When did your babies sleep through the night and..

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When did it actually become fun? My DS is finally slowly growing out of the potato stage and becoming more interested in the world.
He's 13 weeks in 2 days and it's still pretty boring. He can't grab toys yet, nor does he swat at them on his play mat. But it's still 100 times better than the first 2 months.
He used to sleep almost 4 hours followed by a 3 hour stretch but now he's gone back to being a terrible sleeper, almost like newborn. 3hrs, 2hrs, 2hrs. And he doesn't always seem to be hungry either. Just very fussy. I can't soothe him unless I give him a pacifier. Then he falls asleep within a couple minutes.
I'd probably feel much more content being a mum if sleep was better. A couple weeks ago he slept 6 hours straight and I was the happiest person that whole day.

My boy is almost 2yo. He was a terrible sleeper, i struggled to get him into a routine until about 6mo. we got him self settling to sleep at 6mo. Finally at about 9mo it became better with good naps and 2 wake up feeds in the night, then a few weeks later just 1. I think I found the best routine being on two naps.

When he turned one it seemed to click and he has slept consistently through the night since then (except illness).

In terms of fun I'd say around 8mo they get a it more interactive. Once walking you can take them to so many more places and it is cute. Walking in the park, petting zoo, playground, museums.

The time whizzes by!

My daughter slept through the day she was born, my son it’s been 8 years and I’m still waiting

18 months she started sleeping through. Somewhat coincidently it started to become fun at 18 months too...

All babies EBF.
baby 1 slept through from 7 months
baby 2 from 6 months
baby 3 is 18 months and still waiting

I'll be honest. Some of your posts scared me because I don't function well on lack of sleep and 18 months or more just seem like torture to me.
Right now I'll stop wondering when he'll sleep through. I put in all the work, try to feed mainly during the day. Set up a good routine that helps him fall asleep is less than 5mins. And now I'll just accept that I'll have to wake up constantly. I'll try to make it as comfortable for me as possible. Put my favorite drink on my bedside table and just enjoy the ride..

Stopped bf at 3 and a couple of weeks later slept through the night without waking up even once.

Both between 10-12 months.

DD1 - has slept through only a handful of times at age 5, and was a horrendous sleeper as a baby. I started to feel less knackered at around 18 months, and stopped obsessing over when she’d sleep through at about the same time (I’m mid 30s and I don’t think I’ve ever slept through). She gradually became more fun from around 4 months I think, and when I went back to work at 10 months I was starting to properly enjoy her more than struggling.

DD2 - 7 months. We’ve co-slept from the start and while I think I still give her a feed most nights I barely wake and I think there have been occasions where she’s slept around 9-7. She’s been a far better sleeper than her sister from day 1. Again she started to become more fun at 4-5 months, and I’m loving this stage as she’s starting to eat, trying to crawl, and investigating her toys more thoroughly.

My babies have both been excellent sleepers as newborns. Both breastfed. DD2 is 7 weeks and wakes once in the night for a feed, she usually does something like 8/9pm-3am, then 4am-7/8.

It's the luck of the draw at that age really. DD1 slept though at 8 weeks and then tended to wake up once for a feed until she was a year, although we had the occasional run of bad nights or up and down bedtimes.

We cosleep which helps though as I feed DD2 lying down and when she falls asleep I don't have to try to relocate her. And it means I don't have to properly wake up unless she's done a poo and needs a nappy change. I never cracked that or really tried with DD1 and I wish I had!

First baby slept through at 11 months. Second baby it was 2 months!! but then she started waking again and she's 15 months now and only occasionally sleeps through. I'm sure it'll be soon! They get gradually more interesting with big leaps at sitting, moving around and walking.

It's important to point out that sleep isn't linear. Sadly it doesn't work that because your child sleeps through for a few weeks they have now cracked sleeping through. Sleep changes, goes forwards, backwards, gets disrupted temporarily, shifts. DD is 3.5 and things still change! You just have to roll with it.

It's a lot easier to deal with if you accept that's just the way it is for now and maximise the sleep you are getting/make the most of being off work and able to catch up during day. I nap with DD2 on days DD1 is at nursery or at weekends when my DH isn't working, and that makes broken nights a lot less stressful!

