Baby sleeping though the night - POLL

[spade22]

When  did you baby constantly sleep through the night ?

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32%

 (8) 

0-3 months

16%

 (4) 

3-6 months

4%

 (1) 

6-9 months

12%

 (3) 

9-12 months

36%

 (9) 

12 + months

25 Members voted

[AnnieBrooke]

Hi. do you mean using the doctor's definition (anything over 5 hours is "sleeping through the night") or my definition (a minimum of eight and a half hours being bliss for me)?  LOL

[pertykitty]

ill let you know when that happens haha. my dd is 14 months and still wakes to nurse and co-sleeps. my son didnt and slept by 4 months till 5am.

[spade22]

Annie:  I meant by your definition (the 'normal' definition of sleep, LOL).  I didnt know anything over 5h was the doctors definition of sleeping through the night....


Pertykitty:  how many times does Addy wake during the night to nurse?


Jazmine is 7 months old and nurses 1-2 times a night.  She used to sleep a good 10h during the night when she was about 2 months and that lasted for a few months and now she is back to waking to nurse.  I read a post a day or so ago when someone said their doctor felt a 6-7 month should be sleeping through the night and to stop feedings coldturkey.  I had never heard of this before, figured all babys would be different, and nursing during the night was relatively normal during the first year (at least).

[pertykitty]

id say several times but i dont remember by morning lol.  i dont know how to get her to stop without crying and i dont like her to cry (im an anti crying sissy mama lol).  i dont really mind anymore, soon i will miss our snuggly times

[BabyHardiman]

Hi Spade!

Let me tell you my story.  Ava was sleeping through the night fairly early on, within 0-3 months.  UNTIL---- one night I stayed over at her aunts house and she slept with ME... my nights were spent nursing Ava ALL NIGHT - and I am not kidding, each time my nennie fell out of her mouth she hollered.  It took almost a week to get her back on track once we arrived back home.  That was a miserable week for me!  I do not enjoy sharing my bed with kids.. and she has already started sleeping ALL OVER the place.  My dumb tail ended up staying the weekend this past weekend and I am having one heck of a time getting her to sleep all night again.  This time she wakes up around 2 or so, I nurse her for about 5 to 10 minutes and she out again.  Gradually the time gets later and later.  

I love my baby to pieces, but I love my space at night too.

[spade22]

Hmmmm.

I work all day so although its tiring to wake up and nurse Ms Jazmine during the night, its also our special, bonding time.

[babypooh]

My son slept through the night at 2 months old. A few months later he did start waking up again though and would cry a bit. They go through different stages :)

[spade22]

Ohhh - another thing Ive noticed is Jazmine gets very relaxed and falls asleep pretty quickly after nursing so I suspect she doesnt eat enough milk to sustain her through the night (which is why she wakes up several times).  I was away for a week and hubby had to bottle feed (expressed breast milk) and apparently she slept the whole night during that time.

[Tanker Chic]

jacob started sleeping through the night at 11wks but it probably took a month before it was super consistent.  

[Bmo311]

My daughter is 14 months and still wakes up several times to nurse!  I try putting her back in the crib the first couple times, but after that I usually fall asleep with her in bed and try putting her back after her early morning feeding!  If I remember correctly my older daughter stopped nursing around 15 months so I am hoping once she is weaned then the sleep may come too!  Although my older daughter didn't stop sleeping with us or having me sleep with her until she was about 2 1/2, so good luck!  I can't remember the last time I had a full night's rest......

[Me2mommy2b]

DS is 10 1/2 months and hasn't slept one night yet (and I mean, the dr's definition of sleeping through the night).  ON a good night, he wakes up 3 times.  On a bad night, he's up every 30 minutes to an hour.  IT'S HELL!!

[mlb1234]

Yes, when my dd was 9 months old she was nursing twice at night just like yours.  She'd make a peep, I'd run in and nurse for about 10-15 minutes, then she'd go right back to sleep. She did this 2x per night.  I did not think it was a big deal since she went right back to sleep.  
At her 9 month check up the ped basically said even though she was eating at night she did not "need" to and that as soon as i stopped going in there, she would start sleeping through the night.  She was right.  DD still occasionally wakes at night and peeps but I don't go in and she goes right back to sleep. (I go in only if she is standing up and really crying hard but that rarely happens.)
I was so glad I tried this and my dh was like "why didn't we do this 6 months ago??"  I did not know how tired I really was until i started sleeping through the night again!!  All babies are different though and if you don't mind, it certainly will not hurt the baby to nurse at night (ped also mentioned that).  I always sort of enjoyed nursing at night and don't regret that I did it but it does feel good to sleep again!! :)  Best of luck!!
Me2: OMG you poor thing!!!  That sounds awful!!!

[mlb1234]

also fyi my ped also said that at 11 pounds metabolically they are big enough to sustain not eating overnight.  My dd was 11 pounds at 2 months but she still wanted to nurse overnight...of course if mommy is willing why not try??? (plus I think they like the snuggle time too)  :)

[BabyHardiman]

For Ava to only want to nurse for 5 to 10 minutes, then go back to sleep, tells me that she is not hungry, but more wanting to be in bed with me.  I have a right to my OWN opinion on that matter.  I am a firm believer that a child should sleep in his/her own bed.  I have plenty of special bonding time with Ava during the day.  At night we all need our own space.  I do not want to form bad habits with her.  And I use the term "bad" for the description of how I feel about co-sleeping.  I was patient with her during her transition back to sleeping in her own bed at night - all night.  It is TOO DANGEROUS to have her sleeping in bed with me all the time.  My bed sits way up high, and one fall could kill her.  

