Is it normal that my 3 month old only sleeps 1-2 hours at a time at night?

[Chocolatecake87]

My DS is 3 months old and has been rubbish at sleeping from the beginning. All friends babies and posts I see on Mumsnet talk of babies sleeping 5-6 hour stretches mega YCGV5H

V normal, and exhausting.

It's just as normal as the sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches. Don't look at the clock is my advice. I have had both types of baby but if it's any consolation the one who was worse for frequent feeds for the first few months was the first to sleep reliably through at night.

Yes normal. I totally recommend the not looking at the time approach, makes things even worse.

I’m having this issue too with my 3 month old - exhausted!!!

It’s normal, it’s exhausting, it will get better.

some things you can do to help night sleep

1. white noise machine on all night
2. blackout the room
3. consistent bedtime routine
4. pay attention to wake windows and nap length during the day

Yes this is normal & it's hard.

My 5 month old still does - this is despite having all the routine/ blackout blinds/following wake windows/having great daytime sleep etc.

Upside she's thriving, EBF, weighs a chunk, is very happy etc. Only thing I can think is it's hereditary- I have low sleep needs , my husband is an extremely light sleeper and she's basically the combination of us both .

My 6mo has done this since 4mo.

Also have a solid bedtime routine, blackout blinds, sound machine on throughout the night, and try to get age appropriate naps in during the day (although admittedly every day is slightly different else otherwise we would never leave the house).

Yep normal.
On dc5 now and tbh I’ve found that although white noise, black out etc etc work for an unsettled baby who is going through a sleepless phase but does and can sleep through, if a baby isn’t yet sleeping for long stretches (and they aren’t hungry), it’s because they are developmentally not there yet. And when they are there, they will go 10-12 hours providing they aren’t hungry or cold. So in my experience, it’s just a waiting game. That’s just my experience though.

@Peanutbuttercupisyum how old were your DCs when they started sleeping longer stretches?

I'm not even looking for DS to sleep through the night yet (although that would be amazing), but a 4+ hour stretch would be heaven right now.

Yes. My son was in a next-to-me at this point and I just pulled him into bed and gave him a feed whenever he woke up without really being more than half awake myself. This is probably slightly harder if you are formula feeding although my husband found a Tommee Tipper Perfect Prep next to the bed helped!

I would say at around the 8
month mark. I did everything I could to stop the wake ups - co sleep, white noise, more layers, less layers, dream feed, one awful sleep training night…but at about 8
months they just went to bed as normal and…woke up at 6.30am. And have never really looked back, save for some teething/illness/ travelling phases.