Do they ever sleep through the night?

[HannahsLife]

Ever?

13m old DD and I think I am actually losing my mind.

Send help.

My eldest started to (more or less!) From 14 months. So fingers crossed for you that it won't be long! But honestly, I think it varies so much. I've known 6 month olds who sleep through and 5 year olds who still don't. Sorry, I know that's no help!

Yes it is child dependent.

Hang on in there, it is hard but you honestly just get used to the tiredness a few years in. They are all different, my son started sleeping through at 5.

DD1 did at about 14 months too. Fingers crossed for you!

Mine slept much better from 18 months when we got much tougher with doing controlled crying and not jumping up every time she moaned.

DS1 13 months DS2 is currently 10 months and is pretty much sleeping all night.
All different but hang on in there they'll do it eventually 😬

Eventually. For DD1 she did at 2 and DD1 at 3 but she is nearly 4 and it’s not reliable.

They do. It can take a while though. Age 4 here. You do get used to living on disturbed sleep, I promise.

My DD is 18mo and done a handful of full nights- although when she does she's then up and ready for the day at 4:30am! So I'll take the 5 mins in the night 🤣. I only have to go in her room and pass her her bottle so by the time I've heard her, given her the bottle and fell back to sleep it's 5 mins max 😂 when she slept through the other week I actually woke up 3 times and checked on her and I was confused why she wasn't waking up hahah

Do you do the night waking or does your partner (assuming there is one) help?
DD was waking a lot still at 13m and it was killing me! I was still bf her so I night weaned and sent in DH instead of me. After 2 nights she slept through...

Eventually they (nearly all) do, but it can be a long old wait.

Mine are much older now and all the night waking is something we discuss fondly but it was hell at the time. I felt like I was losing my mind.

I take some delayed reward in how telling them about their nightime antics wins me a hug.

Eventually .... for us it was about 8 years. Just do whatever gets you both the most sleep.

Mine both took till they were 2yrs but generally at 2 and 5 both go to sleep by themselves, sleep through and don't wake til gone7am. Dreams can come true!!

15 month old and mostly sleeps through the night unless teething. 7pm until 5:30-6am.

We had her in a bath, bottle and bed routine from 12 weeks old. Wasn't easy at all. X

Most do by 17 months. If still not sleeping at 2 you can seek medical help.

Not really, no!
Hear me out though - I still don't sleep through the night and I often hear others in the family awake at random hours.
What we are able to do though is not panic and we generally don't need someone else to settle us back to sleep :)
But it wasn't always like that and I've had many a disrupted night over the years. Still get woken occasionally by a teenager with worries or nightmares that needs to talk at 2am 🫣🙄

So maybe embrace the night wakings, or at least accept them. Drink some tea and read a story or listen to a podcast or something. Nap when you can in the day and don't feel bad about it. Easier said than done I know though.

DD didnt start until she was closer to 2.5. And even now we have at least one night a week where something wakes her up.

I think accepting that some kids take longer makes it feel easier. For some kids there is no miracle sleep solution, its just who they are. 13 months is still little, I remember DD was a real terror around her first birthday!