How old was your baby when he/she started sleeping through the night?
By Amber4106
@Amber4106 (540)
United States
February 19, 2009 2:37pm CST
This is something that I find really interersting when it comes to babies. I spent my whole pregnancy worrying about the middle of the night feedings and whether or not I would hear her cry and wake up. She's just now six weeks old, but has been sleeping through the night off and on for over three weeks. The first time that she slept all night was when she was only two weeks old, and it scared me so much. I was exhausted of course, so I never woke up since she never cried throughout the night. When I finally did wake up, I ran to her crib thinking that something was wrong. Of course she was fine, I guess she was just tired too. She's now sleeping all night four or five days of the week. We wake up sometimes for a feeding once during the night, but most nights she sleeps sound all night. Just out of curiousity, how old was your baby when they started sleeping sound throughout the night?
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@deejean06 (1952)
• United States
19 Feb 09
Oh my goodness! I too had the same thoughts all through pregnancy - will I hear the baby cry at night? Thankfully either me or my husband always heard the cry.
The same thing happened to me! The first time my son slept through the night was the first day I went back to work when he was six weeks old. I too ran into his room in a panic! Of course he was fine - I guess just as tired as I was. He was off to "daycare" with my parents and I was off to the office once again. Thankfully the two events coincided because if he didn't start sleeping through the night I would have sold him for lint! I remember one night he only slept one hour - I was exhausted! Be grateful that your child is sleeping through the night on most nights.
Congratulations!
@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I feel really lucky that she has done so well. I'm sure that there will be nights where she is fussy and can't sleep, but for now I'm enjoying my seven to eight hours of sleep.
@deejean06 (1952)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I'm sure you are enjoying the rest and so is the baby - they need their rest too. It wasn't until about two - three months when we began to read the signs of when he was tired and needed to rest. That was a nice breakthrough.
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
24 Feb 09
My son is 9 weeks old. He has made it close. We are at 5+ hours at night.He wakes once at this point for feeding too. So he is close. My daughter is 5 now. She started sleeping throught the night at about 4 months old.
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@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
24 Feb 09
Another thing that has helped, is the fact that after a middle of the night feeding and diaper change, she's ready to go right back to sleep.
@myralmedo (815)
• Philippines
20 Feb 09
hi amber4106 :)
congrats on your baby! :D
actually i can' remember anymore hehe i have a son and he's turning 3 years old this May but i think when he turns 1 his routine in sleeping is normal already awake in the morning and sleeping at night. in this time your baby is just adjusting because the whole 9 mos. of our pregnancy all the time they're just asleep :D, don't worry time will come. :D as months go by they will used to our daily routines..for the mean time you have to do is introduce to him/her the difference from day and night when day- open your curtains and let the sun comes in to your house, open your tv or radio let him play to instill in your baby's mind that if day time he has to be awake and do some stuff and when night comes have your dim-light turned-on and play a lullaby music. ;)
hope this helps! :D
kisses to your angel! ;)
Godabless!0=)
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@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
23 Feb 09
I've always tried to keep the rooms bright during the day, and have some type of sound (the washer or dryer, music, or just me talking out loud). At night we sleep with a dim little table lamp that just puts enough light out to see her in her crib. I think by doing this, it has really helped her distinguish the difference between night and day. Thanks for responding!
@littleone3 (2063)
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20 Feb 09
I have five children. The eldest slept through from birth so I had it easy with him. Then my next son slept through from about 3 weeks old. Same with my daughter and my next son they all started sleeping through the night at about three weeks old.
But it was completely different with my youngest son it took him a long time to actually sleep through the night. I think he must have been about four of five months before he slept through the night. It was very exhausting I was glad I had my partner to help me out.
@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
23 Feb 09
See, I have a hard enough time getting anything done with one baby, I couldn't imagine having five!!! I eventually want to have more children, but I think three will be my limit. I admire women who have that many children though. Personally I don't know if I could keep my sanity, so I really look up to those who do such a good job raising a large family. Thank you for your response!
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
20 Feb 09
My kids all started to sleep through the night at about four weeks old. I also had started to feed them pablum at that age. If they have a full belly then they can sleep better. I would not worry too much about your baby sleeping through the night.
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@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
23 Feb 09
My daughter definetely sleeps better when she has a full tummy. Thanks for responding!
@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
23 Feb 09
I'm sure every baby or toddler will wake at some point during the nights, but it sure is nice when they do sleep. It can really make a person feel exhausted when they keep you up night after night. Thanks for responding.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
20 Feb 09
Hello Amber. My baby sleeps with us together on the king-size bed. He is only more than three months old and we don't feel like placing him on a small bed of his. When he sleeps with us, we can take better care of him.
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@Jae2619 (1483)
• United States
20 Feb 09
Wow... aren't you a lucky one. My son when he was younger the started sleeping threw the night at 3 months and that has continued threw out the years. Now my little girl, who's 18 months old still does NOT sleep threw the night, and very seldom takes naps. She is just a child who apparently doesn't require alot of sleep.
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@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
21 Feb 09
I've always heard that some children require more sleep than others and it sounds like you have a real-go-getter without much sleep!
@mrsl2008 (634)
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19 Feb 09
Hi,
My eldest slept through from about 6 weeks old & never woke up in the night again unless poorly.
My youngest slept through from about 3-4 weeks old & I too used to dash to her bedside thinking something was wrong. I think when your pregnant, you are pumped full of info that you become paranoid about something happening to your baby especially where sleeping in cots is concerned.
I just hope your nights stay peaceful x
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@Amber4106 (540)
• United States
19 Feb 09
I think many of my fears stemmed from reading books and magazines. My grandfather told me I was reading way too much, because I was always talking about something that worried me when it came to the baby. Baby books and magazines can be helpful, but they can also provoke a lot of unnecessary (for lack of a better word) fears. Thanks for the response.
@giay0422 (60)
• Philippines
20 Feb 09
From birth till about two months, my baby will just sleep almost day and night. She's jsut being fed in between those sleeps. When he turned 3 - 6 mos and become active I will have to wake-up 3 to 4 times a night to feed him. I don't know but he developed the habit of small frequent feeding. Now that he's 7mos, I just feed him before I go to bed and he'll just wake up once at night to request milk.
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@ramsec517 (53)
• Philippines
20 Feb 09
my baby was in her 4th month when she start sleeping through the night. i only wake up to feed her and check if she still has her blanket.until now she sleep soundly and me too.
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@sleepy_baby88 (34)
• Philippines
20 Feb 09
My baby starting sleeping through the night when he was 3years old that was the time when we starting to wean him from his feeding bottle.
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