Post by asoctoberfalls on Dec 5, 2015 9:16:13 GMT -5
Yes, until we sleep trained at 9 months. He was sleeping 3 hour stretches until about 6 months, when he started waking every 45 minutes to an hour. That continued until we sleep trained.
You never know. All of my kids' sleep seemed to get more consistent rather than less so over time. But there were always periods when it was rocky for whatever reason (usually teething or sickness).
DD had consistent 6-hour stretches prior to the 4MW. Then it went to shit and she didn't STTN until she was 2.
DS is 6.5 months now and has never ever slept more than 3.5 hours. The plan is to sleep train at Christmas, but he's perpetually got ear infections or sinus infections or colds, and we don't want to do it while he's sick. I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for never sleeping again.
I hate to say it, but yes, both DS2 and DS3 had a window of a few weeks when they were very young when they slept pretty and I thought maybe we finally got lucky and got a good sleeper. Then I talk went to shit and 3 or 4 months and stayed terrible for months after that.
Yes. From around 2.5 to 3.5 months, DS started sleeping super long stretches overnight (once I think he went an entire 12 hours). Then at around 4 months it went to crap, and he still very rarely sleeps through the night anymore at almost age 3. He usually wakes up once a night now, so not too bad, but still, could be better.
No, it got better and stayed better. She STTN at 4 weeks ( don't hate me) and continued from then on.
Same but 6 weeks. DDs last bottle is around 8 and then she sleeps until 6:30/7.
My son slept through the night from 6 weeks on too but he needed a dream feed around 11pm otherwise he would wake up before 7am, with the dreamfeed he slept until 7am.
Ds was up 2-3 times a night until we sleep trained at one year. Dd's sleep got much better as the months went on. By 8 or 9 months she was sttn. That probably doesn't give a lot of hope to the mom of a newborn though, sorry.
It went in waves with DS. He slept 7 or 8 hours straight here and there before the 4-month mark. Then the 4mw happened and seemed to last forever.
But we didn't do much except try to keep bedtime and routines consistent. He was still waking a couple of times per night (and nursing) for months, but has been consistently STTN since turning 1, with the exception of some teething bouts.
I don't remember a lot of specifics with DD, but her sleep seemed to be better than DS's earlier on, with the exception that she would never fall asleep at night without nursing until she was about 18 months old. No one could put her to bed at night except me until then.
No, he was up 2-5 times every night until he was 9.5 months. It sucked so bad. At that point he started doing 12 hours and it's stayed that way. I hope our next one is a better sleeper. He did STTN the weekend before I went back to work. I got mastitis because my boobs weren't used to not feeding that long
ETA: I sleep trained at 5.5 months and got him going to sleep on his own, but it didn't really help with night sleep(maybe a little. I guess he started only waking twice). And I could never really figure out night training.
Sort of. He has always had these cycles that are about 2 months where he starts out totally crappy and slowly gets better. Just when it gets good, he starts over at crappy again but each time he starts at a slightly better point (up 3 times instead of 4 etc.). Basically 2 steps forward 1 step back. He STTN for about a week at 3.5 months and then not again until 17 months but a month later we are back at 1 wake up.
Yes. I thought we had a magical unicorn baby, he started sleeping through the night right after I went back to work, and then at 8 months, it went to shit. Up multiple times per night, it got better around 13 months.
I've bragged on and on about my excellent night sleeper. Then his sleep went to crap at about 3.5 months. I think/hope we're on the other side of the 4 month wakeful. He's only waking 1-2x per night instead of 3-4x, at least for the past few nights. I also moved him back to the RNP, out of the PNP so I'm sure that has something to do with it.
Post by blueberry10 on Dec 5, 2015 10:36:28 GMT -5
Yeah...DS was a great sleeper from about weeks 8-11 or so and then it went to crap. It still hasn't fully recovered! The last few weeks have shown some improvement but then the last couple nights were bad, though I think teeth may be a factor now.
It can happen. DD was a great sleeper from the beginning and still is (except for a night of sickness/teething here and there). I was terrified that baby #2 would be the opposite, but so far DS seems to be on the same track as his sister.
Yes. We were down to one wake-up a night, no real four month wakeful, and then at about 5 or 6 months it just got miserable. It averaged about 3 wakeups a night. V was still sleeping in our room and things didn't really impressive until he moved out around 8 months.
DD got up to 10 hours straight and then it went to crap at 4 months old, granted we had just returned from an international trip, she started daycare as I went to work, and since she was BF and preferred the breast, I suspect some reverse-cycling was involved. At 11 months though, she was sleeping through the night without having done sleep training.
Post by charlotteandwilbur on Dec 5, 2015 11:19:20 GMT -5
DS had some serious regressions, but so far DD has done nothing but steadily improve. She is down to one wake up MOTN (which DS didn't do until 9-10 months).
DD is in the middle of the 4 month sleep regression currently and I can only hope things will get better. Until about 1.5 weeks ago she was waking once between 4-6 to eat after going to sleep around 8PM.
Both kids slept 7+ hour stretches from about 5 weeks to almost 4 months. Then - not so much. Attempting to CIO with DD (got sick a few days into it a month ago, then a tooth...). Last night she yelled from 12-4am before I caved.
The girls were great for the first couple of months. Nurse, swaddle, give them a paci, put in rock n play, maybe rock for a minute and they were out. Did a 4 to 5 hr stretch every night and then 2 or 3s.
Then a growth spurt hit and night was horrible to get them down. Hours and hours of nursing and up constantly. I thought it was horrible. Then the 4 mo wakeful hit and I was up every 30 mins for two weeks straight. I was in tears almost all day and night because it was horrible and thought I was going to die. From then on I never slept more than 1.5 hrs at a time and usually 45 mins at a time until 14 mos old. This is what truly nearly broke me that first year.