How to get baby to sleep through the night

[TiredMommy93]

My DS is 10 1/2 weeks old and I've read that some babies sleep from 11pm to 6am already at 3 months. Which would be wonderful!
Mine sleeps at 10pm, wakes for feeds at 1-2am, 4am and 6-7am.
He weighs 14 pounds already and I doubt he needs that much milk at night!

Any tips?
How did you get your baby to sleep through the night?

So should I do my bathing routine at 7pm? I usually do that at 9pm

@MyNameIsMarya bathing would be much earlier, I mean bedtime as in your baby goes to bed at 7, in their bed. So my baby is now asleep in her cot, she went to bed at 7pm, she had a bath at around 6.15pm

But having a baby sleeping on you is one of the nicest parts of having a baby!! It makes me sad that you prioritise sleeping through above holding and snuggling with such a tiny creature.

OP, my DD is 16 months now and has been consistently sleeping through (as in 7 till 7 with absolutely no interruption) since around 10 months, at which point she just did it on her own, when she was developmentally ready. But I really miss our snuggles now she sleeps so independently - I've enjoyed so many joyous hours with her curled up on my chest snoring away. It's a cliche but true, enjoy them when they're little because it goes past so quickly. I can't believe people rush that precious time. Hold your babies - it's what we're biologically programmed to do!

I loosely did the Gina Ford routine with mine and thumb sucking DD1 was properly sleeping through (no feeds or wakes) 10pm-7am ish at 10 weeks. DS2 had also stopped core night feeds at that age but we ended up giving him a dummy to help settle and most nights he needed it replaced at about 3am and that continued until he learned to do it himself at 6 months.

I love my baby but I hate not getting enough sleep to function. And holding him for his feedings during the night actually are some of the best moments. It's so calm and perfect. But I really need some sleep! I imagine if I start his routine at 6:15 pm he'll be awake at 3am and won't return to sleep. If anything I have to make adjustments gradually.

@MyNameIsMarya yes def do it gradually, and the day naps are key. The right amount of daytime sleep for age & at the right time of day

I often have her sleeping on me for the afternoon nap, and enjoy it immensely @canyoutoleratethis but ensure that most sleeps are not on me. She's also very clingy the rest of the time and wants to be held so actually when she's asleep gives me a break as she hates being on her own out down. My DS hated being held to sleep on our chests, he pushed away so I've really enjoyed it this time

My bottle fed baby slept through the night around 14 months....

What do you consider sleeping through the night?

I miss those snoozy cuddles 🥰 the best ever!! Our girl is 8 months and will still snuggle in for naps / bedtime but won’t fall asleep on us. Just love it!!

We're loosely following 7pm to 7am sleeping baby routine for our 10 week old, it's a book. He sleeps 8pm-7am waking for a quick feed at 4. I do ignore the questionable parts eg baby in his own room from birth, roll pillows, sleeping on side. And to be honest although the author promises to get baby sleeping through by 6 weeks, that wasn't really my aim when starting. I just needed some daytime structure and naps, which it's worked amazingly for. Who knows whether his good night sleep is genuinely related to the routine or would've happened anyway, it's impossible to know. Essentially the book's key point is enough stimulation in awake periods leading to tiredness and thus good daytime naps leading to a hungry enough tummy to take big meals not snacks meaning over 24 hours all milk is eventually taken in the day and not required at night.

Today only 1 feeding at 2am. Slept from 10 to 2 and 2:30 to 6.
So 10pm to 6am with 1 feeding.
I think it's essential to find a good routine that works.

@canyoutoleratethis please do not feel sad about my choices. It's really patronising. I've made choices that work for us. People are different. Not sure why that's hard to understand. Maybe you were trying to piss me off? Not every woman wants a baby strapped to them 247...... and thats OK.

I mean....are babies that small even meant to sleep through? Don't they wake to help prevent things like SIDS?

@MyNameIsMarya sleeping through to me is so that when I go to bed I don't have to get up. As in "we are all sleeping through the night"

I also did it for structure mainly to start with, I don't function well on a lack of sleep &
my DH has a job where sleep is vital so to try and get a baby sleeping well was a priority @canyoutoleratethis. We also highly value time to ourselves as a couple still so we don't just become "mum and dad"

It's nothing to do with SIDS

I agree. It's hard to function on a lack of sleep. When I don't sleep well I have a hard time taking care of my baby. I get stressed out more easily and depressed.

They don't. I've been doing the 4am shift since our daughter was born so my partner can get an extra couple of hours sleep, she does the first night feed but then crashes in the other room in the early dawn hours while I get the baby dressed, breakfasted and ready for childcare. I get 5-6 hours between 10-4am and that's enough - just. We've been doing this for 9 months.

Young children don't sleep through the night - you just gotta deal with it somehow. We are two parents of one child though so its obviously easier for us, no idea what parents of twins do

Ha! 10 weeks? Mine’s twenty months and is still up and down three times a night.

Thanks for your horror stories