It seems that I am the only one that doesn't have a problem with my DS's sleeping habits. DS is 8 months old and wakes 3 hourly during the night for feeds. People always have some opinion about it and the general consensus is that something is wrong and that by this age he should be sleeping through the night, or at least a lot more hours than 3 in a row. Actually, I have to give DH credit, because even though sometimes he mentions that DS should be sleeping longer, he admits that as long as things are working for me and DS, that he'll support any sleeping strategy I want (I'm breastfeeding, and DH is able to sleep through all the night waking and feeds, so he has no problem with sleep, lol).

Personally, I think that Kyson's sleeping is just fine. He has a pretty good routine or naps during the day (which he put into place, not us) and a fairly stable bedtime. Also, he co-sleeps with us. His cot is side-carred on my side of the bed. His routine is basically as follows:

6.30-7am - Wakes up and gets up with DH for a play while Mummy has a little snooze.

8.30am-ish - Comes back to bed for a quick feed (to prolong his naptime) and goes back to sleep. This nap is usually a double cycle, so 1 1/2 hours.

12pm-12.30pm - Middle of the day nap.

4pmish - Afternoon nap

(Usually one of the second two naps is a double cycle and the other is a single cycle. So if the midday nap is 45mins, then the afternoon nap will be 1 1/2 hours).

After his afternoon nap he turns into a snuggle bear and just wants to be cuddled for about half an hour to an hour and he often dozes during that time.

7.00pm - The curtains get closed, has his bedtime feed, read a book, then get ready for bed

7.30pm - Bedtime. I bounce him to sleep. I hold him in my arms while I bounce on the fitball, lol.

11pm - He has a semi-dreamfeed, nappy change, then back to sleep without a fuss.

2amish - Wakes for a feed.

5amish - Wakes for a feed.


The feeds during the night only take about 15 minutes at the very most and then he is back in his cot and we are both back asleep. All up I would say he gets about 10.5 - 11 hours of sleep each night, and nearly 4 hours of naptime during the day. I read that he should be getting about 14 hours a day of sleep, so he is over that amount. He's a happy, loving little boy, and I'm quite happy with how things are in regards to his sleeping. Of all the other people I know with babies of a similar age, I know a lot of them are worse off than we are. I just wish people would stop making me feel like something is wrong because he doesn't sleep through!


*sigh* Just wanted to get that off my chest, lol. I know I'm doing the right thing for Kyson