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To ask about old ypur babies were when they slept through the night and Aibu?

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pinkiepie1 · 14/08/2017 08:00

Promise im not bragging/gloating.
Long story short, I have a 3 month old dd and this last week she has slept through the night.
She is up all day through I mean from half 7 in the morning until 6 at night. With maybe a 15min cat nap if we pop out but that is it.
Now the aibu is I don't know if this is too long to go without a bottle so I suggested waking her and giving her one before we go sleep then dh went through the saying never wake a sleeping baby.
With our other dd she woke every 3hrs until she was 8months, so maybe I'm just not used to having a good sleeper.
So wwud give a bottle or let her stay asleep?
When did yours start sleeping through?
I realize even writing this it sounds ridiculous because isn't this every parents dream a full night sleep?
I did have really traumatic birth and dh thinks now everything is ok I'm just looking for something to worry bout.
Thanks

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RedBlu · 14/08/2017 08:56

My DD started sleeping through the night from about six weeks, she is now eleven weeks and has continued to do so.

However she does also sleep quite a bit during the day, not as much as a newborn obviously but she has a a few long naps each day.

charlyn · 14/08/2017 08:58

My dd slept through from 8 weeks so not done a night feed since then. She would have her last bottle at 8pm before going to sleep. I definitely wouldn't wake a sleeping baby!

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pinkiepie1 · 14/08/2017 08:58

Yeah she will nod in the car but I swear as soon as we stop she's awake. I seriously dread traffic/roadworks. And where I live everything is within 10-20mins drive. I joked that I should just drive up and down the motorway when things have gotten extremely stressful.

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beargrass · 14/08/2017 09:01

Does your GP surgery have the weighing scales in their reception area? Ours does, so I just used to go in and pop her on, weigh her, minus a bit for clothes and check it myself. The weighing clinic sounded like a bit of a nightmare for me...having to wait, strip the baby etc, not my cup of tea. If you can weigh the baby yourself, that might be the next best thing.

White noise and swaddles, that's what worked for us. There is an app called sound sleeper that you can download. If you get a toy, make sure it can do a good 12 hours, and also that you can take the noise part out and wash it. But try first with 'white noise traffic' search on youtube, so you don't waste any money, would be my advice!

beargrass · 14/08/2017 09:05

These swaddles: www.amazon.co.uk/Love-dream-Swaddle-White-3-6kgs/dp/B005MAURNS/ref=sr_1_4_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1502697765&sr=8-4&keywords=love+to+dream+swaddle&tag=mumsnetforum-21

Had to have two because of nappy leaks! Or I think just sew up the arms on a sleep sack, which is free if you already have them from baby no1. Then there are other options for when they get bigger, whereby you have one arm out and one in (the arms are on zips)

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pinkiepie1 · 14/08/2017 09:05

Oh that's great ill have a look at that. Any tips are greatly appreciated.

Ooh and now dh has become a huge fun of mn as he can't stop grinning he was right to let her sleep. I'll be hearing that all day now lol

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beekeeper17 · 14/08/2017 09:08

My dd slept through for about 11 or 12 hours from 3 months, she's now 10 months and there have only been a handful of nights when she's been up during the night since then, mostly due to teething or being unwell. If there are no issues with weight gain or milk intake I'd just enjoy it!!

Daytime naps took us longer to master too. I just persevered, put her in her cot when I could see she was getting tired, and kept going in to settle her, which could have taken up to half an hour or so at times, until she fell asleep. A dummy helped us (the dummy use naturally gradually reduced around 6 months and now she doesn't have one at all). It was weeks before we got anywhere but she now naps well during the day and has done for a few months. Not sure if it's anything to do with what I did or not, I feel like I'm mostly just winging it!

MirabelleTree · 14/08/2017 09:13

Mine did 12 hours at 8.5 weeks and 12 weeks. I wouldn't wake her. DD didn't really sleep during the day from an early age, it was just how she was and nothing I did made any difference. DS was different and did sleep during the day as well, they were just different

My good luck (and it was totally luck and nothing I did) bit me in the backside when DD was 4 and turned into a horrendous sleeper for about 3 years.

