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Baby sleeping through the night

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SadieContrary · 17/11/2017 04:57

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At what point can you claim victory and say that your DC sleeps through the night? 7mo and two nights running. Am I jinxing myself? 😂😂

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Tobebythesea · 17/11/2017 09:52

13 months but she’s an early early riser!

LaurieMarlow · 17/11/2017 09:53

Ooh, DS did a great job of lulling us into a false sense of security. He slept through the night from 10 weeks to 20 weeks. I thought I had it sussed, was totally smug. The 4 month sleep regression hit (a bit late) and that was him up multiple times a night until 9/10 months.

Never count your chickens, is what I've learnt.

confused123456 · 17/11/2017 09:55

My ds did from 3 months. We were very lucky.

Andrewofgg · 17/11/2017 09:55

Six weeks old, nine p.m. to six a.m. and never woke us at night again. Getting him up could be a pain but that’s teenagers.

And I know we were lucky Grin

undertheradarplease · 17/11/2017 09:56

@Desmondo2016 you should write a bloody book girrrrrrl!

My first was an absolute dream, slept through from 3 months. My second is 3.5 and I'm still living in hope that she'll move in with her grandparents of a miracle.

Fingers crossed for you, OP!

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 17/11/2017 09:59

After 15 months of total hell, ds started sleeping through the night. He slept through one night, then two nights in a row, then not for a couple of days (and I was in despair) but within a couple of weeks he was so reliable that only severe illness wakes him up - I can count on one hand the number of times he has woken up in the night in the last year. I have no idea what finally worked, but after 15 months of 3-5 hours sleep a night I feel like I earned it!!

pennysnow · 17/11/2017 10:07

Mine started sleeping through - like 8pm to 6am (on a regular basis) at about 10 months. Some people claim theirs slept through from 3-4 weeks old; when they actually mean 11.30pm til 4.30am. An actual regular proper night's sleep won't usually start til they are 9-12 months old; like 10 hours I mean.

It's a fairly well documented fact that formula fed babies start sleeping though the night earlier, as with a full bottle of formula (7 to 8 oz) a baby will have a full tummy for 7-8 hours, but a breastfed one will need another helping after 3-4 hours.

It's still better to breastfeed if you can though, if only for 4-5 months. I would never switch to formula when I was able to breastfeed, just for the sake of being able to sleep through the night sooner.

Even when they start sleeping through for 8-10 hours, you will get 4 to 7 nights a month where they will wake because they wet or pooed themselves, or are hungry, or they have had a bad dream. With mine, this went on til they were about 2 to 2 and a half y.o. They still woke occasionally through the night when they were 3 to 4 y.o. but it was only like once or twice a month. Then past 4, they pretty much always slept though from 8pm to 7am.

The first time I got a decent lie in (on a regular basis,) was when they were 3 and a half to 4 y.o.

DinaCaliente · 17/11/2017 10:09

Both of mine by 12 weeks.
But then I did do self settling with them from the word go. They went into their cribs in the quiet as soon as they started to show signs of being sleepy (no controlled crying though).
In the night, quick feed and change etc then back in crib. I'd get a few grumbles then they'd be off to sleep.
As soon as they were able to go through the night without a feed they slept through.
Again this was 20 years ago.

My DS would sit on the bottom stair at 6.30pm at 2 because he wanted to go to bed...they still love sleeping now.

pennysnow · 17/11/2017 10:11

I mean they started sleeping through all the time (virtually,) when they were 3 and a half to 4 y.o. ^

The first time they ever actually slept through though (at all,) was when they were 10-11 months old.

SleepingStandingUp · 17/11/2017 10:12

Mine did that at that age. Then he hit 18 months and decided sleep was for losers. Probably count on one hand the number of nights he's slept through in 11 months. Enjoy it!

sailorcherries · 17/11/2017 10:15

DS1 is still lulling me in to a false sense of security at the age of 7. He is a terrible sleeper and once a week may sleep all night but then back to waking up again.

DS2 is a brilliant sleeper and slept 8-4 from about 10 weeks ans now sleeps 8/9ish - 7 (sometimes 8) most days at 6 months.

