Sleeping Through the Night - Waleska,GA

my baby boy is almost 2 months and has been sleeping through the night since he was 4 weeks old I dont really know what to tell you to do because he started this on his own but good luck!!

Hi L. I have a little girl who will be 5 months old on the 12th of March and she already sleeps through the night she has been sleeping through the night for about the last couple of weeks. Good luck!

sleeping through the night? what's that?

please read askdrsears.com before trying the crying it out method! leaving a child in a room by themselves scared and alone is not natural nor is it very nice. Co-sleeping is a great way to not have to get up and take care of the little one when they wake for a quick nurse and comfort that they are where they should be, right next to mommy!

Depends on whether you subscribe to the "Let 'em cry it out" theory or the "kangeroo parenting" theory. Or you'd rather get up every time she cries. I don't know which you prefer. I have noticed that if you baby sleeps with you (Kangeroo) and is with you all the time, they sleep better and are obviously less cranky during the "waking" time. It also depends on personality of the child, age & stage of development (eating solids or not) My child was breast fed until he was 12 months old and even when he started solids, he didn't sleep through the night on a consistent basis until he was 2 years old. Some people have kids that sleep through as soon as you get home from the hospital.

I know you are probably exhausted and that's why you are wondering "When is this going to end - I haven't had a good nights sleep in 3 & 1/2 months!" This time will be over before you know it. I used to get my husband to get up on one night of the weekend, but I couldn't sleep then anyway if I could hear him crying (the baby - not my husband!)and I was told at the time, that you will never sleep the same again once you become a Mom - it's true! I was asking people about that saying "sleep like a baby" to mean sleep soundly - babies don't sleep so that saying no longer made sense.

I ended up ignoring everyones advice (& my traditional beliefs) and had my son sleep with me. About the time he really started solids (more than 2 bites) & he started sleeping with me, was about the time that I got my first decent nights sleep! By the way he is 3 now and not only does he sleep in his own bed and sleep through the night, but he is very hard to wake up in the mornings!!!! Moral of the story - enjoy it while you can, it doesn't last forever!

S.

p.s. I found a book that I really liked called "The Happiest Baby On The Block" This might not be your style of Parenting (and it wasn't mine!), but it helped with the 'sleep' thing.

p.p.s. I also had a freind who recorded a 'Vaccum Cleaner" onto a CD and played this for him at naps. It worked a treat! The above book explains a little about why that is.

Good Luck!

My son is now 16 months and has slept through the night since day 1. He sleeps from 8 to 8.

hello, i wanted to help you out with this, i have two kids one 4 and one 3. now my 4 year old is the one i never got any sleep with. he started sleeping through the night at about a year old. he teethed bad. what i would do when he was at the age of yours is give him a cereal bottle before bed and if that did not keep him sleeping i would put him in one of those baby swings and turn on cartoons. the bright colors would keep his attention. i know it sounds wierd but when you are going on little sleep you will try anything new. it is always harder with your first. i learned that after having my second one. you could always check with his/her doctor to make sure they dont have colic. my son had it and the doctor gave me some drops to give to him that did help some. most babies that dont sleep at night have been held to much or have gas or are just hungry. that is what i have learned from my experience as a mother. but try some of those things if you haven't already and let me know. i wish you luck and hope you get some good sleep soon and your little one to. angie walters.

My first daughter was very hard because we babied her, but with my second one, she was sleeping through the night at 3 1/2 months. It is up to you, but when you are ready, just let her sleep in her room. It is hard, but it is well worth it. Good Luck!

My son was a year, my daughter was 3 yrs and still gets up sometimes. its differant with everykid , we did nothing differant with my son than what we did with my daughter. and they both did it suddenly , I woke up one morning and realized that I hadnt gotten up with them.

MY SON WAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS WHEN I STARTED GETTING 6+ HOURS. MY DAUGHTER WAS LESS THAN 2 MTHS WHEN I STARTED GETTING 6+ HOURS. IT WAS REALLY FAST WITH BOTH AND THEY HAVE JUST ADDED HOURS SINCE. NEITHER OF THEM HAVE HAD ANY SLEEPING PROBLEMS UNTIL MY SON WAS LIKE 3 WHEN THE NIGHTMARES STARTED. FOR ABOUT TWO MTHS HE GOT UP, WHEN TO THE SOFA AND WENT BACK TO BED. HE SOMEHOW FIXED THE ISSUE AND HAS BEEN SLEEPING THRU THE NIGHT SINCE.

