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when do babies sleep through?

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emalushka · 30/11/2007 22:45

My daughter is 11 weeks old today and is breast fed. She weighs about 10lb - I am quite small myself too.
When will she sleep through the night? Or how can I make her sleep through? She goes to bed at 7 every night, then wakes at 12 and 4 for a feed, then we get up between 7-8 am. I am desperate for a full nights sleep.... does anyone have any advice/opinions?

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FrayedKnot · 01/12/2007 20:44

Ema please don;t feel under pressure to deny your baby night feeds at this age because she might otherwise be still waking at night at 2 years old! However wellmeaning, Cote D'Azur, your paediatrician was wrong.

At 11 weeks I think feeding at night can still be important to maintain / optimize your milk supply, since prolactin levels are natually higher at night. As I was told once by a bfc, feeding at night is the baby putting in their order for the next day

It may be that your DD reaches a point on her own when she sleeps for longer without a feed or maybe when she is older you might want to look at different ideas for helping her sleep for longer periods, but for now I should try not to worry, and catch up on your sleep during the day when she has a nap.

CoteDAzur · 01/12/2007 21:17

Frayedknot - With all due respect, I will take the word of dd's paed over some faceless strangers on the net whose only claim to authority is having had a kid or two, if you don't mind.

A four month old baby is physically able to sleep through the night with no feeds. He wakes up because of habit. The habit is broken in a couple of nights and baby sleeps through thereafter. If he HAD TO feed, he would continue to wake up hungry, but he doesn't. QED.

Now, I realize MN is all about surrendering oneself to the newborn baby and doing whatever pleases him at the expense of the parents, but OP asked for advice on how to get her baby to sleep through the night and this is the best advice I have been given. Ever.

FrayedKnot · 01/12/2007 21:35

I'm not disputing the fact that it worked for you, Cd'A, horses for courses. But, your paed was wrong to suggest (to you) that if you didn;t train your baby before 6 months not to wake at night, she would still be doing it at 2 years old, because that's rubbish.

No-one can be that sure of how a baby will develop, not even a doctor. The reason I made the comment was that the OP might think this advice was correct.

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onepieceoflollipop · 01/12/2007 21:44

My dd2 is almost 4 months and on a GOOD night wakes up around 2am, then 4am then stirs quite a lot until early morning. I do a dream feed because if I don't we have a further waking at around 11.30pm.

I don't like the lack of sleep but I have got used to it - sort of! dd1 was an absolute dream in comparison.

This may sound really soppy and indulgent but she is my last baby and I do enjoy our little smiles and feeds in the night (she does tend to settle back without too much fuss after night feeds).

I have found lots of support on Mumsnet and it has helped to change my previously held belief that all babies should be sleeping through by a certain age. There is nothing wrong with me and nothing wrong with my little one (as far as I know).

It just so happens that at the moment she doesn't sleep through and fortunately I feel comfortable in "going with the flow" as I feel that it is the right choice for me and my family.

Psychobabble · 01/12/2007 21:48

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GrrrlWith2Boys · 04/12/2007 11:06

DS1 was a year when he slept through, although he had been waking just once for 10mins for a few months before that.

I think DS2 will be sooner, as he sleeps far better than his brother did at this age.

skidaddle · 04/12/2007 17:10

DD still doesn't sleep through and is 2,2 and baby no.2 due next week!! eek

CoteDAzur · 04/12/2007 19:23

As I said, best advice I got. Ever.

ShowOfHands · 04/12/2007 19:26

Hee hee. My 7 month old dd still feeds 2 hourly at night. I cope by sacrificing other things like brushing my hair and speaking in sentences.

chibi · 04/12/2007 19:37

dd is 6 months old and wakes usually once or twice max for a feed between 7 and 7. After the living hell that was the hourly wakings from 14 weeks-22weeks, I count this as sleeping through!

lizziemun · 04/12/2007 20:44

dd1 not till she was 2 years.

dd2 is 12wks and sleep 7pm to 6.30am most nights.

Never did dream feeds and both were big babies (over 9lb's) at birth and their weight are about the same.

orangehead · 04/12/2007 20:52

They are all different. I bf both of mine and ds1 slept through at 2 weeks old and ds2 slept through at 17 months with the help of controlled crying . But I think the best advice I had was that starting from being very young keep the lights low for night feeds and make as little fuss as poss trying not to talk too much and when you do to whisper but make as much noise and fuss as you want during the day 9within reason) to help them see the difference between night and day

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