when & how did your baby sleep through the night

When did your DC start sleeping through the night (or for long stretches.)
Did you do anything (like put them to bed at a certain time, feed them more/less or warm bottle)
I know every baby is different but I was just wondering.

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I would say peter started sleeping for about 7-8 hours at 2 months old or just before. then it was just about a week before it went to 9-10 hours. i swaddle him with the swaddleme or the halo sleepsack & swaddle set, put his crib projector on w the music & twilight turtle

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3m

I read books

Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child
Baby Sleep Solution (Giordano)

These 2 complemented each other well, and were my bibles.

I didn't do CIO, I did something like pick-up-put-down-baby-whisperers-sleep-training-method/

We stopped swaddling mid-training. He had a noise machine and a lovey, he uses both till this day (he's 19m)

eta: he was waking up in middle of the night to eat. I slowly increases his ounces during the day, and decreased them at night, eventually he wasn't waking up to eat.

around 6m we started having issues again, he wouldn't go to bed and would wake up, we did CIO. We rarely have middle of the night waking anymore. If he does wake he stays quiet and plays and goes back to sleep.

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about 2 months was 12a-6a then by 3 months is was 9p-9a. We were just lucky I think

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Around 3 monthsish...it was actually when we put her in the crib..I think she likes the space and being able to move around..we find that keeping her busy during the day, feeding on demand and winding down around when we want her to go to sleep works for us..on the other hand, we think we are VERY lucky...as she's dozing or getting sleepy, we put her in the crib with the sleep sheep and twilight ladybug and leave the room...there are sometimes where she fusses a little, but then she shuffles around and goes to sleep...

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DS was about 11 weeks or so. he sleeps anywhere from 9:30/10:30 to about 7:30.

no changes in routine or bottles. i never warmed them. sometimes i give him an extra ounce though. he drinks 5 now so sometimes i give him 6 for his last bottle

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We started following a night time routine at 6 weeks (nurse, bath, book/nurse, bed, and she would sleep from 7-4 and then till 8, pretty regularly. When she hit 12 weeks things fell apart. We still did her routine, but she'd go down at 8, up at 11 to nurse again, and so on every 2-3 hours.

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DD#1 started doing 5-6hr stretches around 8 weeks. Didn't STTN until 8 months when we did CIO. At 8 weeks we were pretty much putting her to bed around the same time (10pmish) and swaddling her.

DD#2 started STTN at 3 weeks. The only consistent thing was she was swaddled. We would put her down anywhere from 9pm-10:30pm and she would sleep until at least 6am.

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10.5 months. I read every book on the planet and did CIO. He still woke 2-3 times per night to feed. Finally by 10.5 months, he STTN and has been a great sleeper every since.

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At 6.5m DS started sleeping from 7 to 6. That is when he dropped the MOTN BF.

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Thanks! It's good to hear other routines & see what works for different babies.
We put DD to sleep at 8:30-9 & she still wakes up every 3 hours.
I was wondering if their was a way I can help her to do it but so far I tried a few things but it didn't make a difference (putting her in earlier, warming bottle, giving her more at last feeding & trying to keep her up longer during the day.)
I'm not too worried, she's 11 weeks so hopefully she will start to sleep for longer stretches soon.

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DD started sttn at 10 weeks when our ped told us to belly sleep her. She sleeps 11-12 hours every night.

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6 months, CIO

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DS #1- at 8 weeks, starting sleeping from 11-6.
By 12 weeks, he was sleeping from 8-6.

DS #2- 9 weeks, from 8-4, and by 12 weeks, he was sleeping from 8-6.

Both were swaddled until about 3 months old for overnight sleep. No pacifiers, no CIO. Did have a nighttime routine which consisted of a bath, bottle, and a book, and they always had sound machines. No-cosleeping. They slept in their own rooms starting at 8 weeks.

Luckily, they are still great sleepers. I had no sleep regression, even when they were teething or sick.

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DD1 slept through the night from 6 weeks to 12 weeks. Then not again until maybe 10 months old.

DD2--not until over a year.

They both still wake up for assorted reasons every now and then. (and they are almost 3 and almost 2)

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Honestly- I did nothing- it just kind of happened.
I moved her from the rock n play sleeper in our room to her crib at around 6 months old.
Immediatley she started sleeping better- MUCH better-but not through the night yet.
She would get up like 1-2 times - which was such an improvement from the 14 times a night she was getting up when sleeping in our room that I FELT like she was STTN.

I was reading books on CIO and the no cry sleep solution etc- and then she just magically started doing it- without any help at all.
This was closer to 7 months.

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my DD is about 2 1/2 months and has been sleeping 9pm - 6 am for about a month. she started around 3 weeks sleeping 6 hours and about a week or 2 before she turned 2 months sleeps 9-10 hours.
night time is quieter and dark when I put her to bed with a bottle in her room. naps are only an hour or two and its noiser and she naps in the swing or bouncer seat in the living room.

ETA: She sleeps at night in the nap nanny.... idk how transitioning her to the crib is going to go but for now nap nanny is working well

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Posted by MrsK

my DD is about 2 1/2 months and has been sleeping 9pm - 6 am for about a month. she started around 3 weeks sleeping 6 hours and about a week or 2 before she turned 2 months sleeps 9-10 hours.
night time is quieter and dark when I put her to bed with a bottle in her room. naps are only an hour or two and its noiser and she naps in the swing or bouncer seat in the living room.

ETA: She sleeps at night in the nap nanny.... idk how transitioning her to the crib is going to go but for now nap nanny is working well

Re: when & how did your baby sleep through the night

3ish months... I stopped going to him at every little sound.

ETA: also we switched him to formula so he was getting full and not getting as hungry like he had been

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Re: when & how did your baby sleep through the night

we got 6hrs straight at about 3 months but he wasnt full on sttn giving us 11-12 hr stretches until he was 9.5 months and we did CIO.

Re: when & how did your baby sleep through the night

6 weeks for 1st child
10 weeks for 2nd child

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10 months for my dd...we moved into a house, she had her own room and we did CIO. I don't think it took longer than 1 night. Don't get me wrong, she would sleep through, just not consisitent.

With my ds, he was doing 6 hour stretches at 3 weeks. By 3 months, he was doing 8. At 4 months everything fell a part and he was waking a lot. I really think he had some acid reflux issues going on. When we switched his formula 2 weeks ago, he started sleeping through (knock on wood). He's been doing 10-12 hours straight. He's 6 months.

I truly believe that not every child is going to be by the book. I was all ready to do CIO @ 5 months but I felt terrible so had to stop. I told myself that unless it gets really bad, I won't do CIO until he's 9 months, when there's no physical reason to feed @ night.

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My 5 week old has been sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches at night beginning week 3. Im hoping it will only get better.

I feel like I cheat because he is BF during the day and FF 2 bottles at night. I pump an store the milk when I FF him. It may sound selfish but when I was nursing him at night he was waking ever 2 hours and feeding for over an hour each time. Switching him to formula at night has bought me my time an sanity

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8 wks old - 10pm to about 8-8:30am
12 wks old - 8pm to 8am

My DD is 3 now and still sleeps 8pm to 8am........or later sometimes. Still takes a nap too, 2 hrs every day.

Re: when & how did your baby sleep through the night

11-12 wks DD would go anywhere from 7-9 hrs. Wake up 6 am to eat, then go in her swing and sleep another hour or 2. She really started sleeping well once we transitioned to her crib and ended the swaddle, right around 12 weeks.