When should a baby start sleeping through the nite?

DC is two months and dh thinks he should be sleeping through the night. He is up every three hours for a bottle.Should he be sleeping all nite?

TIA

Message edited 5/10/2008 8:34:17 AM.

Re: When should a baby start sleeping through the nite?

not yet! well, i shouldn't say that. my first DD slept through the night at 5 weeks. I got so nervous the first time it happened!

My second, she's almost three and still wakes up in the middle of the night, she puts herself back to sleep, but she's still waking up!

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DD didn't start sleeping through the night until 9 months. But that was with help from Healthy Sleep habits, Happy Child (I recommend!). According to that book, you shouldn't try to get a baby to sleep through the night until at least 5 months old.

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honestly, there is no right or wrong time. Some babies just do it right off the bat, while others take almost a year.

My DD was waking up constantly through the night until she was about 6 months old.

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My DD started @ 9 weeks.

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Thank you all. !!

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i'm still waiting at 7 months

Re: When should a baby start sleeping through the nite?

DD did it at 9 wks...for a week...then she did it sparticly until about 3 months...she now sleeps through the night every night 9pm-7am

but like PP's have said every baby is dif!

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Babies are all different. As far as feeding, most babies don't have a physical need for food after 4 months, though some may still want food for various reasons. And sleeping through the night is defined as 5-6 hours, so if DC goes to sleep at 9, waking up at 2 would technically be sleeping through the night.

DS started sleeping through the night most nights a little before 4 months. The past couple weeks he seems to sleep pretty solidly most nights (once a weeek he seems to wake up).

So unfortunately, not yet.

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DS is getting closer....he is 3.5 months, some nights he does really great (6-7 hour stretch), others he is still up every 3 hours

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Mine didn't sleep through the night until almost 7 months.

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my DD was doing about 9-4 for a while and then when she turned 3 months she began sleeping 9-6

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my first daughter started sleeping through the night at 2.5 months - my 2nd daughter was almost 4 months when she started sleeping through the night....

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My baby started at 6 weeks.
But, some babies take years....

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That's very early! But there are no rules when it comes to babies. It's not black and white and your DH needs to understand that or he will drive himself crazy wondering what is wrong with your DC when nothing is wrong in the 1st place. That will apply to most milestones (crawling, sitting, standind up, walking, waving, talking, etc..), when the teeth come out, etc... There are some "standards" but only your ped can make an evaluation from what you tell him/her.

DS did not sleep through the night before he was 6 months. Some babies do it before, some babies do it after.

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At two months, I think I got a 6 hour stretch from DS. It took until about 3 - 3.5 months to give up the 3 am bottle and sleep about 10-12 hours straight.

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DD first slept a good 7 to 8 hours straight when we took her to Florida at about 6 weeks. She was even sleeping in her infant seat!! (the crib they provided was a PNP and she was too small).. I dont know if it was the weather but when we got home she didn't sleep that well for another month or so...

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DS only started sleeping through the night after he turned 1. And we had to do CIO to make it work.

It really is different for every baby, but at 8 weeks, I think it is more common than not.