Baby has never slept through

[BeanJen]

My 7 month old little girl has never slept through the night. She goes down at 6:30/7pm with a bottle and usually wakes up once or twice when we are downstairs but goes down quite easily, then she wakes up when we go to bed but at that time she is always much more upset and wants to breastfeed. I'm looking to put her in her own room next week because I think we wake her up and I'm hoping to drop the night feeding but she won't take a bottle at that time so far she will only feed from me. Any suggestions? Am I the only one who is still up quite a few times in the night with my baby at 7 months? My husband keeps asking if it's normal and he's doing my head in! Ha.

Normal, I have a 3.5 and 15 month old neither of whom have slept through yet.

It's really normal, in fact probably more do than not.

Dd1 slept through from 2.5. Dd2 is 19 months and still hasn't.

Ignore your sister. I find people who did cry it out can be a bit pushy about it and don't understand that it doesn't work for many babies.

My son is 10 months old and only slept through for the very first time this week. The next night he didn't and the following night he got up once, I'm currently trying to get him back over as it's not an acceptable wake time in this household!

I gradually cut the breastfeeds and he was taking a bottle in the middle of the night from his dad but this was very gradual and when I went back to work. He started to get supper before bed then a breastfeed to sleep. I found he only slept through whenever I put him down drowsy and let him fall over himself. This took a few days of putting him down and leaving the room, he gurgled for 10 mins then started to cry so I'd come in and cuddle him to sleep then after a while he started to go over on his own.

He started to crawl and do a lot more moving and I think it's just helped to tire him out more. They sleep through when they want and i think there's only so much 'training' you can do. He's my first and we are winging it but he's doing everything he should be and in his own time. Good luck