Never ever. We had gotten down to where we were at just one wake up most nites around 7 months. Then he got a cold and Christmas happened and he started teething. Now he wakes up anywhere from 4-8 times a night. Lately closer to 8. Unless there's some dramatic improvement when this second tooth pops through we're sleep training.
Post by The Foozzler on Feb 26, 2013 8:33:56 GMT -5
Now Tyler does in fact sleep from when we put him down around 7:30 until about 5 so I said yes because it is over 8 hours. However, this is relatively new. We were members of the every 2 hour club until maybe a month ago.
We are on our third round of sleep training. He has STTN a few times. It seems we end up with a set back like teething, croup, travel and are back to square one again. I have dropped all MOTN feedings so maybe it is just a matter of time.
Baby: never, she loves boob in the middle of the night. Usually up two to three times 3 year old: rarely, she used too, but with moving, potty training, and someone sleeping in her room, it is rare for her to sleep all night
I voted some of the time. If this was 3 weeks ago I would have voted rarely. This week so far she has, last week she didn't (but she was sick), the week before she did. So I am hoping for the positive and thinking she has turned a corner.
Both my kids have been polar opposites. DD STTN at 3 months, developmental, with no trouble from us. Now, she climbs into bed with us almost every night.
I'm still trying to wean DS off needing to eat at least twice a night.
Post by TrudyCampbell on Feb 26, 2013 9:16:26 GMT -5
I said this in another thread recently but it is shocking and frightening to me how poorly babies sleep! Not directed at anyone of course, just in general. I know I have a good sleeper, but when I was pregnant I wouldn't have believed it if you told me that 10 month olds don't STTN. Babies are hard work, yo.
I also wouldn't have believed it. Therefore I am glad I didn't know then, what I know now or I might never have procreated.
And I am all the more fearful of number two and what that will mean for my sleep... ha.
I've convinced myself that next time I will get one of these babies who loves sleeping all night and taking long naps. IT WILL HAPPEN. BELIEVE IT AND IT WILL HAPPEN
"All of the time" for us. I'm on the app so can't click.
I don't know if it counts though since Audrey has pretty much always sttn so she's not the norm. I have been getting up to feed her for the past couple of months, but its after an 8-9 hour stretch and I know it's just because she doesn't nurse well at night. On the evenings she eats a hearty solids meal or nurses really well she sleeps through.
I'm sorry you guys, I wish I could switch babies with you for a night so you could get some sleep!! I don't know how you all do it without any sleep still. And I'm sure if I have another baby it will be a bad sleeper, maybe I should quit while I'm ahead!
Post by BlueNotebook on Feb 26, 2013 9:47:13 GMT -5
We had one blissful week of STTN. Now we're back to waking and needing me at least twice a night. Could be teething, could be remains of an ear infection, more than likely my kid is just a crappy sleeper and has been since birth.
My 3 year old is a different story. She STTN by 8 or 9 weeks and other then a 3 month stretch of constant ear infections when she was 1, she sleeps wonderfully. Except when her brother wakes her up.
Post by musiclover on Feb 26, 2013 10:09:20 GMT -5
We are lucky, Nolan sleeps from 7:30pm until around 6am, then he takes a bottle. Most of the time he goes back to sleep until 7am. Adam was even better than that.
Hugs to those of you with babies who like to party at night.
Post by musiclover on Feb 26, 2013 10:20:23 GMT -5
Do you think that there is a big correlation between FF babies and BF babies as far as STTN? Are BF babies more apt to still wake multiple times looking for a feeding (for comfort) at this age maybe?
Post by formerlyllizzyb on Feb 26, 2013 10:31:47 GMT -5
A normal night for us is an 8-9 hour stretch, followed by about a 2-3 hour stretch.
I still don't really claim this to be STTN. STTN will be when he sleeps 7 pm -7 am, 8 pm-6 am, 7 pm -6 am, etc. STTN is more of a 10-11 hour stretch in my book, because that would mean *I* don't have to get out of bed. I currently have to get out of bed around 4 a.m. to feed him.
But there's always something to throw us off normal it seems: teething, illness, new skill, etc.
Do you think that there is a big correlation between FF babies and BF babies as far as STTN? Are BF babies more apt to still wake multiple times looking for a feeding (for comfort) at this age maybe?
