If your baby was a good sleeper

[Bernadine]

Did she/he stay that way? My weekly Baby center update says they usually do, but I'm scared to get my hopes up, lol.

Also, dd was two months old Saturday. Is there anything I should be working on/focusing on? We do tummy time, I talk to her throughout the day, sing to her, we read books, she lays on her activity mat. We kind of do a bedtime routine, except sometimes she gets tired earlier so we skip it. She's still sleeping in the rnp in our room. I don't think I'm ready to put her in her room, but should I put her in the pnp to get her used to sleeping flat?

[smock]

Yes, please, people who had unicorn newborn sleepers, tell me that the 4mw passed you by with no problems, because DD2 is 4 mo and she slept like crap for the first time in literally months last night.

(and Bernadine, my 4 mo old is still in the RNP in our room. She can get used to sleeping flat later, I don't want to mess with her good sleep!)

[arch01]

DS was a kick ass nighttime sleeper, STTN at 8 weeks and we had random nights here and there with poor sleep, but overall was good. We did call him the no-nap wonder though until we did nap bootcamp (AKA CIO) at 5 months.

[arch01]

Aug 22, 2016 8:46:20 GMT -5 smock said:

Yes, please, people who had unicorn newborn sleepers, tell me that the 4mw passed you by with no problems, because DD2 is 4 mo and she slept like crap for the first time in literally months last night.

(and Bernadine , my 4 mo old is still in the RNP in our room. She can get used to sleeping flat later, I don't want to mess with her good sleep!)

We had some hiccups but the 4mw passed us by without major problems. I hope it's the same for you!

[jenn248]

For the most part. We did go through a rough patch around the four-month wakeful (which I wanted to say lasted six weeks or so), but DD2 was generally pretty consistent at sleeping through the night. She first slept through the night when she was 3 weeks old, and started doing it pretty regularly after that.

I think it sounds like you're doing great with a 2-month-old; I am not sure there is much else you can do with babies at that age beyond what you are already doing I'd say it's your call on the PNP; DD2 was in the RNP until she got too big for it, but had no problem transitioning to a crib when we moved her.

[Deleted]

O was a great sleeper until he moved to the toddler bed. It's been terrible ever since.

[raangoli]

I'm interested in the answers on the good sleeper as well - but I will say that now at almost 7 months (5 adjusted) she's still pretty good. We didn't really have a 4 month wakeful to deal with either. We were good about putting her down drowsy etc, but I think the majority of it is just luck.

We just moved her to her crib in her room 2 weeks ago and that was mostly issue free. She got up a few times at night but that was because she was coming down with something and is now sick.

As for a nightly routine, we have stuck with one and I think it has helped. Eventually she got used to the stories and looking at the books and reaching for them as I held them, so it was fun to see her progress in that way.

Where does she nap? I'd try to get her to lay flat at least some of the time so she's used to it.

Your daytime activities sound good to me

[ribollita]

We have had a couple phases where they weren't but in general yes, my kids are great sleepers.

[kristenbell]

My DD was a great nighttime sleeper and a shitty napper (at least until daycare got a hold of her!). We didn't really experience the 4MW. Later, in her toddler days, she would go through phases of getting up at 3 am for an hour or so 2-3 times a week.

[pooh8402]

Nope. The 4 month wakeful ruined everything. He was a great nighttime sleeper as a newborn and a terrible napper. Once he turned 14 weeks, his sleep went to shit. It got better after we sleep trained at 6 months.

[nessness]

DD definitely had a few sleep regressions between 4-12 months (with the later ones associated with teething), but in general, I'd say that she's stayed a good sleeper. Even during her regressions she's only woken up 1-2X per night - never every hour or two like some babies do.

[mskitkat]

My baby is a total unicorn sleeper. We had about a week of the 4mw and then everything went back to normal. I credit daycare for wearing her out.

[Bernadine]

Aug 22, 2016 8:49:46 GMT -5 raangoli said:

I'm interested in the answers on the good sleeper as well - but I will say that now at almost 7 months (5 adjusted) she's still pretty good. We didn't really have a 4 month wakeful to deal with either. We were good about putting her down drowsy etc, but I think the majority of it is just luck.

We just moved her to her crib in her room 2 weeks ago and that was mostly issue free. She got up a few times at night but that was because she was coming down with something and is now sick.

As for a nightly routine, we have stuck with one and I think it has helped. Eventually she got used to the stories and looking at the books and reaching for them as I held them, so it was fun to see her progress in that way.

Where does she nap? I'd try to get her to lay flat at least some of the time so she's used to it.

Your daytime activities sound good to me

She mostly naps on me. 😳 That is actually something I want to work on. I need to be able to put her down and get things done. But that's a good call. I'll try naps in the pnp.

[PatBenatar]

Yes for the most part. 4-5 months was rough, but then she settled down again.

