[icekool]

A mother I once met said to me that it depends on the size of the baby. She said that 4kgs plus babies end up good sleepers.

At that time, I had DS1 and DS2. DS1 was an avg weight baby (3.33kgs) and DS2 was a whopper (4kgs). *I am only 5 feet tall.
Both boys were exclusively b/fed and DS2 was a better sleeper and slept through the night earlier. So her theory was right for me.

Though DS1 being the first born (inexperienced parents that created a lot of bad habits!).
DD (who is exclusively b/fed) 3.8 kgs sometimes sleeps through the night.

[~ky~]

DD1...3.86kg, fed exclusively ebm at the time - slept through (10+ hours) at 6 weeks

DS ... 5.94kg, fed exclusively ebm at the time - slept through (12+ hours) at 6 weeks

Youngest DD ... 4.75kg, fed ebm and comp'd formula- slept through (12+ hours) at 5 weeks

All were very laid back babies ...

[50ftqueenie]

Both of mine were exclusively BF until starting solids around 6 months

DD slept 12 hours a night from 3 months
DS slept 10hours a night from about 7 months

[TarneeW]

DS1 slept through from 9 weeks
DD from 7 weeks
DS2 is now 19 months and still wakes multiple times during the night. I'm still waiting....

All fully BF....

ETA: when I say slept through 10-12 hours.

This post has been edited by TarneeW: 21/08/2012, 01:22 PM

[libbylu]

My SIL has exclusively breast fed both her babies and they both slept through from under 3 months (9 weeks and 11 weeks). They have always been fabulous sleepers. My DS is still not sleeping through and he is nearly 6 year old. (we night weaned him at 15 months and he was totally weaned before 2). So I think it just depends more on the particular type of baby you have than what you feed them. DS is not a good sleeper, like his Dad.

[shelly1]

All 3 of my kids were breasfed and all 3 started sleeping through at 3 months old. The all started nightwaking again between 9 and 12 months old but only once or twice.

FWIW DD3 has had a bottle since 10 months old and she is my worst as I got in habit of putting her to bed with a bottle so she would wake 2-3 times a night wanting a refill - she slept better when she was BFed.

[Mumof32b!]

Ds1 ff slept through from 12 weeks

Ds2 ff woke nightly until over 3 and still is up some nights

Ds3 exclusively bf and is up at least 2 times a night

I think they are all different ds1 even now never wakes at night whereas ds2 at 6 does

[Baggy]

DD1 was formula fed from 5/6weeks old. She started sleeping through the night at around 2.5yo. She still wakes occasionally now for a cuddle and she's almost 4.

DD2 was breast fed until she was 12months old. She started sleeping through the night at around 8 / 9 months. (Going to bed at 6pm and waking up at 7.30am)

[Fossy]

A mother I once met said to me that it depends on the size of the baby. She said that 4kgs plus babies end up good sleepers.

That's really interesting! DD was 4.6kg and slept 12 hours + from 4 weeks, DS was 4.5kg and was doing 12 hours by 5 weeks, both fully bf. Now they both sleep 14 hours overnight, they're both very cruisey, laid back kids.

I've also been told the baby you have at 100 days old is how they'll be, so if they sleep well at 100 days they'll continue to do so. It was true in our case.

[kelliev]

DD1 started sleeping 12 hrs overnight at 8 weeks - fully breastfed. I switched her to formula at 10 weeks for certain reasons (not relating to poor sleeping obviously)

DD2 was sleeping 10 hrs at 10 weeks - fully breastfed for 12 months with not a drop of formula in that time.

So mine were both sleeping through early whilst being breastfed. I'm not sure what the magic thing is which is the difference between one baby and another but I was very lucky to get two fantastic sleepers. Breastfed babies most certainly can sleep through the night though so I wouldn't be changing to formula for that reason alone.