I devote my days to Ava's development, and she is an intelligent child, I love my baby more than all the blades of grass God ever created, no one should mistake, or question, how much my child's "special bonding time" means to me... my baby is my world.  However, it is my feeling that everyone should sleep in their own bed at nights.. I want to sleep butt to butt with Daddy, and those nights are VERY FEW and FAR FAR FAR between now since he is working out of state.  My daughter is my world during the day, but her Daddy is my priority at night.. and sleeping comfortably is my concern for EVERYONE involved.  

[ziggysgrl0724]

Adriana sleeps from like 8:30pm-8:30am.....she has been doing this prob for 2 months and is almost 5 months old now....However she does not take a single quality nap during the day, and I'm not sure why....It does seem like I may be the only formula feeding mom contributing here though....I know that formula makes babies "fuller" or so they say.

BabyH- did someone say something negative or something?  I don't see anything bad.....

[mlb1234]

Me too Baby H - I didn't see anything bad.  Hope it wasn't something I said because I totally know where you are coming from on this.  If I co-sleep with my dd even just one night now - she will nurse all night long, want it every night and start waking up at all hours.  She is all over the crib at this age and I think that is dangerous since she could fall out.  Not to mention the fact that I sleep horribly when she is next to me because I am worried about her all night!

[Tima]

My twins are almost almost 11months now. They have been sleeping thru the night since around 5 months. But I did have some changes in between. If they woke up at night I used to offer formular sometimes if Iam lucky they go back to sleep right away but other nights up for at least an hr. Also when they started teething for the first time all routines seemed to go out the window but now all things are back to normal. They both get around 9-11hrs of sleep every night.

[energy_train]

My DD wanted to nurse at night until I weaned her and it was then, at about 14 months that she would start sleeping better at night- still up 1-2 times though and it wasn't until 18 months that she slept "through the night" - on my terms meaning from like 10pm 6am.  My son on the other hand slept through the night by about 8 weeks.  I have a 8 week old right now and Oh My...he's sleeping in the pack and play by us but goes down about 10pm and is up at USUALLY 1:45 and then 3:45 and then doesn't want to go back to bed.  He will go back down around 6 or 7am and by then I have to get up the the other kids to get them ready for school. It's a horrible cycle but if I let him cry, everyone is up- and I'm not one to let my kiddos cry this early but one night I was holding him and he was still crying and then they were all up!  My hubby is a fireman so when he's gone and it's just me, that's really hard.  I'm exhausted though because I'm going on about 4 hours of sleep every night and then taking care of 3 kids.  Any ideas from anyone????

[kellym]

With my dd it was 7 months she was sleeping 6pm - 6am. My DS is now 8 months and still wakes up around 3. I don't know why, so I feed him and put him back to bed, ha ha!

[40smama]

My baby's very inconsistent in regards to sleeping through the night.  He sleeps through the night 50% of the time - the other tme he likes to get up and party - stay up 2+ hours.  Mommy nearly dies during those times!  His dr now suggests that we offer water as opposed to formula as he feels that Noah gets enough nutrition during the day & doesn't need a night feeding of formula.  So far so good.........

[GRose]

I would say that Noah started sleeping through the night consistently around 10 or 11 months, which was when my milk supply diminished and I had to start supplementing with formula so that may have had something to do with it, he knew he wouldn't get the boob anymore lol. I was fortunate enough to have a baby that like his own space when sleeping as much as I do. Noah and I co slept when he was very little just because that was the only way I got some sleep but once he hit 5 months he would stop nursing and would push me away he would not go to sleep until I put him in his own bed. I am so glad because to this day he will not sleep with us, even if he is sick he wanted his own bed.
One reason I am so glad that he never started this bad habit (among many other reasons) is because we have a baby on the way and I can't have Noah laying in bed with Joe, the baby and me. I know co sleeping is not safe but it is even less safe when a two year old is thrown in the mix.

[alikat1205]

by my definition,
the oldest was 6 years old - seriously!
the youngest was 4.  

[BearHitch]

My DS has never been consistent... he used to sleep pretty good and get up a maximum of 1 time and that has been ever since perhaps 4 months or so?  Recently (he is almost 16 months now) he switched to 1 nap a day and has been going to bed at 8 pm and waking up at 6 am.  My DH always was the one getting up with him but as it is now tax season and I am... he won't go back to sleep for me.  We're still adjusting to this  :S

[mami1323]

Jayden slept through the night by 2 months old, but it wasn't constant due to growth spurts, teething and illness.  It's still not consistent and he's 14 months old.  However, I can get a good 11-12 hours out of him.  In bed by 8:30 - 9 pm and he's up between 7 and 8 am.  

[decogrl]

Ha ha hah! Hasn't happened yet on any consistant basis and she is 2 1/2.   When I hit it big in the jackpot is when it will happen.  I am one of those lucky moms who always gets to be up at night.  First it was colic, then teething.  Her mouth was completely FULL of teeth by her first birthday--seriously she went from colic and just as it ended she cut teeth continuously.  Last night I was up with her for 3 hours.  She gets severe flare ups of eczema in the winter.  I HATE HATE it when another mom tells me her kid sleeps 12 hours:(