Re: Shouldn't she be sleeping through the night already?

DD#1 never slept through ther night until she was 4 years old, NO JOKE, I never did CIO or Ferber or anything and I paid the price
DD#2 slept through the night at 12 weeks, we did Ferber and LIFE IS GOOD
She sleeps from 8pm until about 7:30-8am

Re: Shouldn't she be sleeping through the night already?

We followed the book "Babywise," and our first DD started to sleep through the night at 8 weeks. Now we are using it with our 4 week old, and so far her night schedule is: bf at 11:00pm, she sleeps until 4am, eats and goes right back to sleep, and then eats again at about 7:30am. Hopefully she will continue to sleep more and more at night as the weeks go on.

Re: Shouldn't she be sleeping through the night already?

Posted by want2beamom

Posted by monkeybride

My son is 7 months old and still doesn't sleep through the night. He eats 2-3 times a night.

At your DD's age he was eating every 1-2 hours still.

same here

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My girls are 13 months and still do not sleep through the night.

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hah! are you kidding? i have a 5.5 month old that i don't see STTN for a VERY long time.

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My DD slept through the night 2 or 3 times the week I returned to work - she was 12 weeks old.

That was just a fluke, or my baby showing me some extra consideration since it was hard enough to leave her.

She didn't sleep through the night again until she was 5 months old.

Now at 17 months, she still wakes up every now and then. She woke up 3 times this week - Monday night at 2, Tuesday night at 3 and Wednesday night at 4.

Last night when I put her to bed I kissed her, wished her sweetest dreams like I always do and I told her "I don't want to hear from you before 6am! Not at 2! Not at 3! Not at 4! 6am!!"


She listened!

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My son is 1 year old and doesn't sleep through the night.

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20 months was the magic number for us.

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DD is 6 weeks old and is sleeping 6-8 hours each night. She is formula fed and taking about 20-23 ounces per day. We try to keep her stimulated and up as much as possible during the day. We swaddle when needed and also have a white noise machine in her room. HTH!

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My DD was born 5/4 of 2008, and she slept through the night for the first time on 7/1/08, on her own. Then on 7/2 we started the CIO method and never had a problem with night sleeping since.

I'm not sure if BFing is different or if you are BFing. I've heard, but not sure if it's true, that EBF infants take longer to start sleeping through the night - again that could be totally wrong, I only BF'd/pumped actually for the first month as DD had no interest in BFing. We also didn't use a pacifier so I don't know if that made a difference either.

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Thanks for all the replies. It makes me feel like my DD is normal. I guess it wouldn't bother me so much that she wakes up to eat if she would go back to sleep when she is done. But is it usually close to 3 hours that she is up! She just won't get into a nice restful sleep after that nighttime feeding. I guess I just have to keep hoping.

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My DD was still waking every 2 hours to nurse when she was that age.

ETA- She is now 16 months and still will wake up a couple of times a week.

Message edited 6/19/2009 11:36:43 PM.

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my DS is nine months, yes NINE months and still does not sleep through the night I am exhausted and I hope your DC starts STTN very soon!

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While some babies do, many don't. So to answer your question, no.

DD is almost 4 1/2 months & gets up for one feeding.

Some babies won't sleep through the night for a year.

You never know.

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DD didn't STTN until 7 months or so...and she still has nights where she wakes up. At 6 weeks DD was up every 2 hours!

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She's still so little to be sleeping through the night. My daughter didn't stop the eating every 3 hrs. routine until she was 3 months old.

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Posted by waterspout4

Less than two months, I wouldn't expect it now. In fact, I'd be pretty dang happy with 3-4 hours at a time. I know that's not what you wanted to hear.