How do YOU define 'sleeping through'

[Haylstones]

I am interested in how others define sleeping through. To me, it's babies/ children going to bed 7-7 (ish) and either not waking at all or waking briefly and settling them selves back to sleep. By my definition my 10 mo isn't sleeping through as he wakes for a feed about 5am but IMO he sleeps pretty well!

Other definitions I've heard include:
Not feeding during the night but waking several times for dummy/ cuddles
Sleeping in blocks of more than 4/5/ 6 hours

I just wonder if some mums have high expectations of babies' sleeping patterns because they hear other people saying their LOs are sleeping through when in fact they are doing the same as their own LOs but define it differently iyswim.

I see sleeping through as not feeding during the night. So when I put my ds down at 7 after a bottle and he doesn't eat again until 6-7am, then he slept through regardless of how many times I had to give dummy/teddy back.
That sounds really silly reading that back because that's not 'sleeping' through is it? But that's how I saw it.

I'd agree for a newborn that it's from when I go to bed until a reasonable morning start time - realistically probably any time from 6am onwards - the later the better!

for under 16 weeks going from 11/12 til about 6 in morning without need to feed/resettle - and preferably being asleep most of evening with minimal need for dream feed/resettling (this bit was not so good).

after about 6 months from about 7 til 7 without need to resettle.

and you're right re differnet people having different definitions..

its the start though littleboyblue..

Sleeping as much as they need to, in one big chunk, with no need for parental interference until it's time to get up. I know the 'official' definition is something like sleeping 11pm-5am (for babies) but didn't really realise REAL people had such different definitions. Puts a different perspective on the people I've known with very early sleepers-through ... it always confused me because I just don't expect small babies to sleep through by my standards.