full-termer slept through at about 3 months.
"Slept through" means she slept for 7 hours at a stretch and I didn't
have to get up at 4 a.m. anymore :)
Lynda, mom to Emma, 3.6 (33 weeker) and Shannon, 5 months (39 weeker).
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