Baby Sleep - Covington,KY

My son slept through the night at 6 weeks and has stayed that way. My daughter slept through the night from the 1st night we brought her home and has also stayed that way. Also both of my kids were breastfeed. I read the book babywise and took some of the theorys from the book and everyone else I know that has read it also has had there babies sleep through the night pretty early on. It is a book that people dont always like, but like I said I took the theory and adapted it to my life. Basically I just scheduled my kids. But it worked as far as sleeping through the night. Good luck!

Mine didn't until he was 3 and half YEARS....and he is 6 now and still only sleeps 7 maybe 8 hours a night if I'm lucky and he is an active child, never mean and is going into 1st grade....the teachers last year told me he was never sleepy and is reading at 2nd grade level, knows math, writes. He plays T-ball 3 times a week, swims everyday he can and takes piano. So he is very normal, the doctor told me some kids are like this so don't sweat it......What I'm trying to tell you is do the best you can and if they dont sleep just tell yourself it's more time you are spending with them.....it goes fast! Oh by the way yes I was so tired the first 3 years you have no idea.............

My first one, as a baby, didn't take more than a 20 minute nap during the day (until he was 2) and would get up every 2-3 hours a night until he was a little over a year........he is 9 and still doesn't need much sleep.

My second one slept through the night at about 9 months old and is not 7. She took naps during the day, but only until she was 18 mos.

My third one slept through the night at a glorious 4 weeks old (12 hrs at a time) and took long naps during the day. She is now 4 yo and still enjoys taking naps.

My fourth has yet to be born, but I am hoping he/she will follow the sleeping patterns of the third child. lol

I breastfed all of them for a full year. They really didn't change their sleeping patterns unless something bugged them or we were up late.

Ok, so first of all, it depends on what you consider sleeping through the night. A breastfed baby is considered to sleep through the night at 5 hours. And many believe that as long as the baby isn't waking to play and only for food and going straight back to sleep that they have slept through the night. But I'll assume you're hoping for 10-14 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

My first son slept through the night without waking around 6.5 months old. Once he did, he never went back to not sleeping through the night unless he was sick and then for a short time after his little brother was born.

My second son slept 4-5 hours at a time for one wonderful week when he was about 3 months old, then he cut his first tooth at 3.5 months and was up every 1.5-2 hours until he was 9 months old:( After that, he was up twice a night for another 3 or 4 weeks, and then once a night until after a year old. He went through the whole night sometime after his first birthday and never went back to waking.

I don't believe in forcing a baby to sleep through the night before they are ready. My kids both slept 12-14 hours when they were ready. I responded to their cries until they didn't need me to:) It's such a short time in your life. don't rush it, don't push it. Just enjoy being needed, too soon you'll be pushed away.

Our first didn't sleep through the night until she was 2. Yeah, we were tired parents. She would sleep maybe 5 hours in a row once a month. We should have tried one of the different sleep methods out there because I'm sure it was more comfort and routine for her to wake up. We were just tired and lazy. (And, probably stupid!)
With our second, we were prepared to try a sleep method at 5 or 6 months. However, I had her adjusted by my chiropractor when she was 2 weeks old and she started sleeping 7 hours at night right after that. As long as she isn't sick, and we adhere to her daily routine, she is a happy baby that still sleeps about 7 hours straight. She goes to bed at 7:30pm, wakes up to feed at 2:30am, goes back to sleep, and wakes up at 5:30am.
I read that a good early bedtime is key, and keeping a routine. Here is a website that I liked:
http://www.sleepsense.net/kelowna/

My son started sleeping about 6 hrs a night at 6 weeks old. That is when I started a bedtime routine of dimming the lights at night, no loud noises, warm bath, and rocking to sleep and putting him in his own room...I did this every night so he knew when it was time to go sleep. He quickly started sleeping 8hrs then 10hrs and now a full 12 to 13 hrs every night in his own crib. I feel very strongly about them sleeping in their own rooms so that they have no sleep distruptions.

My son is now 18 months old and still sleeps at least 12 hours a night. Since summer days are so long, we have had to put blackout shades in his windows so that he will still sleep when its light out. We have always had a set bed time for him and get him ready to go to sleep with a routine (no longer rock him to sleep) so that he knows that its time to sleep. We have not really used the cry it out method - at around 6 to 8 months he would sometimes cry when we put him down, we would only let him cry for the max of 15min. Not that the cry it out method is bad, but I really think that it has worked for us to comfort him when he is crying in his room - I never want him to be afraid to be in his room and afraid that we aren't coming back to get him if he needs us. This has worked really well for us, but all babies/children are different and you have to work it out for each child.

My son started sleeping through the night practically from the day we brought him home. We spent the first few weeks waking him up every 3 hours at night because that is what we thought we were "supposed" to do... but it was so hard to wake him up and keep him awake enough to eat that we finally just let him sleep - and let him wake up when he was hungry. He is 8 months old now and goes to sleep around 10:30pm - and sleeps until around 8am or so.

My little girl slept through the night when she was 9 months old. And she is not 3 and still sleeps though the night.

Our oldest slept through the night right before she turned 3 months. I attempted to breastfeed for a while (she wasn't gaining weight & yes I saw a lactation consultant) so we switched to formula. Our youngest daughter slept through the night at 2 months. I did hear it takes a bit longer for breastfed babies to sleep through the night. We did not use the cry it out method, we kept as much as a schedule as we could (but life happens ~ parties, holidays, weekends away, etc.). Their sleeping habits didn't really change unless there was something going on ~ they were sick, teething, it was storming out, etc.

my first son starting sleeping through the night at 3 and a half mths and my second not until 4 to 5mths the oldest stayed pretty consistant and so does my youngest except for teething usually and it helps if you give them a bath every nite with a consistant routine my 8mo eats his dinner at 7-730pm gets a bath at 8 and is in bed by 830pm and sleeps until 7 am. good luck

First son slept through the night from 3.5 months on. He was formula fed and had cereal in his bottles due to severe acid reflux. The only time he wakes up at night is when he is sick or teething.

Second son started sleeping through the night at about 5.5 months (also formula fed). He is only 7.5 months now. He sometimes wakes up when he is teething, and sometimes wakes up to eat if he is in a growth spurt.

All in all, they are consistent with their sleeping habits.

Mine did at 6 months and I used the CIO method. My oldest also slept through the night when 2 months old for about a week, but then went back to her schedual. Try not to rush it, its hard but it gets better!

My oldest slept through the night at 4 months old. She only woke up if she was sick. Other than that she has always been a great sleeper. My youngest slept through the night at 3 months (but through the night is 9:30-5:00 or so) and was plagued with ear infections this winter so we did a modified CIO method and she now sleeps all night long 8:00-6:30 or so.