jenjorga, my little one is almost 7 mnths and still not sleeping thru. last ngiht was a shocker, he fed at 9pm, then another bottle at 1ish then abother bottle at 5ish, it was ridiculous, my sleep was crap last night
do you mean that you have had 6 half hrs over 2 nights or just last night.. if you got 6 hrs in a night i personally dont think that is to bad, but if it was over 2 nights no wonder u feel terrible
I also think that in the nxt week or so i need to start a bit of controlled crying, my DS is feeding well and draining bottles overnight as if he is hungry bit then he refuses milk durting the day.. i need to fix it as well, as the broken sleep is slowly killing me. I also have a 2year old, so i just feed him the bottle for i can get back to sleep
HMM u girls whos babies have slept thru early i am very very jealous- lucky girls
Thanks Girls.
I can see 2 teeth alost cut through at the top.
We did get some sleep last night, she slept between the two of us because i just couldn't cope with getting up everyth 5 mins.
Yes, she does cry evrytime i leave the room but doesn't seem to be clingy during the day.
Unfortunatly neither of us have any family in Sydney but we do try and get friends to come and help us out. I HATE not having my mum around to help
Thanks for the support girls. I needed it... i really wasn't coping last night and i think DD could pick up on that too. Lets hope it gets a bit better from here.
do you mean that you have had 6 half hrs over 2 nights or just last night.. if you got 6 hrs in a night i personally dont think that is to bad, but if it was over 2 nights no wonder u feel terrible
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six and a half hours over 2 nights... 1 1/2 hrs the first night then 5 hours (broken) the next night.
Hi Jen.....
I have probably told you before but DD2 is almost 3 and doesnt sleep through! Thomas does some nights and then not for a few..... DD1 sleeps like a dream now...... As you can guess i "do" nothing to change this habit! But this works for us...not everyone
Hoping for a better night tonight for you,. it is extra hard when u dont have family. Broken sleep its a form of torture- i hate it.. Hope all of us who babies wake often during the night start getting better sleeps soon . take care
DD#1 - after 6mths old
DD#2 - after 5 weeks old
DD#3 - 17 months old...although we still have the odd night where she may want a drink of water, cuddle, or just to know im still around.....
Claire woke every 1 or 2 hours till she was 12 months. The very first time she slept through the night (like 5 hours in a row) was when she was 10 months old. That was just a one off though and she didnt do it again until she was about 14 months old. She started regularly sleeping through at around 14 months. She stopped wanting overnight feeds just before that. Occassionally she will stil wake up over night, but not often. She kicks her blankets off and then gets all upset because she's cold. Sometimes I think she has bad dreams too and she wakes up asking for a cuddle if that happens.
DS1 didn't sleep through till he was 20 months, still waiting for it with DS2, he's waking alot at night now, I'm trying to go with the flow, but it's hard when you're so exhausted! I hope your DD settles now the teeth have cut through, must be painful for them, I think that's why DS2 has started being unsettled at night, some nights won't sleep anywhere but in the bed with us, I guess it's better than getting up every 5 minutes and at least I keep warm It's hard when you don't have the family there either, my parents have recently moved and I really miss having my mum around to help out when I need a break!
DD would sleep for 6-8 hours straight from about 6 weeks - my MCHN considered this to be sleeping through. Unfortunately, DD was going to bed at 630pm so was waking up about 2am most mornings for a feed and then back to sleep again until about 6 or 7am depending...
Then she got worse... refused to go to bed, would scream in the middle of the night, would wake up 3-4 times over night... I was working shift work and it did my head in. When she was approx 16mths we moved her to a big bed and things improved dramatically. We also told her "The Rules" every night when we put her to bed - she loves rules! The rules were; No calling out, no getting out of bed, sleep all night. It took probably another 3 months before we were getting uninterrupted sleep... she now sleeps from about 730 (earlier if she is really tired) until about 730am... sometimes later on weekends... except this morning. She has been in my bed all night for some reason and I've been up since 6am
We encouraged DD to sleep through by;
making sure she had access to water throughout the night (a bottle next to her bed that she can reach)
her fav teddy in bed with her and she can pick one other toy
Reminding her of "The Rules" when tucking her in
Telling her Mummy and Daddy will come in if she needs us but she has to stay in bed
Praising and rewarding her when she sleeps all night (sticker chart in her room)
Cut down her afternoon sleep (I can always tell if CC lets her sleep longer than an hour )
Making sure she goes to bed with two dummies so if she loses one (sometimes loses them down the side of the bed), she still has another one
But if she is really unsettled or upset (like last night) we bring her into bed with us...
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