When do babies REALLY sleep through! Be honest!!

[HJ82]

So far on this 8 month journey of parenting we've tackled the usual sleep issues, cat naps etc. Night feedings etc, still going strong... slept through once at 6 months. Hasn't since. Anyway, long short of it. Every mum I know has the same stories. Multiple wakes, screaming sessions middle of the night, co-sleeping till 2years old on boob in bed... etc etc. Heard it all. We've done gentle sleep training and baby responded well but then hits a new phase or gets sick and it all goes tits up.

So tell me, when did your babe ACTUALLY sleep all night long? Like the 7-7 dream

10 months for both. Seemed once they were more active but could be coincidence

8 months.

As soon as we got home from hospital DS was sleeping 7pm to 7am with one very quick night feed and then went straight back to sleep. I followed the GF routine (despised on Mumsnet but I genuinely never had a disturbed night's sleep).

12 hours a night DC1 - 6 weeks
DC2 - 12 weeks

DC1 - 18 months. He was a little rascal. Resorted to the crying it out sleep training method.
DC2 - she's only 4 months but so far so good. Currently does 11pm-8am

At birth for them all except DC3 who started sleeping through from birth (cue experienced snug mum look, never done a waking night with 3 kids) then he hit 9 months and sleep regression. Since then he is up all night and I'm a zombie. Routine out of whack and nothing works. definitely no more kids after this one.

First and second child both starting sleeping completely through the night at 8 weeks. x

Not the 7-7 routine.
I don’t think either of mine has ever gone to bed at an early time

I used to put Dd to bed when I went to bed (about 11pm) and at 9 weeks she was sleeping through till about 7am
Ds took till he was 10weeks.

If I had put her to bed at 7pm she would have been awake at 3am

At about 4 months but it took some gentle sleep training and it had to be revisited at times.
Also 6:30 was a normal waking time for years.
Also any illness upset sleep or stress could impact.
DS struggled with getting his head down on and off throughout primary school (he now has an ADHD diagnosis)

First was 8weeks old

Second still hasn't done it and she's five. They sleep when they're ready 🤷‍♀️

Both 9-10 months

@CoteDAzur we have sleep trained and she was going really well but got sick and since then wants cuddles and boob 🤷🏼‍♀️

@SunshineCake interesting. When our DD wants something she makes sure she gets it. Def not responding to pick up put down. In fact if she falls asleep nowadays and we put her back in cot at 2-3am she wakes after 10mins. Have resorted to co sleeping 😬

DC1 - 10 months
DC 2 - 6 months

Both times we did controlled crying which worked within 3 nights.

My two both had the fairly classic issue of finding it difficult to connect their sleep cycles and controlled crying gave them the push to do it.

They both will wake us if they are ill or have a nightmare so I don't worry that they suffer in silence in the night or anything.

Both are more 6:30-6:30 than 7-7

I’m a foster carer for babies, they usually come to me as newborns. Honestly, different for every child. Earliest 6 weeks. Lots of babies still wake at over 1. My own child was still waking in the night (not for milk obviously) at 7!

@KatnissK that's why I'm asking. The illusive 7-7 as per the text books 🤣

@LolaLollypop I've been pondering how I actually go about that 😱 it's stressful just thinking about it.

@HJ82 put the books in the bin & follow your instincts and the cues/wants/ needs of your child. They will soon teach you their routines.

Every baby is different though arent they, around 4 months for DS, the odd night here and there he will wake once and want the dummy he has launched through the cot bars back- but we haven't done anything in particular, just pure luck! Guessing he will make up for it when he is older haha.

We followed his lead as well, and it seems to have worked, but again, I think just a potion of luck more than anything.

@Lipperfromchipper I guess sleep training helps them learn to self settle. Rather then relying on milk or cuddles etc to get back to sleep.

@YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake wait, you have 7 children?! Wow! I'm not really considering a 2nd! Haha. How on Earth have you coped?

DS1: 8 weeks. DS2: 10 weeks. That's sleeping through from 7pm till 7am.

I did the Gina Ford routine. 👍🏻

Thing is OP, you will find that many people often just don’t believe you that what worked for their child didn’t/won’t work for yours. They either assume that you’re wrong or that you did it wrong. My son started out from such wakefulness from birth that people simply don’t believe me. His sleeping through now, while it comes with early waking, is incredible development from his starting point. We had routines etc (people never believe this). His sleeping is so different now at 20mo and it will continue to change I am sure

4.5 months with some routine and self settling support, but 7pm is too late for DS so he’s always gone to bed at 6.30 once we realised a lot of the issues were him being overtired. Sometimes earlier. So he’s generally 6.30pm until 6am, sometimes 6.30am. We have bad nights still through when he’s ill or teething or just wakes up for a cuddle after some new development but he soon goes back to normal the next night / couple of nights.

7-5ish then a little cuddle and back down until 7. That happens about 5 nights out of 7, then we may have one night all the way through and one night a bit worse! At 18 months