how long should a 2 week old sleep?

Adriane

My daughter will be 3 weeks Wednesday and she just slept 6 hours straight. Trust me I'm not complaining (my hubby and I literally almost cried tears of joy to get 6 consecutive hours of sleep.) But is it normal for her to be sleeping so long already? She was really fussy yesterday and only napped for about an hour at a time. She is breastfed too so before I put her down she had 4 oz. Should I have woken her up to feed her?

jellybelly1015

Lucky!!! My 5 week oils longest stretch has been 4 hours!!! All babies are different, demand feeding is good, and babies will wake if hungry

LittleFae

You are lucky. My four week old only gave me four at the longest and that was yesterday morning. I hope it keeps,up for you

momaynot

I breast feed too. Everyone has different opinions about waking them to feed. I follow what my doctor's opinion is. They told me to wake her every three hours until she ten pounds or 8 weeks, whatever comes first. I have a tiny baby so I think it is important but everyone is different. Even if you should wake her I don't think one night of sleep will hurt anything. BTW I am jealous I am falling asleep as I type this and feed her at the same time.

mumma_to_be

M friends baby slept thru the night at 3days old.

mums_the_word

My little boy has always been a great sleeper. Although he would kick up a fuss till 3am he would then sleep right through till 12pm the next day! He's now 3 (end of November) and sleeps 8 till 8. I hope this new little man is the same!

Adriane

Thanks for the reassurance everyone! It just scared me because she's usually up every 3 or 4 hours. It was really nice to get some sleep though :-)