at what age babies sleep the whole night?

Question

my son is now 6 months and half.He sleeps every night at 11:30 I couldn´t make him sleep earlier.He wakes up at 2 and then at 5 but this isn´t regular.Sometimes he wakes up every hour.I tried to let him cry longer but I couldn´t bare this.I pick him up and rock him till he falls asleep.I used to nurse him everytime he wakes up but I stopped doing this.I use a pacifier and I breastfeed him only when I feel that he is hungry.please help me because I haven´t slept the whole night since delivery.By the way my apartment is small so his bed is in my bedroom.

Answer 1

oh I know how ya feel Well since you breastfeed you can let him sleep with you. Make sure that there is no way for him to roll out Give him a feed to go to sleep and go to bed with him every time he wakes up try dummy but if he dosent settle quickly feed him laying down I found that breastfed babies love to sleep close to mum you get to the stage that you dont bother with dummy and just let him feed 2 of my kids fed at night untill 1 and didnt compleatly untill 2 but it's up to you how long you feed but its the best thing one day you will relise you havent fed bub today untill bed and youll miss your speical cuddles

Answer 2

My son is 4 months old, and has been sleeping through the night since he was 6 weeks. I made sure to start a schedule with him early. I give him a bath at 7 p.m, put him in his PJ's, swaddle him, and give him a bottle, and he is asleep by 8 o'clock every night. It was hard to get him onto this schedule, but you have to be strong, he cried for about 2 hours the first night I did it. But I just continued to go in every 5-10 minutes to reassure him, so he didn't feel abandoned. And every night he cried a little less, and it got a little bit easier, and after a week he was fine. Now he sleeps til 6 a.m no problem. Every baby is different though, I have a friend whose baby is 6 months and he just can't make it the whole night yet without eating. So when he does wake up to eat, she just keeps the light dim, lays him back down when hes done eating, sometimes gives him his plug if he wants it, and hes fine and goes right back to sleep. Hope this helps, and Good Luck, your baby will get the hang of it eventually.

Answer 3

If you're sure hunger, stomach pain or over stimulation isn't the problem, you need Elizabeth Pantly's book "The No Cry Sleep Solution." It explains how a proper nap leads to proper night time sleep and gives you an idea of how much the baby should be sleeping when.

From what I remember, a 6 month olf should be having three naps a day. One for about 40 minutes in the morning, about 2 hours in the afternoon and another mini-nap of 20-30 minutes at about 5:00 pm. If you watch your child, you may find that he's actually taking 5 or 6 mini naps in the stroller or car seat throughout the day and getting into the habit of frequent waking.

Your job is to try and organize his day around three naps, rather than letting him sleep when you're running errands. So, when you go for a pre-nap walk, keep him interested in the surroundings by talking to him. When you're in the car, play his favourite music.

It really does help babies sleep better at night.

Answer 4

Your son isnt getting enough to eat. Try introducing him to solids now as he is at that age. Feed him regularily throughout the day on solids and give him a large breast feeding before bed...then he will be full and wont wake up because he is hungry. My baby has slept from 10 to 6 am roughly since she was 2.5 months old. She then wakes up at 6 for a bottle and then will go back to sleep until 10 in my bed. So feed your child more and he wont wake up so much...then if he does wake up put him in your bed so that he sees your near and may just wake up and go back to sleep.

Answer 5

Well my son is the same age, however he started sleeping through night about one month and a half ago. He sleeps with me as well and he has to endure the sound of the television or the sound of the keyboard because I usually stay up one or two nights out of the week. When you are ready for your little guy to go to bed make sure that you have done these three things.
1.Make sure he has a clean diaper
2.Make sure that you have fed him about 30 mintues prior to bedtime (use the binky when you lie him downor when he tries to wake)
3. Make sure that you know that he feels secure when he is sleeping. either bundle him up or lay him however you know he is best comfortable.
My son likes to sleep on his back with a pillow to prop his head so just try these things and see how it goes. Hopefully it works for you and him. Try not to rock him to sleep because then babies get used to it right before bed time and that is not good when you are dog tired.

Answer 6

First...Him being in your room is the problem..If he wakes sees you he wakes up all the way..If he was in a different room alone he would just fall back to sleep..If you keep getting up with him in the middle of the night He will never sleep through the night and that is going to bring alot of problems down the road..If he is 6 months old he should not need to get anything until morning that will only get to a fat baby with bad eating habits..I have 5 kids...

Answer 7

its so variable. its not uncommon for a breastfed baby to wake at night hungry at 6 months or even a year. i cosleep and breastfeed, i've found over time i just roll over and pop a boob into the kids mouth and go back to sleep while nursing. sure helped a lot on sleep.
you can try scheduling naps, one morning and one afternoon would be realistic, 2 hrs then wake him.with my babies i found noise helped. i ran a fan(pointing away from baby), a dead radio station, a sound spa, a cool mist humidifier all seemed to help

Answer 8

Hi, I do very much sympothise with you. My oldest is 4 now. I made the mistake of when he woke in the night I would give him a bottle of milk thinking he woke up because he was hungry. Then when he was 2 1/2 I was still feeding him in the night when he woke and my second child was soon to be born so I thought there is no way that I am getting up twice as much in one night, every night to feed two children. So when my baby was born I stopped tending to my son at night, but when he did cry I would just leave him to settle himself and it worked after two nights. I threw his bottles away and he didnt even miss them. So anyway, with my second baby I decided to knock the night feed on the head very early, at eight weeks. The downside was that she was still awake at 10.30pm and feeding but by 11 she was fast asleep and when she did wake I just persuaded her to go back to sleep with her dummy and it worked. I also have a very small place to live in, I have a 1 bedroom flat and with a 4 year old and a 16 month old plus 2 adults it is very hard to let your baby just cry him/herself off to sleep. But I found that leaving your baby to cry and settle themselves really pays off. Try it, let your baby have a cry and just take yourself off to another room but keep popping in to reassure baby that you havent left them. Within a couple of nights you could be free to get a decent nights sleep.
Good luck.

Answer 9

Try tactile things under him when he sleeps. My 2nd son started sleeping through the night when he had something satiny to feel under him. My third liked soft, fluffy things, like fluffy blankets. Another thing that might work is "white noise" - something that makes a soft, constant noise. For my 2nd son I used a small clean air machine next to his crib that I picked up for under $15. It seemed to sooth him.

Answer 10

my baby slept through from 8 weeks its not relay sleeping through all babies and adults go in to light sleep you need to teach him to settle himself and i would put him to bed at 7.00 7.30 cause they can be unsettled if over tired what naps does he have ? you have to be strong and let him cry or this will be the way he sleep till hes three years old