My kingdom for an unbroken night's sleep

[explodingbosoms]

I just read somewhere that 90% of babies sleep through the night from 3 months old! This has tipped me from feeling tired and fed up, to slightly desperate!Is it really true?

My lovely dd is five months and was going through the night at 8 weeks. Then she reverted to waking up once, but with good long 5-6 hour stretches. This was totally fine.

Then the 4 month sleep regression hit and it was mayhem for a while. I thought we had come through it and posted as much on here.

Now at just 5 months she is back to feeding every 3 hours, day and night. It's bloody knackering.

I could cope better if I thought loads of other mums were going through the same thing. But 90% sleeping through? Really?

This is a just a whinge, really.

DD is 6months old and ive just had the most awful night sleep with her, so she must be one of the 10%
She hasnt wanted feeding just constant dummy plug-ins and not really settling back into a deep sleep. The weather doesnt help either, I put her to bed and it's still quite mild and muggy and then the temp drops down in the night so she gets cold plus she doesnt like her grobag anymore.

DS was and still is an excellent sleeper I'd give my left arm for her to sleep like he does!

You're not alone!!

That statistic is rubbish, it is definately not true and I have read other stats like 50% of babies that sleep through at 3 months don't sleep through at 6 months. My 7 month old has NEVER slept more than 4 hours at a time and currently feeds every 3 hours- it is a nightmare! But I keep repeating (through gritted teeth) that is a phase, and it will pass!

90% is absolutely not true!!!

My 5 month old has never gone through the night, and like you tiredness was exacerbated by reading that 'by now there is no reason why your baby should not be going through the night'. Rubbish. only the lucky few have babies sleep through - you are far from alone explodingbosoms! do not believe what you read - in fact, I am not reading any books or anything about babies sleep as it just makes me feel a failure - when I am not!!

There, rant over!

aW b*llocks to that. My DS1 took till he was 2 to sleep through and even now at 3.4 he gets up at stupid o'clock.
DS2 is nearly 8 months and has never done anything remotely like sleeping through. AT the moment he's awake constantly through teething, and thats also affecting his bottom end - had 4 soiled nappies last night just to make sure I was so awake I wouldnt get back to sleep until about half an hour before he next woke up.

Ha, I have just had an unbroken night's sleep... because my two were at Nanna's!

Occasionally they both sleep through all night. More often, the 4 year old has a nightmare (requires me going in, listening to the nightmare, giving her a kiss, then she goes back to sleep) or the 2 year old comes in to us and goes back to sleep. So not tooooo disruptive any more, but still broken!

And they get up really early too.

Thanks for the solidarity ladies. I am lucky in many ways: she's an easy baby in the day, she goes to bed at 7pm without a peep usually, she is pretty good at settling herself when she doesn't need a feed. Naps are.... a journey, and we seem to be getting there.

But the thing is, she does need a feed (or does she?! She seems to but part of me thinks i should be settling her endlessly until she drops off without one. It's so confusing- GAAAH), every 3 hours, through the night.

I wouldn't change who she is for the world- none of us would, would we? But I would really love it if her sleeping patterns would change just a little bit, just a couple more hours at a time...

My worst worst feeling is when I find myself getting annoyed with her inside, when she's up at night or when she whines in the day and I am so tired. She doesn't understand, little thing. And I hate feeling irritated with her.

I sympathise! my DD (7months) has never slept through. And it is incredibly irritating when that seems to be the first question people ask about he. Am thinking of getting a T-shirt printed...'No she does not sleep though the night...and I don't care!'

Seriously though it is hard. Mine has gone to only waking, usually, twice. Sometimes 3 times. But I find it hard to believe people have regular unbroken nights. So much seems to affcet it. With us it has been teething and developmental shifts (like rolling over and waking herself up!)

I lve her to bits but being tired makes it hard. We're working on naps too! as think proper daytime sleep may help with nights.

my children do not sleep. i have no idea why i keep having more i have not had a full nights sleep in my own bed for years. i can sleep standing up!
90% my arse