I've never counted my chickens because DS1 is a nightmare and now refuse to utter the phrase "sleeps through the night" when talking about DS2. We still say "good sleeper" in order not to jinx it and have two terrors.

SadieContrary · 17/11/2017 10:21

Scrowy that’s exactly it! She may have slept through but I haven’t. Worried about being lulled into a false sense of security only to be dragged back out of it, kicking and screaming!

ZZZZ1111 don’t worry, I ain’t telling a soul, hence why I asked on here lol. My friend has a 9mo DC who doesn’t sleep great and it feels accusatory when she questions me on how well my lo sleeps 🙈

In recent time I was only up once and not for long anyway. It’s the one and only baby I’m having so cherishing all moments (mostly... the explosive #codebrown that leaked all over the car seat, not so much 💩)

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user1499786242 · 17/11/2017 10:25

My son is 2 and abit and still waking up every hour for a feed..
Currently in the painful process of night weaning so getting about 2 hours sleep a night...

Enjoy every second of sleep haha not jealous or bitter at all

LivingDeadGirlUK · 17/11/2017 11:06

My son is 6 months and slept through once at 3 months. His sleep is bad atm and its really getting me down :(

Louiselouie0890 · 17/11/2017 11:14

My first was 3 months
Gradually got longer and longer. He now 2.5 and sleeps 7pm till 10am. My second is now 4 mo has done the odd 7-8 hours but usually goes back to 5 hours not bad not brill.

icclemunchy · 17/11/2017 11:23

DD2 is 3 in Jan, I’ll let you know when it happens 😩 she wakes every 3 hours minimum 🙈

KTCluck · 17/11/2017 12:10

It's so reassuring to read this thread! Obviously not the still not sleeping at 3 stuff, that fills me with terror, but the fact that my DD is not the only baby who is nowhere close to sleeping through at 6.5 months! Cornettoninja I sooo needed your post today after being awake most of the night with a baby who just wanted to cuddle. I definitely find my better nights are the ones where I just go with the flow rather than the ones where I stress that she's not getting enough sleep, I'm googling the effects of sleep deprivation in babies, and debating all sorts of sleep training methods which in the cold light of day I know just aren't for us.

OP YANBU to claim victory, even if it's temporary. Fingers
crossed it continues for you!

Nicae · 17/11/2017 12:18

DD1 slept through (properly 7 til 7) at 10 weeks, has done ever since until about 3 months ago - she's just turned 3 - now she's up several times most nights - never count your chickens!
DD2, 20 months, never slept through - I am a complete exhausted wreck!

splendide · 17/11/2017 12:23

They went into their cribs in the quiet as soon as they started to show signs of being sleepy (no controlled crying though).

I’m intrigued as to what you think people with bad sleepers are doing differently to you here. Do you think I waited till my baby looked sleepy then put him into his crib with a strobe light and mariachi band?

DrCoconut · 17/11/2017 12:44

My last full nights sleep was 23rd December 2010. Then pregnancy insomnia kicked in, followed by baby/toddler followed by another pregnancy/baby/toddler. One day I will sleep again.

JoieDeFuckingVivre · 17/11/2017 13:08

What are we classifying as "sleeping through"?

Three year old wakes for reassurance. Can be settled quickly but calls out. Goes down brilliantly at 7-7.30 but from 3am it's every man for himself!

Baby wakes for feeds still at 8 months.

SadieContrary · 17/11/2017 14:08

8pm til 7am here

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JoieDeFuckingVivre · 17/11/2017 14:10

FFS. Not slept a full night like that in.....over three fucking years.

JaniceBattersby · 17/11/2017 14:44

All of mine have been all-night grazers. The first (aged 6) slept through at 2.5 years. I thought he was bad. My second still gets in with me from 1am ish (he’s 5). My third (age 3) sleeps with his dad in the spare room for the extra cuddles. My fourth also sleeps in my (mercifully big) bed and feeds all night, probably about 10 times on average. He’s nearly one.

So I’ve had zero nights of sleep in nearly seven years. Zero.

Queeniebed · 17/11/2017 14:58

Take everything you can get!! DS has slept through the night since 6 months (when the HV told us to stop giving night feeds) and now he only wakes when poorly

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