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If your breastfed baby wasn't sleeping through by 7 months, when did they start?

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/09/2006 08:07

There are 5 of us on our post natal thread who are still having to bf during the night, but all of our RL friends seem to have babies that sleep through, so I'm curious to find out others' experiences. Also, when they did start going through, had you changed anything, or did it just happen by itself?

Oh, and if Popsycal comes on this thread then I'm going to stick my fingers in my ears and go la la la la la!

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COD · 19/09/2006 08:30

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munz · 19/09/2006 08:30

lol flame - ah right - oh don't know what else then?

kama · 19/09/2006 08:33

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FrannyandZooey · 19/09/2006 08:39

Erm, 3 years old I'm afraid. Sorry. It was when he went to sleep in his own room and also just that he was mature enough to do it - he really wasn't, up until then.

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/09/2006 08:41

Know what you mean Kama. I'm so of people who have good sleepers who can get themselves off and then sleep for 12 hours. DD only manages 10 hours in total.

We have done a bit of CC, so that DD can at least settle herself sometimes (feeding her to sleep was a problem for her reflux, and rocking has never worked for her), but this week she's being a bit more difficult, so I'm hoping it's just a short bout of teething.

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mustrunmore · 19/09/2006 08:43

As you know, I've only had one full nights sleep since March 2003

foundintranslation · 19/09/2006 08:44

ds (16 months) is still not a reliable sleeper-through, but he does do it, about 50% of the time. (That means about 9/9.30-7/7.30 - he just doesn't seem to need all that much sleep and trying to get him to bed earlier just does not work and/or would result in him waking us at 5). It just started happening by itself - it took until 8 or 9 months, during which he would wake several times a night, but then it just started getting better by itself. He still needs to bf to sleep, but that doesn't bother me (yet). If I'm not there in the day, he will usually go off for his nap by himself.

Miaou · 19/09/2006 08:50

Um ... ds is nearly 14 months and has only been sleeping through, with a lot of persuasion, for about a month. He still wakes during the night occasionally when teething, but it took a while to break the feeding habit. He shares with dh and I at the moment but will have his own room when we move.

Bozza · 19/09/2006 08:52

about 10 months but at 2.3 she has decided to stop bothering. And I bet she was up as often in the night as any of your little ones - about 5 times IIRC - it's a bit of a blur.

CarolinaMoon · 19/09/2006 08:57

about 15mo.

we were/are co-sleeping and he'd keep waking up for a 'snack'. Once I stopped bfing at night, he started sleeping through and eating a little more during the day to make up for it.

I wouldn't try to make that happen under 12mo though.

nowanearlyNicemum · 19/09/2006 09:07

slept through 7pm to 7am (ish) from 8 months... when I stopped breastfeeding

intergalacticwalrus · 19/09/2006 09:11

DS1 slept through at 9 months, after waking 5 or 6 times a night every night. I was bloody knackered. I bfed him for a further 6 months after that.

I think it happened because he finally decided at that age that he would eat someting solid! He has been a good sleeper ever since (he's 21 months now) and hopefully things will continue in that vein! He sleeps now from 7pm to about 6.30am.

threebob · 19/09/2006 09:28

Bob slept through at 1 year almost exactly - coincided with moving house, which I think was more of a factor than anything.

He has since slept from 7pm-7am every night apart from around 10 days (not all together) when he has had normal childhood illnesses or allergic reactions.

He was breastfed for 2.5 years and is now 3.6.

He was a very bad sleeper for a year - but is now the best I know.

moondog · 19/09/2006 09:32

Both did at probably 10 months.

Were in the same room as us until a year old,so not too bad.

lemonaid · 19/09/2006 09:36

At about 9 months he started sleeping through about 50% of the time. I think it was about 11 months when he started sleeping through every night, but I'm vaguer on that.

janinlondon · 19/09/2006 09:48

DD is seven next month. I'm hoping it might happen then.....? (Though please note I am not still breastfeeding her! )

COD · 19/09/2006 10:03

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serenity · 19/09/2006 10:11

18 months with all three of mine (DSs had finished bfing by then, DD hadn't). I think it was just some internal thing that kicked in at that age tbh.

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/09/2006 10:21

Cod - is that what you did? The trouble with DD is that she just doesn't settle from a cuddle, and will moan/scream for a couple of hours or more if I let her. Then there are people on here who make you feel bad for ever letting them cry!

DD already seems to be eating more than her peers during the day, and if I add in more snacks then she just doesn't eat so much at mealtimes!
She's very active (crawling already) so is burning up lots of energy.

And how come yours took until 2 to sleep through if it's that easy (probably sounds facetious but it's a genuine question!)?

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COD · 19/09/2006 10:23

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/09/2006 10:30

No chance of being cold in this house - it's so hot that we've had air conditioning installed upstairs so that she doesn't bake! Room is generally between 21 and 23 overnight, with DD in sleepsuit and 1 tog grobag.

She's usually woken by 2am at the latest, and I don't think anyone would call 8 or 9 pm until 2 a night!

It's just so frustrating when I know that she can do it, because she did for 4 consecutive nights.

I guess we'll get there eventually. Just need to get her so that someone other than me can feed her and resettle her (she won't drink from a bottle) - am determined to try and achieve this before the Christmas meet up so that I can come!

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Flamesparrow · 19/09/2006 10:36

DS is starting to work out how to make his way into my bra... although I'm sure it'll be a handy skill in years to come, I was kinda hoping for a little while yet of him not being able to!! I try and cuddle and he fights to get in!!

I don't want a lot, not a whole night or anything, just ONE feed would suit me... wake me at about 2ish for a feed, then sleep until a decent ish time (6am is fine). Not wake at 10pm... 1am... 3am....5am... 6am...

COD · 19/09/2006 10:39

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slalomsuki · 19/09/2006 10:43

MIne are all different

ds1 was 17 months when he went through but he chose to stop feeding at 12 months and wouldn't take any more from me. He still wakes up now at 5 probably 3 nights a week.
ds2 was 8 weeks and slept 9pm till 8am. Not bad considering he was 8 weeks early. He has always been a good sleeper. I fed him 'till he was 15 months.
dd is 11 months and still fed. She wakes up 2 times a night and I have tried the cuddle routine, the settling routine, dh dealing with her, water etc and the only thing that will get her to go back to sleep is a feed.

I work full time and its a pain

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CantSleepWontSleep · 19/09/2006 10:48

Was that to me Cod? I'd love a day out , but DH gets really stressed trying to feed her and can't cope when she screams or cries. It's a big deal if I go out for more than an hour, which I've only done twice since she's been born! He had to give her solids once when I was out, but she refused to take them from him and just waited until I got home! Maybe I should go and visit my parents for a few days and make my mum do it. She will drink a little milk from a cup now, so we are making some progress!

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