My 8 mo the old STILL doesn't sleep through the night

[frodojodo]

I just want someone to tell me that they have also experienced this with their child...

My 8 month old has NEVER slept any longer than 3 hours during the night since birth. No joke. I've done 8 months of sleepless nights and I'm really exhausted now lol!! I've tried everything, well I think I have anyway..

We have a bedtime routine, bath, feed, bed. She acts very sleepy and usually goes down around 7pm without too much of a fuss but then is awake every couple of hours until 6:15am the next morning. She isn't hungry as I offer her a feed but she's not interested, she's still sleepy when she wakes as well.. it's almost like she's in discomfort or something, she fusses and cries and then falls back asleep.. then repeats every 30/45 mins. She sometimes gives me a stretch of 3hrs but that's the most. I make sure her nappy is dry and she is a good temperature too.

Any advice would be great!

Ps- please don't say 'get someone to help or take her for the night' that's not an option. I'm a single parent:)

@frostedfruit 🤣🤣🤣 I knew what you meant!!

Thanks for all your responses. It's nice to know I'm not alone. I don't expect her to be sleeping through but longer stretches in between wake ups would be nice.

I just constantly remind myself that this WILL NOT last forever ..

Sleeping through
2.9y usually does now, but was up 10+ times a night from 6-18m. One day, she just started sleeping better.

4.5yo (ff) - she slept v well as a newborn (5-6hr stretches at 3m) then back to 3hrly wake ups until a year. Then from ages 1-3, 1 or 2 wake ups a night, but often for a long time. 3-4, slept through. 4-4.5 - wakes about 25% of nights at least one.

It really is a marathon not a sprint, and its not linear in the slightest. Your 8mo sounds like a very normal sleeper to me.