Like CountryLover my baby did 7-7 with a feed at 10.30pm from 12 weeks. But as soon as we stopped waking her for a 10.30pm feed (at 7 months) she started sleeping 7-6.30 (or 6.15 or 6 at worst) so we lost a little time. But her sleep became deeper.

Thank you all for your messages. Cross our fingers it will happen with weaning as some have said and not when DS will be a teenager (cant even imagine that!!!).

DD ebf till 4.5months, then mix fed, has been sleeping 7-7 since weaning at 25 weeks (6 weeks ago) most nights. I have a few friends whose babies have been like this. (Although I do think we're really lucky!). Around 4 months it started to be possible to settle her without feeding if she woke more than twice (so I would feed around 11 and 3 but not in between if she woke) Have you tried a cuddle and pick-up/put down to work towards fewer feeds in the night? I haven't fed dd at night since about 5.5 months (but would have done if I'd felt she needed it). I do agree, though, that it depends on the baby, and you can't force it if they're not ready.

DD is nearly 3 and never slept 7-7. Just do the best you can for your lo. Over 3 hours solid sleep is bliss, no??!

It's possible, your mum is wrong. Some babies do sleep long stretches (not necessarily 7-7, but close enough). But I think for a bf baby 4 months is a bit early; even at 6 months bf babies may wake several times in the night genuinely hungry. I think if you stick to what you're doing, gradually it'll become better. Around 6 months (a bit after weaning) you should see a difference.

DS just did 8pm-6am for the first time ever - 15 months. DH and I couldn't believe it and had to go check at 4am to make sure he was still alive!

Both my DS's slept through 7pm-7am with a dream feed at 10pm from around 10 weeks. At this stage both were exclusively breastfed.

However I'm still doing a dream feed with DS2 now and he's six months. I can't remember when I stopped with DS1 but it must have been around this time.

Once I stopped the dream feed, DS1 did 7pm-6am so only 11 hours. We moved his bedtime to 8pm and most mornings he would go until 7am.

both of mine did 7-7
ds1 at 14 weeks
ds2 at 7 months

both exc bf

I did nothing different treated them both the same.. I think that babies sleep and eat when they need to and our expectations are irrelevant.

DD is 9 months and sleeps 6.45pm to 6am. Sometimes she'll sleep until 6.30am. Sometimes she'll wake at 5.30am! But there and thereabouts she's sleeping at least 11 hours at night consistently and has been doing so since 6 months.

At your stage I had previously just been feeding on demand, doing some co-sleeping etc, but then we worked towards a routine and put her in her own room at 19 weeks as we were all disturbing each other at night. As soon as she was in her own room she woke up less often. Of course the guidelines say keep baby with you for 6 months so you need to make your own decision about that, but for us it helped.

I also introduced a dream feed too, at 10.30pm, and then didn't feed again until 2.30am, then again until 6.30am. If she woke in between, I settled her back with 'pick up put down'. After two nights of this she only woke once at 3am for a feed, after her dreamfeed. Gradually her night feed became later and later and by 5 months she slept from 11pm to 7am. At 6 months I stopped doing the dreamfeed as she didn't seem that interested anymore. She then slept through, although her morning wake up time went from 7am to closer to 6, but I think that's fairly normal.

Mine never slept 7-7. They never slept 12 hours at a time - ever...
Oh I lie - my DD does this sometimes. She is nearly 12 (years), goes to bed at 10pm and does the weekend teenage thing of not getting up til about 10am...