Crunchymum · 14/08/2017 09:16

By 10 weeks DC1 was doing 11-5. By 4 months that was 9-7.

DC2 only started seeing through a few months ago.... she is 2.7m. Shock

Crunchymum · 14/08/2017 09:16

Seeing = sleeping

MrTrebus · 14/08/2017 09:43

Never wake a sleeping baby. Never.

My baby has slept through the night since 2 weeks old. She is on the perfect curve for weight and sleeps really well. You so do not need to wake for night feeds no way, I would not imagine any health visitor etc suggesting that. If you're concerned about weight feed more in the day.

beingsunny · 14/08/2017 10:01

Six weeks, we did a 10pm dream feed though with expressed milk via my husband, I don't really tell people though as they hate me Grin

He's still a good sleeper at almost five, alsleep around 7pm until 6.30ish, he did drop the daytime sleep at 2, by that's when I went back to work so wasn't to bad.

Take it while you can, he will wake if hungry, make sure you are feeding plenty during the day, split fees before bed etc.

Thank you Gina ford Wink

noeffingidea · 14/08/2017 10:57

All 3 of mine slept through at around 3 months. Before that I gave a dream feed just before I went to bed at around 12pm.
I agree, never wake a sleeping baby, unless there are specific health concerns.

kel1234 · 14/08/2017 11:02

My ds slept through from 3 months.

user1499786242 · 14/08/2017 11:06

Omg I'm so jealous
My kid is 2 and still wakes every 1.5 hours at night... every night
I'd consider a child sleeping through at 8 months to be an amazing sleeper haha!!

Decaffstilltastesweird · 14/08/2017 11:10

Mine was a bit stop start. She did it once quite early on and then usually slept 7-5 when she was about 4 months. She started waking again at about 6 months and was awake a lot between 8 and 10 months. Then she started sleeping through properly and still does unless she's poorly. She'll be three at Xmas.

AgnesNitt1976 · 14/08/2017 11:13

my DD slept through the night from 5 weeks usually for 12 hours. Was more content the moment I moved her out of her moses basket into her cot. I never woke her up to feed her and she hated being swaddled.

TheNightmanCometh · 14/08/2017 11:17

One of mine was slightly younger than yours, about 11 weeks I think, and if she did happen to wake up she wouldn't take any milk. You might not actually be able to get them to have a night feed even if you would prefer it.

FruitBadger · 14/08/2017 11:19

DS slept through for the first time at 19 weeks but it wasn't consistent until he was 9 months, he just did it about once a week randomly in between and the rest of the time woke for feeds.

Schroedingerscatagain · 14/08/2017 11:25

Up thread someone mentioned swaddling, we did this then straight into grow bags at the right weight

They both stayed in them till 2 1/2 when they moved happily to beds and duvets and never woke

Lallypopstick · 14/08/2017 13:55

I'm selectively reading this thread to give me hope (I have a 3 week old) though I am agog that MrTrebus had a baby that slept through from 2 weeks. Right now, I'd just be happy with more than 2 hours!

CheekyFucker · 14/08/2017 14:05

DD1 6 weeks
DD2 8 weeks
DS 4 and counting 🙈

ImDoingLaundry · 14/08/2017 15:12

As a student children's nurse, the advice we're giving now that babies should have a certain amount to drink over a 24hr period. Obviously it's easier to measure when ff than bf!
So as long as your little one drinks roughly the required amount in the time she's awake and she's growing nicely along her centile, then I wouldn't wake her.

Definitely encourage more daytime naps though, it sounds to me that she's overtired by 3pm. Perhaps try and get her to sleep after a feed around midday, darker room with the curtains drawn and some white noise (lots of good apps for this)!

ImDoingLaundry · 14/08/2017 15:14

My DS is coming up 4 and still sometimes wakes in the night. My friends DD slept 8 hours a night from 3 weeks.

Every baby is different.

Threenme · 14/08/2017 15:16

I was super smug one from 4 weeks one from 6 weeks! Never ever don't sleep unless poorly even now! Also very rarely poorly! However both are now absolutely crackers, never shut up and bounce of the walls for about 12 hours a day! I feel i am getting my comeuppance for all the lovely sleep I hadWink