HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT

[littlebabymum]

Seriously just how. My little one has probably done this 3 times and he is 13 months old.

15 month old here, feeds 1am and 5am every single night... watching with interest and have my sympathies, I’m done in with it.

You don't, they do it themselves when you're ready. I really do believe that nothing that we do makes much difference. DD was doing it quite reliably by about 6 months, DS is still regularly up in the night at 18 months.

I thought I had it nailed with the 10.30 dream feed and DS managing till 5-6am... It did work briefly but then we did have the 1-3am parties for months... He finally started sleeping through not long before his 2nd birthday.

Against my original instinct I sleep trained At 14 months. After saying I never would. Went from one hour wakening Every bloody hour to straight overnights within a few days. First night was tough think we got to fifty minutes then next night twenty then done.

For me it was learning the difference between her pissed off cry and her distress cry. She was furious to be sleep trained but was not distressed. She is now much more pleasant as am I, because we have got some sleep.

I looked up the no cry sleep solution. I found this gave some handy tips. makes you look at the overal sleep routine at night and day.

F knows. Let me know when you find the answer.

If you haven’t done so already... night wean.

Lots of things can help in the short term, but mine always relapsed. Time is the only guaranteed solution. One was 18mo, one was 6 and one 2,5. No logic in it.

Do you breastfeed OP?

@peajotter

Lots of things can help in the short term, but mine always relapsed. Time is the only guaranteed solution. One was 18mo, one was 6 and one 2,5. No logic in it.

100% this.

My LO has slept through the night (mostly, of course we have the odd night where he will wake once) since he was about 3 months old, he’s now 6 months. Although now I’ve said that it will stop!

I’m a big believer that they do it when they’re ready and luck of the draw has a huge role to play!

The other thing that I think made a big difference was that I held/had him in a sling for every nap (I’m the next to me at night, we’ve never coslept) until he was ready to be put down. He has only recently started to go in the cot for day naps. I think he was so sick of me by the end of the day, he was happy to have his own space! Of course it wasn’t easy at times, but I could cope with him on me in the day if it meant I could sleep at night.

But in all seriousness, he’s never been put down without wanting to be so now he’s quite happy to be put down because he knows I will be there if he needs, it that makes sense!

Of course I understand that this approach isn’t for everyone, but it worked for me so may work for others! Don’t buy into all that ‘holding them spoils them, they’ll never go in the cot’ crap.

I've had to become a believer in the whole 'they'll do it when they're ready' philosophy. DS is 19 months and has literally never woken less than 4-5 times a night in his life... and that's a good night! My mum tells me I was like this until I was around 7 from memory 😩

Pick up put down but honestly, DC3 did what he wanted for 2 years. PIPU worked for the other 2 though.

My other 2 DC I mean.

PIPD and stopping BF'ing. Honestly, it worked so well for us. He was up 3 times religiously every night until I stopped feeding overnight. And if you're giving formula overnight, change it to water. Took 2 nights and he's mainly slept through since then (around 5 months) but with the odd teething / growth spurt wake up.

Sometimes if you wake them briefly before their usual waking time, it can break the habit, but it feels so very wrong to wake them!

I did CC at 7 months and he goes down fine for naps and bedtime but wakes frequently in the night and won't go back

My son didn't sleep through till he was 5 years and 3 months. It happened a few months after he started school , it was a relief to finally get some decent sleep. He gets up at 6am every day but goes to sleep as 8pm now so I guess I can't complain