When did your baby sleep through the night?

@4cuteboys (4099)
United States
April 8, 2007 9:24pm CST
How old was he/she? My boy is 5 1/2 months and still waking up at least once, and getting up by 5am to eat as well. Just wondering when we may possible be able to sleep a little more. Thanks!
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• United States
9 Apr 07
I have two kids. My daughter was sleeping through the night around 3m and my son at 12m. It really just depends on the child.
@nica269 (1395)
• United States
9 Apr 07
Our little one was sleeping through the night when he was 4 or 6 weeks old, but recently he's been waking up at night. I don't know what it is, but i'm thinking it's the whole teething thing. What you can try is swaddling your little one, if you haven't done that, or stopped doing it. this helps my little one when he's really restless and wakes himself up.
13 Apr 07
My son didnt sleep through till he was nearly a year old. I did start using dreamfeeds (giving him milk while he was asleep) and when he was old enough I would put a cup or bottle of milk in his cot that he could take himself if he woke up.
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
9 Apr 07
I believe that children that are nursed tend to sleep threw the night at an older age than those on the bottle. I don't know this as a fact, but have been told this. My children didn't nurse and at 2 weeks they all slept threw the night. I was very lucky. If you want to get your child to sleep all night, try giving him some cereal before he has his last bottle for the night. Also, you can try letting him cry when he wakes up at 5. It is a hard thing to do, but at 5 months they will learn to sleep all night if you don't jump and get them up whenever they cry. Good luck.
• United States
9 Apr 07
My son is 15 months old and still doesn't sleep through on a consistent basis. He doesn't eat in the night (although he does get a drink of water. He will sleep through for a while and then go through a phase where he wakes up once or twice and then switches back. I guess that is probably not what you wanted to hear.LOL
• United States
9 Apr 07
My son is 15 months old and still doesn't sleep through on a consistent basis. He doesn't eat in the night (although he does get a drink of water. He will sleep through for a while and then go through a phase where he wakes up once or twice and then switches back. I guess that is probably not what you wanted to hear.LOL
@wendee (359)
• Canada
11 Apr 07
my 17 month old didnt sleep through the night until he was almost a year. I stopped going to him at about 9 months and let him cry himslef back to sleep. He only cried for about 15 mintues and was fine. My 3 month old has slept through the night for about a month now! WOOHOOOOO!! lol I give him a 6oz bottle with a teaspoon of rice cereal before bed at about 9:00 and he sleeps from about 9:30 until about 6am
@carlaabt (3504)
• United States
9 Apr 07
My little one has been sleeping through the night since he was about 3 months old. He's 14 months old, and wakes up during the night occasionally, but he is able to self soothe really well and just plays a little bit and goes back to sleep. He usually stays in bed for a solid 10-12 hours per night now.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
9 Apr 07
as kids grow their sleeping cycle really change, from sleeping all the time and waking up most of the time. when your kid aged 2 he/she will start to be sleeping more than waking up. Why? coz when he reached 2 years old he can each more food that could keep him full through the night and just wake up smilling in the morning.
@mememama (3076)
• United States
9 Apr 07
I think he was around 6 months. He also had the early morning feeding, that was the last one to go. I only remember this because I would watch the early news. He still has a small stomach so he gets hungry more often. He'll sleep when he's ready, I know easier said than done but it will happen! He also may sleep through the night, then all of the sudden start waking again, that's due to growth spurts. My toddler is going through one now and is waking up real early and is feasting all day.
@smartmom (826)
• United States
9 Apr 07
My thirteen-month-old son still wakes up at night, but last night he actually slept through the night for the first time in about six months. I am hoping that this is the beginning to a more steady sleep pattern. My oldest son on the other hand slept through the night, when he was about two weeks. For your sake, I hope your youngest son will begin to sleep through the night very soon. I am telling you, it felt so good to get a full night sleep. I felt so energized and I have gotten so much stuff done today. I cleaned the oven, did all the laundry, baked a cake, did the weekly grocery shopping and I have still managed to come and participate here at Mylot, and I have done all the daily surveys. I have the feeling that it was a one-time event though, but I seriously hope that it is a beginning of a new sleeping chapter.