Hahaha my DS is 17 months next week and he's slept through in his cot by himself about..... twice 😳
I've come to accept the fact he's not a great sleeper. He goes down in his cot by 8pm majority of evenings and is wide awake around 2am to which I scoop him up and put him in with me then I find he sleeps through til 6.30ish. I've tried every trick in the book but it don't work for us so I've come round to the fact this is life 😂😂 he's also never been a great napper through the day. Don't worry you're not alone and you'll get used to it eventually

#1 slept through at 11 months when I night weaned (every 2 hours ish until then)
#2 slept through on his own around 4 months.
As to when it gets more 'fun', personally loved the 0-6m, lots of cuddles and you can still read a book/ go for a coffee or a walk etc. Found 6-18m quite hard work as they need constant supervision. Love the toddler bit when they can talk & walk.

Started sleeping through at 19 months. Bedsharing made all the waking before that much more manageable, don’t make your life harder by having to get up and move around at night as well.

I didn’t mind the newborn stage, 6-10 months was hard because he was crawling but couldn’t play much. Got a lot more fun when he started walking at 11 months.

Baby sleep isn’t linear, it changes all the time
in the first 12-24 months as they’re developing and changing. Accepting just riding that wave will help.
I got pregnant with no.2 before he started sleeping through, for what it’s worth.

DD is 2.5. Generally wakes up once a night in the early hours and comes and gets in bed with me. It's just normal to me now, I wouldn't hang too much on sleeping through, but it definitely gets easier when they sleep for several hours in a row consistently so you can have an evening, get a good few uninterrupted hours etc.

DD is nearly 7mo and is just super sweet. Gurgling, giggling, reaching for things, very responsive and smiley. Probably been like this for a month or so. She's not sleeping through yet - usually up at least once and sometimes awake for the day at 5am.

Look for baby cinema screenings near you (more likely at Picturehouse/Everyman type cinemas than Vue/Odeon) - you have to have a baby to go so no one minds at all if they scream. I have seen loads of films this year and am gutted I will soon have to stop!

OP if it's torture you can do controlled crying at six months and then your baby will start sleeping through or for very long stretches. If you're coping by then you can choose not to sleep train and see how it goes. I did controlled crying with my first at six months as he was waking uo every hour and taking a long time to resettle. Within a few nights he was sleeping through. My second is now six months and still waking loads but this time I'm co sleeping so getting enough sleep and hoping to avoid controlled crying.
Just know that there is always that option if you and your baby need proper sleep.

Mine slept through the first time at 16 months. Not every night though.

I found dd more fun when she started walking (12 m) and talking (50 words at 18 months). Talking is the best! Such a great phase. I enjoy each day and find her so funny.

Mine started sleeping through about 2.5 years. She still wakes us up occasionally now she's 4.

I found month's 4-12 the worst for sleep, she'd wake 12 times a night! But it did end and we survived, we had the odd night of family help which was a lifesaver, is there anyone who would do a few hours of the night shift for you?

I enjoyed the newborn bit, but I'd say it got more fun about 9 months or so when she was walking and babbling.

I doubt you'll get a consistent answer for sleeping through. Mine slept 7-7 from 6.5 to 10 months. I thought we had hit the jackpot and then it all went backwards again. She's 13months now and sleeps 7-6 if we're lucky and 5am if we're not.

Did you do sleep training?

Sleeping regularly theough the night? Age three, sorry.

Becoming fun? I found all of the baby stuff fun but the high point was 6-18 months, she was adorable then.

My daughter slept through the night from 8 weeks old and has done ever since

11 weeks our DD slept through. She went to bed when we did, about 9/10

4 months when she started sleeping from 7:30.

Routine definitely helped. Bath, bottle and bed every night. Cot naps during the day.

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Both mine slept through just before 12 weeks. DD carried on sleeping through and is now 2. DS however started walking again at 20 weeks, then slept from 25 weeks for a couple of weeks then started walking again, he finally cracked it at 10 months and is now 1 and still sleeping through. I know that's probably not what you wanted to hear, but every baby is different.