Would you consider this sleeping through the night?

[pompomseverywhere]

14 month old went to bed IN HER ACTUAL COT and was asleep at 7pm and woke up at 4.

She's never slept that long. I feel fabulous but 4am (clock says 5 obviously today) is still the night time to me.

Has she slept through in your opinion?

It sounds like an active day and a slightly later bedtime is the way to go.

Yes I would. My Dd used to sleep 7-10.30 then 11-5 at that age and I considered that sleeping through. I used to bring her into bed with us for another feed and another little sleep.

We got DD sleeping 6hrs+ at 8mo. I'm sure 6hrs was the threshold for 'sleeping through' in those days. D's was almost 4 before he stopped regularly waking up through the night.

I’d personally only call it sleeping through if they went through to what I’d class as a reasonable wake up time, so at the absolute earliest 6am. But does it matter? Sounds like you’ve had a good night for you, well done!

@RandomQuest

I’d personally only call it sleeping through if they went through to what I’d class as a reasonable wake up time, so at the absolute earliest 6am. But does it matter? Sounds like you’ve had a good night for you, well done!

You are right it doesn't matter at all as it's the best Mother's Day present ever...now if we can just stretch it to 5am that would be heaven

I always classed sleeping through for babies as a good 12 hours that allowed me an evening and to not get up at an ungodly hour,

DC1 didn’t achieve that until he was 2.5 years old. He would go down like a dream at 7pm but always woke around 4am. I found that so hard, and pushing his hee tone later had no effect. He just suddenly started sleeping that extra few hours in the morning at 2.5 on his own, so must’ve been some sort of developmental thing.

DC2 slept 7-7 from a freakishly young age (3 weeks old). Nothing I did or didn’t do, she was just a naturally epic sleeper.

tee time = bedtime 🥱

I'm not sure ds ever slept a 12 hour stretch so it sounds fabulous

@MrsPelligrinoPetrichor

I'm not sure ds ever slept a 12 hour stretch so it sounds fabulous

None of mine have either! Commiserations

It sounds fantastic, I'd certainly be over the moon with that! Hopefully this is her after turning a corner and she'll keep it up now! What's her usual sleeping pattern?

@shivawn

It sounds fantastic, I'd certainly be over the moon with that! Hopefully this is her after turning a corner and she'll keep it up now! What's her usual sleeping pattern?

Well she's just had Covid so it's been going to bed with me at 9:30 ish then 'sleeping' with me breastfeeding like it's an all you can eat buffet awake at 5.

Before this month of misery it's been bed at 6, wake at 11pm and 2am when I pat her down both times and fob her off. Then at 4am she comes into bed for a feed and another hour or so sleep. Daytime is one very short nap at 11:30, normally around 45 mins hence the early bedtime.

@Sunflowergirl1 What was your routine?

@Sunflowergirl1

No it isn't sleeping through but still sounds like a big step to doing so. I found that by imposing a rigid routine that mine were sleeping at 12 weeks from 7pm to 7am having been woken at 10 for a feed and after several months, dropped the 10pm feed and they just went through. It felt marvellous though after the first 12 weeks, the first 5 were hell

I hate to break it to you, but your routine had nothing to do with your LO sleeping through at 12 weeks, unless by 'rigid routine' you mean leaving the poor thing to cry. You got lucky with a good sleeper, that's all. Your post is a stealth brag aimed at apportioning blame to the OP for not being as awesome a parent as you like to think you are.

OP - I think that sounds like a great night, and would definitely call that sleeping through! Here's hoping there's many more!!