TO ANSWER YOU HOW. SCHEDULE. I DONT MEAN BE SO RIGID THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO GO BACK HOME TO GO TO SLEEP BUT STILL KNOW WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO SLEEP AND TRY TO SCHEDULE EITHER LONG TRIPS IN CAR AROUND NAP TIME OR SHORT TRIPS TO STORES WHEN THEY ARE AWAKE. THERE IS A BOOK THAT I READ BUT UNFORTUNATELY CANT REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE GIST. 1. LET KIDS KNOW THEY ARE PART OF A FAMILY NOT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. 2. SCHEDULE. 3. EAT, WAKE AND SLEEP. DO NOT FEED A KID TO SLEEP. IT GIVES THEM A FALSE SENSE THAT THEY HAVE TO FEED TO SLEEP. IT WILL CREATE BAD EATING AND SLEEPING HABITS. IF YOU ARE BREAST FEEDING - DONT LET HER FALL ASLEEP ON YOU. PLAY WITH HER EARS, THUMP HER HEAD, DO SOMETHING TO KEEP HER ATTENTION ON THE TASK AT HAND - EATING. AFTER SHE IS DONE EATING, PLAY WITH HER AWHILE. THEN LET HER GO TO SLEEP. IT IS HARD FOR LITTLE BABIES WHEN ALL THEY DO IS SLEEP. YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE EAT, WAKE, SLEEP AND JUST MAKE THE WAKE PERIODS A LITTLE BIT LONGER EACH TIME. LITERALLY JUST ONE MINUTE MORE WILL DO. ALSO IF SHE IS STAYING UP ALL NIGHT AND WANTS TO SLEEP ALL DAY, YOU NEED TO REVERSE HER SCHEDULE AND LET HER KNOW THAT YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU PROBABLY FOUND THAT AT NIGHT BEFORE HER BIRTH SHE WAS THE MOST ACTIVE. THAT WAS BECAUSE ALL DAY LONG YOU ROCKED HER TO SLEEP BEING ACTIVE, ONCE YOU LAID DOWN, SHE WOKE UP WANTING ACTIVITY. NOW THAT SHE IS OUT, SHE IS JUST KEEPING THE SAME SCHEDULE. MY SON WAS LIKE THAT. HE STAYED WIDE AWAKE FOR FOUR HOURS FROM 3 TO 7 FOR THE FIRST WEEK. I REVERSED HE SCHEDULE BY KEEPING HIM UP DURING THE DAY. DONT LET THE BABY SLEEP. BELIEVE ME SHE WILL WIN THE FIGHT AND GO TO SLEEP BUT IF YOU CONTINUE TO IRRITATE HER AND ADD JUST A FEW MINUTES HERE AND THERE THOSE WILL BE THE MINUTES YOU GET AT NIGHT.

ALSO AND THE LAST THING, MAKE SURE SHE IS GETTING ENOUGH FOOD. IF YOU ARE BREASTFEEDING MAKE SURE YOU ARE PRODUCING ENOUGH, GET A GOOD PUMP AND SEE JUST HOW MUCH YOU REALLY ARE PRODUCING. JUST DONT ASSUME THAT YOUNG BABIES ONLY NEED 2 OUNCES EVERY 2 HOURS OR SOMETHING. SOME TIMES YOU WILL NOT PRODUCE ENOUGH TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR CHILD. IF YOUR DAUGHTER WAS LIKE MINE (A BIG BABY- BORN 10LBS) THEN AT THREE MONTHS SEE WAS THE SIZE OF A 6 MTH. 6 MTHS REQUIRE 4-6 OZS AND SHE REQUIRED EVERY BIT OF IT. MY DOCTOR TOLD ME TO NOT INCREASE THE OZS AT 4 MTHS BUT TO ADD RICE TO BULK IT UP. THAT IS A MOMS CHOICE, WHETHER YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE YOUR BABY ANYTHING BUT BREAST MILK OR FORMULA BEFORE THEY ARE 1 YR OR WHATEVER. BUT I KNOW THAT BOTH MY KIDS WERE HUNGRY SO I FELT THE NEED TO FEED THEM AND TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR GROWTH AND SIZE I CHOSE TO ADD THE RICE. I AM SURE THAT KEEPING THAT SHORT OF SCHEDULING MAKING SURE THAT SHE IS NOT HUNGRY (OBVIOUSLY IF SHE IS NOT - SHE WON'T WAKE UP) THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS

I have a 15 month old that started sleeping through the night at 3 months. It was from 10:00-7:00. My 3 1/2 month old started around 3 months too. The first one didn't take a pacifier so it was a bit harder to train him to make himself fall asleep. We didn't let him cry, but we did stay with him while he laid in the crib and didn't take him out. Eventually he must have felt comfortable enough to fall asleep on his own without us being there. I really think naps throughout the day in his crib helped him to feel safe and secure there. Now he loves to be in his crib and would just lay around all day long in there if I let him! (-: My younger baby takes a pacifier, so that's lots easier. She also sucks on her thumb and fist to make herself go back to sleep when she wakes up during the night. The pediatrician told me that until they are 4 months old, 4-6 hours in a row at night is just right. Then when they reach 4 months old, you can start soothing them to sleep when they wake up in the middle of the night instead of feeding them. Maybe you should try doing anything you can to get her to fall asleep without food, then work on just being able to lay her back down later on. I bet once she gets used to not eating for that length of time, she'll be able to sleep better. Good luck with that - I know it can be really tough.