Now she's 4 and still sleeps well although she will occasionally wake up asking for something ridiculous like a specific stuffed animal or the list that comes with shopkins lol. She goes right back to sleep though.

[Deleted]

P has been a good sleeper since 8 weeks. If she's sick or teething (or anemic) she's up more during the night but most of the time is back down pretty quickly. We got through the 4MW with no changes (she never really had it). The 8mw she was up a bit but not bad. Just before she turned 1 was the worst but turns out she was anemic, and 2 days of vitamins and she was back to normal.

THERE IS HOPE!

[preppy]

So far, yes. S has been STTN since 7 weeks and is 11mo old now. Teething had her wake up once or twice overall? And she was up when she had HFM maybe 1-2x. Other than that its been smooth sailing.

[ellipsis]

DD has always been a GREAT nighttime sleeper. Easily does 11-12.5 hours STTN since 4 months. Naps are a bit rougher, but not awful. And I blame the bad napping on the fact that she just gets so much sleep at night.

[miamigirl]

Dd has been through phases. She started STTN around 8 weeks. She had a sleep regression around 4 months that lasted a few weeks.
She went back yo STTN until 6 months, when she started waking up again. We did Ferber for a couple nights and now she's mostly back on track.

[urbancowgirl]

DS has STTN since 5 months and he's still a great nighttime sleeper. Naps are another story, lol.

[redwino]

DD has stayed a good sleeper. Periodically we'll have a week or so of waking up MOtN but she'll go back to sleep fairly easily. She also still takes 2 2-hour naps a day. Sleep is really important to her. She's 17 months.

[Bernadine]

She has been sleeping at least 5 hours before her first wake up since 5 weeks. She has slept up to 8 hours. I'm hopeful she'll keep this up!

[thebreakfastclub]

My son has always been a great sleeper. He started STTN 10p-5:30a at 10 weeks and never regressed for 4 month wakeful or any developmental milestones. By 4m, he settled into 8-6:30 as his overnight pattern, which he held for a long time. He could be put down flat in his crib since birth, and he did not need a bottle before bed after 4m.

He did go through a rough patch around 15m with teething. Canines were tough on him, the others were fine. At 23m, he suddenly hated the crib, so we converted him to the toddler bed. Again, he did really well with that too.

My only complaint at 3.5 is that bedtime is 9pm. I wish it were around 8pm most nights, but then again, I do enjoy the flexibility of being able to go to parties, out to dinner with friends, etc and have him be able to stay up late to fit into our plans. I guess my other complaint is he doesn't sleep in past 6:30 or so, but since I'm up before then 5/7 days anyway, oh well.

[jeaniebueller]

DD was a great sleeper at 2 months and it all went to shit from 4-8 months when we ferbered.

[loira]

No. She used to STTN from 3 months, but suffered some sort of regression/growth spurt around 6 months and now wakes once for a bottle.

[Deleted]

Dd1 has always been a decent sleeper. She would do one wake up when she was little and by a year sttn. She is hard to get down and as you have probably heard I still do CIO every night at 3.5 but that's just her style. With her we never had the 4 month wakeful.

Dd2 is pretty good. Not great. She goes weeks doing well and then she blows up. The 4 month wakeful hit her really hard. It lasted 8days. And it was horrific. Up every 2 hours. Now she seems to be getting back into the grove but last night was up again.

Like @this, my first dropped napping very early. She will however sleep from 8-8:30. That's good on the weekends but horrific on the weekdays.

[winemaker06]

DS slept 7+ hours starting at 7 weeks and I never noticed a 4 month wakeful. Kid LOVES his sleep. He wakes now when he falls out of bed but that's it.

DD is 8 weeks and sleeping anywhere from 5-8 hours before a wakeup at night. I hate that it's so random and her bedtime is between 10-12, but I can't complain! Her brother had the same late bedtime until starting daycare.

[halfpint]

Yep. We had a few regressions with teething, illness, etc., but overall he's been a great sleeper. Even now, most nights he goes down easy, and sometimes asks us to turn the light off. At almost 3, he goes down by 8:30. He usually sleeps until 7:30 or 8.

[dangerousduo]

My twin boys started sleeping 8p to 8a at 12 weeks. From then on they have been great sleepers (even naps). They never had any "wakeful" periods and teething never bothered them either. The only time they not sleep well is when they are sick. They are now almost 6. They sleep now 8p till 7:30a on weekends and 7a when I wake them for school.

[gigem]

Yes ...... Sttn from 6wks and lots of long naps, total unicorn sleep baby. Until she got in her toddler bed and now she is a pain, we cannot figure out a good bedtime routine (been about 6mo).

[badtzmaru22]

DS was a great sleeper, and pretty much still is. He reverse cycled a bit when I first went back to work, but other than that, no problems. We didn't have to sleep train, and he has always been good about going down. He's two now.

We did discover that he enjoys riling up DD (age 4.5) so getting them both to sleep in a queen bed on vacation this past week was interesting, but back at home, he was fine again last night.