I would say there is some correlation. I wonder if it is because shoving a boob at them is much easier than making a bottle and it isn't apparent then that they aren't really drinking much. Like my baby used to wake every 2 hours. I would nurse her and I felt she seemed "truly hungry", But maybe if I gave her bottles I would realize she was drinking 1 oz each time or something.?
Also mine never took to a paci much, so I guess I was her paci. If she had liked pacis, possibly she would have accepted that instead of a boob for some of the wakings? Hard to say.
However I have known many people who nursed and had different babies/sleeping, and same for FF. My sister FF both from beginning, and one of hers was the WORST sleeper and didn't sttn til he was like 2. Then, the second one sttn at 12 weeks and that was that.
Do you think that there is a big correlation between FF babies and BF babies as far as STTN? Are BF babies more apt to still wake multiple times looking for a feeding (for comfort) at this age maybe?
I was just wondering this...seems like a lot of people saying babies are waking up and nursing.
Do you think that there is a big correlation between FF babies and BF babies as far as STTN? Are BF babies more apt to still wake multiple times looking for a feeding (for comfort) at this age maybe?
Idk, my BF baby has STTN for a long time, but I also have really fatty milk so I'm sure that helps. I also let my LO try to "settle" herself since probably 5-6 months when she wakes up though, so she has to be actively crying for 5 minutes before I will go in and get her, which has helped her sleep tremendiously. She also doesn't nap for longer than 30 minutes, like ever.
Post by mamasaurus on Feb 26, 2013 11:16:26 GMT -5
Teething and/or having a cold IS the norm for the last 6 or 7 months.
She's also still getting MOTN milk twice a night. If I am lucky, those are the only two times she wakes up, but many nights she wakes because her teeth are bothering her. STTN? Here? HAHAHAHAHAHA!
ETA: I know she empties both sides at at least one of her MOTN feedings, so she really is eating! It's not just for comfort. I shudder to think how many times I would be up nursing her if we didn't do "second dinner" right before bedtime!
This thread is so very, very depressing. A good night for us is one where she sleeps for 2-3 hours straight in 4-5 increments.
WTH am I doing wrong?
OMG this. THIS. THIS. THIS. When I last checked this thread, us "never" sleepers were winning, lol. Now, we're trumped and I feel like a failure again!
Like I said about my nephews, they never slept. They were formula fed except for the first 3 months. So I'm not sure I buy into the correlation, because well, I saw those nocturnal babies in action and they're just like mine.
When A wakes up all those times, it's not even just a stir, she stands up in the crib and screams until I come in. And no amount of gentle sleep training is working, and I don't always feed her either. I can't do CIO, it's just not for me, so I guess I'm stuck with not sleeping until she's a teenager, when I then plan to wake her up every two hours as payback. At least I know a few others will be with me, like claralou and raynes, hahaha.
Do you think that there is a big correlation between FF babies and BF babies as far as STTN? Are BF babies more apt to still wake multiple times looking for a feeding (for comfort) at this age maybe?
IDK, Etta still wakes for one to two formula bottles per night. Hubby says we've "spoiled her" by continuing to do night feeds this long and for letting her into our bed so often. Last night, she was screaming at 5 am and clearly just wanted to come to our bed. She kept reaching toward the door like, and now we go in HERE. It's hard not being on the same page on this issue, and even harder when you have to argue with an "expert."
This thread is so very, very depressing. A good night for us is one where she sleeps for 2-3 hours straight in 4-5 increments.
WTH am I doing wrong?
OMG this. THIS. THIS. THIS. When I last checked this thread, us "never" sleepers were winning, lol. Now, we're trumped and I feel like a failure again!
Like I said about my nephews, they never slept. They were formula fed except for the first 3 months. So I'm not sure I buy into the correlation, because well, I saw those nocturnal babies in action and they're just like mine.
When A wakes up all those times, it's not even just a stir, she stands up in the crib and screams until I come in. And no amount of gentle sleep training is working, and I don't always feed her either. I can't do CIO, it's just not for me, so I guess I'm stuck with not sleeping until she's a teenager, when I then plan to wake her up every two hours as payback. At least I know a few others will be with me, like claralou and raynes, hahaha.
That sounds like a great idea.
I used to do that to my brother. If he drunk dialed me in the MOTN I'd call him at 6 when I got up for work.
Sleep is totally overrated, right? At least, that's what I tell myself.