There is no cut and dry answer for this question. I have 2 boys - ages 3 1/2 yrs old & 15 mths old. My youngest was sleeping through the night for 12+ hours at about 3 months of age. However, my 3 1/2 yr old STILL doesn't always sleep through the entire night!! It all depends on the child. Good luck!

Congrats on the new baby. My oldest daughter slept throughout the night at about two months old. Now my youngest daughter was about eight months. I run a daycare from home and things that have helped with the babies is after getting everyone asleep playing soft calm music in the background. It works for me everytime. I hope you find a solution for your family and God bless...

First off i am sorry i don't know what this is like. My child has slept since we brought her home from the hospital for no less than 6 hours and now at 6 months she will sleep for 12 if you don't wake her up. However my niece never slept more than 4hours until they started her on cereal at 6 weeks old. Not a cereal bottle. (most pediatricians will tell you not to do this) however at 3.5 months you could try a bowl of cereal followed by a bottle or night time nursing right before bedtime. This instantly helped my niece. She slept like 6 hours the first night and is now up to all night only three weeks later. Hope it helps

My son was 5 months before he slept through the night. Our doctor said that he probably wouldn't sleep through the night until he weighed 12 pounds, and that wasn't until 4 months. The first time he slept all night was when he was almost 5 months, but he wasn't consistent until 5 months, 1 week. Hang in there; it will eventually get better!

My daughter began sleeping through the night right at 3 months. However, she has always been formula fed, which I know can make a difference. She is now alsmost 7 months and teething has thrown a little wrench in things every now and then.

My oldest son was 6-7 months, my daughter the same, and my youngest son was 4 months. Some babies are easier than others. Do you breast feed? Does your baby use a pacifier? Ny younger 2 used pacifiers and that is the only reason they slept through the night when they did. My oldest would not take one and would eat for like 2 seconds and fall asleep. He used the bottle as a pacifier and fell back to sleep.

There is no sure answer for this...my oldest who is almost 4 still doesn't sleep through the night but my 7 month old will go to bed about 6:00pm and get up around the same time in the morning and has done this since about 2 months.

my first didn't sleep through the night until he was over 6 months old - he was up every 3 hours :) . My second slept through the night from the day I brought her home from the hospital. It is an individual thing. But technically my pediatrician told me that that around 6 mths they should be sleeping through the night.

Hey L.!

I have a 3 year old and a 3 1/2 month old. My 3 year old, Bryce, has been sleeping through the night since he was about 5 months old. We have been a bit more lucky with out daughter, Brynnan, same age as yours :). She has been sleeping from about 12midnight untl 8:30 for the past two weeks in her crib. After her bottle we put her in her crib awake, with her moblie and we have the aquirium (? spell check) that lights up and signs soothing songs...turn her humidifier on and she falls asleep on her own. If you daughter doesn't quite fall asleep by herself yet, then comfort her and soothe her, and but her to bed when she is asleep, then every couple of days put her to sleep earlier and earlier. Also, if she is not in her crib, then try to get her to sleep in her crib. "They" say that babies sleep better in their own room in their crib, because there is nothing in there to distract them. When Brynnan slept in her bassinet in our room, she didn't sleep through the night, we simply put her in her bed one night, and ever since then she has slept throught the night.

Hope this helps!!
B.

I know you don't want to hear this, but mine was 10 months before he started doing it regularly! He took two bottles during the night until then, and because he seemed genuinely hungry, I didn't want to let him "cry it out." Then one night he just quit asking for the bottles at night and never went back to them.

I have to say it depends on the child. I have three girls 7, 3 1/2,and 9 mos. My first one slept thru the night at 2 mos but she had a paci...my second didnt sleep thru the night until she was almost 3...but she never took a paci....my third one sleeps thru the night and has since 2mos....she also takes a paci. I believe they sleep better if they have a paci..because they have that comfort with the paci.
Hoped I helped.

I beleive all children are different, however, I also have a 3/12 month old. I asked my doctor about this, and they said since he was gaining weight and doing well... that he didn't have to feed or anything during the night so he is waking up out of habit.. so what I did was just go in and put a pacifer in his mouth or just rub his legs and touch him softly, but I didn't pick him up...after about 4 -5s night of this, he did start sleeing about 10-12 hours. Hope this helps some.
M.