7.5 months old & not sleeping through

[Lenny]

It's great to hear you are letting them go with their natural rythms and not trying to force them to do something that they obviously aren't ready for.

[*EJ*]

I hear you on the being so tired and needing more sleep but that is just not what my DD is ready to do. At about the 8 month mark my DD went back to the newborn pattern and was waking every 2-3 hours. So not the direction i wanted to go. As she was fed to sleep i just had to go with it as otherwise it involved a lot of crying. Just recently i have had enough and have been in the process of making some changes, trying to change the feed to sleep pattern and how she is actaully put to bed. I'm trying to help her fall alseep in her own bed (very minimal crying involved). We're getting there and i must say her quality of sleep which has never been good does seem to be improving.

From my experience i would say there is nothing unusual about your little ones patterns at the moment. It's more so your choice when you feel the need to make some changes to suit your family.

[AwesomeFoursome]

My almost 4 year old still doesn't sleep through so to me i would say more than normal.

[Traveller]

Mine were over a year before they stopped breastfeeding overnight, and they didn't sleep through the night until....well they still don't some nights and they will be 4 next month. But probably 2 before they ever did it. I feel your pain with the tiredness though, it's very hard.

[Rainbow_Mumma]

Thanks i wasnt worried about it until a fill in MCHN was disgusted that they were still waking as many times as they do and because they dont have huge naps during the day and telling me i was doing something wrong and to stop BFing as its obvious they need more blah blah blah i could have slapped her, its not like we arent coping the way things are.

[RhiChiChi]

^^ Don't listen to the MCHN! You are doing a great job! My 4 yo doesn't always 'sleep through', last night she woke numerous times then come in & slept with us.....

[*EJ*]

Thanks i wasnt worried about it until a fill in MCHN was disgusted that they were still waking as many times as they do and because they dont have huge naps during the day and telling me i was doing something wrong and to stop BFing as its obvious they need more blah blah blah i could have slapped her, its not like we arent coping the way things are.

Can i blatantly say TAKE NO NOTICE??!! Turst yourself

[MrsFabuloso]

Yep, I agree with the pp's. Totally normal, you're lucky even! My 11mth old wakes anywhere between 2-10 times a night (unfortunately no, I'm not joking). My 3yr old, 1-3 times a night, my 4 1/2yr old maybe 0-2 times a night , but not every night. So I pretty much live in a sleep deprived haze and have since DD was born! If you really think about it, even before you had kids, I bet you woke up most nights too!

[Rainbow_Mumma]

3LM i can relate - last night between 2am and 6am I counted 14 times i was up and that was just the twins as I was feeding them DH had to get up to DD2 who had wet her bed