Since about New Year's the boys have been sleeping about 8 hours/night. We gave them a bottle at 10 pm and they slept until 6 am. This was pretty consistent. There were some binkie bingo nights, but for the most part it was pretty solid.
On Friday nights, we typically try to stretch it. We give them their 6 pm bottle and see what time they wake up. Every week it would get later, 3 am, 4 am , 5 am, etc. Last week we tried it and they went until 6 am. Not too shabby...a 12 hour stretch. We decided to brave it again on Saturday night. The first guy got up at 5:45 am. Again...not too shabby. We decided to try it again on Sunday night. We've always hesitated when messing with their sleep schedule on a week night because Dave has to work and needs as much sleep as possible. So Sunday night, we put them down after their 6 pm feed and they woke up at 6 am!!! It's been a week and it's been great!!! We did decide to give them a 6oz bottle before bed to keep their bellies extra full (they get 5 oz during the day).
We never thought it would happen, but it has and we don't know what to do with ourselves. Like all stages this will change and we're aware of that, but we're relishing it for now!!! Now we're looking to the future for when we can sleep until 10...Hmm...they'll be teenagers before that happens...
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