Second Baby - when did they sleep through???

[peanutter]

DS1 was a dream - 6-7 hours from 3 weeks, 10-12 hours from 3 months.

DS2 didn't sleep much or regularly until around 9 months.

Sorry!

[Taurean]

DS1 was a dream - 6-7 hours from 3 weeks, 10-12 hours from 3 months.

DS2 didn't sleep much or regularly until around 9 months.

Sorry!

Lol! We were pretty similar here!

DD1 slept 9-10hrs staight from 9 weeks, 12 hours from around 3 months. Sure, she'd have her bad nights when she was teething, had a night terror or was sick but all in all she slept well at night and still does.

DD2 slept really well initially too but it all went pear shaped when she started teething around 5 months. This continued until almost 9 months and I was up most night with her at least 5 times, often 8 She did eventually sleep through around her first birthday and it became consistent around 13-14 months. Naturally she still wakes when she's unwell or teething. Unfortunately she's recently started experiencing night terrors too so I anticipate another year or so of them interrupting sleep every now and then.

To cut a long story short, lol, my girls have been quite different sleepers except that they both fell into their own routines around 5-7 weeks of 3 blocks of sleep overnight (with 2 feeds) so it was 5hrs, feed, 4hrs, feed, 3hrs, up for the day. They both just naturally did it.

[Tinks]

I am the bearer of good news.

My 1st slept 8 hrs from birth. I thought there was something wrong with him.

2nd slept 8 hrs from 2 weeks.

3rd was the same as 2nd.

[HotI]

My 2 have been fairly consistent in their sleeping patterns, so you might get another who sleeps long periods early.

If my 3rd sleeps long periods i will probably lose my mind with worrying about them.

[redgum]

Wow, looks like pot luck. Thanks ladies. Tinks You give me hope I have had such a tough pregnancy and have had very little sleep, very different to my first PG so was wondering if it was my body preparing me for what was coming We will see I suppose. I know I was really lucky with DD.

Do you think gender comes into play i.e. girls sleep better than boys - I have heard that a lot.

[Rowellen]

Gender made no difference for me! If anything DD's worse.

[~Hestia~]

Our second started sleeping through regularly at around 5 or 6 weeks. My first didn't sleep through til well after his 1st birthday and still wakes at 4 years old. I have learnt that it just depends on the kid