so when did your LO start sleeping through the night?

[maybelater]

and how did you do it??

2.5 yrs old for my DS. Will report back on DD, who is only 6 weeks old ...a much better sleeper so far, sleeping 6-7 hour stretches at night, but that could all change, so wont be too smug yet

dd about 12 weeks then when she was 3ish until 8yrs she used to wake every night[angry

ds slept through from 10 weeks and still does ..he is 6yrs

dd still wakes 1- 3 times a night and is 2 next month...
of course she sleeps 7-7 when she stays with her dad

2 yrs? 3 years?

This should be linked to every thread where someone says "Sleep training is cruel. They all sleep through when they are ready".

Why should it be linked CoteDAzur? It's not what the OP asked.

People are only answering the question.

all of mine were crap sleepers....

ds1, about 1 year,
dd2, has just turned 5 and hasn't woken up for abou two weeks now...woooooo hoo!!!
ds3, about 20 months...

no change in routines or anything at all....havedone the same with all 3.....

ho old is your lo MAYBELATER?

What I meant, obviously, was that this thread is full of examples that show why it is not a good idea to wait for baby to decide when he will sleep through the night - because that may be when he is over 2 or even 3 years old!

Marla - I'm not shocked that kids don't sleep through the night until they are 3 yrs old. I am shocked that parents put up with this.

Both mine were about 12 weeks, they just stopped waking for a feed in the night.

My DD1 - slept from 7pm-7am at about 9 wks
My DD2 - she's now 2 and still sometimes wakes in the night needing a cuddle, dummy, drink etc. (although I'd say she started to sleep through reasonably regularly from about 1 year).

I have done the exact same routine with both of them. They are obviously just very different children.

8 weeks, although i did used to give him a dream feed until 6 months, he slept through until 7.30/8

ds - 12 weeks

dd - 8 weeks

CoteDAzur - any time I have tried tampering with my ds's feeding/sleeping, his behaviour through the day becomes appalling.

Dealing with this by co sleeping and night feeding is by far the easiest option in our case and it completely eliminated the "terrible twos" which reared their head any time I tried to get him to sleep through on his own. I don't feel at all that I have had to "put up" with anything. DS is one of the most chilled out children that you could ever meet and I am confident that this is because I attend to his needs in the night.

I understand that this is not the way you or others may choose to parent, but I don't understand why you think this is shocking.

lol, properly...2! Did it herself, we tried most things apart from CC. Not much worked, apart from baby whisperer for about 6 months (on and off)

Not yet at 18 months...

I don't find it shocking either, although I would have done some sort of sleep training with DS3 had he not been sleeping through by the time he was 1.

I personally couldn't cope (especially once I was on my own) with interupted nights. However many parents cope fine. My BF's DD (4 1/2yrs old) has only recently stopped getting up and going into their bed in the early hours of the morning. She was fine with that.

As long as everyone is happy I'm not sure what the problem is. Obviously if the parents are unhappy with the situation that's totally different kettle of fish.

Mawbroon - I had a "no terrible two's child" - he turned into a tempestuous 3yr old and is not a stroppy 8yr old

cotedazur
IT IS A GOOD IDEA

I have searched and searched for a way to feel that cc would be a good idea and I just cannot find it

so I have to put yup with some shit for a few years

I'm a parent, thats my job
my kids are well rested and happy
They also still belive that I am there for them when they need me
sounds a good idea to me

not yet at 15 months (well he did sleep from 3 to 7 months then went tits up)

slept through between 6 weeks and 10 weeks and then started waking hungrey,
then slept through again once weaned at approx 6mths and stopped giving a night feed.
(and used CC)

now only wakes if ill or teething.

wow, great response! thank you all...

my LO is 5 weeks, still very very young, but good to know that some babies don't wait until they are over a year to sleep through as was the case with my first one.

what i mean by sleeping through is 7-7 or in my case with my first is now 8-8, he's 2.6 now but still wakes occasionally crying for all sorts of reason... bad dream, pillow on floor...

thanks!

My dd sleeps through (7:30 - 6) maybe a couple of nights a week. She is two. The rest of the week, I have maybe a couple of bad nights, and the rest just one or two wakings.

NewQueen - CC is not the only way to sleep-train. I don't agree with leaving a baby to cry either, so CC wasn't for us.

ok sorry
I am clearly just shit then
I dont have a clue how to begin
we co sleep and she feeds through the night
I have allowed her to feel the boob is her 'best thing in the world, makes everything ok' and I dont think its fair to take that away from her
so I'm fucked, no idea what to do

mawbroon - Yes, I am quite surprised to see there are parents who put up with children (clearly not a "baby" at age 3) not sleeping through. Surely, parents can explain to a 3 yr old why he is now a big boy and big boys sleep in their bed, and here's teddy to hug him through the night. And mummy will be there in a second if he needs her, etc etc.

DD had no terrible-twos, either. And she has been sleeping through since we did a few nights of sleep training at 4 months. So, I would have to say there are other ways to have a chilled child who trusts mummy is there for him than tolerating a baby-style sleep pattern.