to think that some babies just don't sleep well, and that's ok?

[MissBootyBass]

My son is 8 months old. We follow a routine. Bath, story, song, bed. Same every night. He struggles to get to sleep but we usually get there within 30 minutes. He had never, ever slept through the whole night. He wakes at least twice every night, even if it is just to chat.

I talk to all my friends who have had babies and most of them say it's normal for their babies to sleep right through.

What's the norm here?

I have worked in SCBU and children's wards, also in outpatients. My job now is a bit different.

I did a placement in SCBU, I loved it.
If I can't get straight into HV when I qualify, I will be going down the SCBU route until the next HV intake.

2000 Infant Feeding survey (long, pdf).

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Thanks.

I'm only skim reading but this jumped out at me
"[by 1995] The majority (85%) had introduced solids by the age of four months and by six months, virtually all babies had been introduced to solids."

I'm way too tired to read the rest tonight.
Thanks for the link though, I will be going back to it.