My DD started sleeping through at 8 weeks and has ever since, she is 16 weeks tomorrow. She will sleep for around 11 1/2 - 12 hours every night and also rarely cries. When she wakes in the morning she will happily play in her cot until I go and get her.
Some babies are just better sleepers and it seems like you have one as well.
My DD was just like this and still is - she rarely cries - people at MG always comment they have never heard her cry, I waited and expected some sort of sleep regression but it never happened she continued to sleep all night now 8 months. Her weight gains have always been great so although at 12 weeks I was told I should wake her I never did. She is a very happy baby, apparently I was the same and DH was very placid too. I have to say though as a first time mum at times it has worried me the sleeping (people say that night wakings occur around learning to do new things so I was worried she wasn't progressing correctly - she was in a brace for hips so has been slow to do some things) and the fact nothing bothers her (first swimming lesson said they had never seen such a relaxed baby but what I wanted was a reaction). At MG it is always "but DD is such an easy baby" whenever I suggest anything. I am not worried about her anymore, have accepted that she is just a chilled little girl and just wanted to reply to say I understand how it can be worrying when a baby doesn't do what is said to be "normal" for their age even when it is quite a good thing like not crying much and sleeping overnight. Also I have to admit that sometimes seeing her upset makes me happy for a second because I am seeing a reaction.
Oh I'm going to cry!!! I want my 9 1/2 month old to sleep even just 8 hours straight... or I'd take 6 even!!! Oskar was a great sleeper and would sleep 10 or so hours overnight... !!!
The first time DD didn't wake for a feed was sometime before she was 2 months old. By the time she was 3 months old it was usual for her to sleep 11 hours.
She has had some sleep issues over the last almost 2 years, but on the whole she has been a good sleeper. She always gained weight well while she was breastfed, solids were a bit of an issue, but that is another story. She certainly wasn't starving due to sleeping too much.
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