my 4 month old was 6 weeks early...is she physically capable of sleeping through the night?

Answer 1

Babies will sleep through the night when they are developmentally ready. It is not something you need to "train" them to do.

Even if she wasn't a premie, I'd tell you not to expect a 4 mos old to sleep through the night. Babies are growing so fast and working so hard to double birthweight in the first 6 months. I always tell parents not to expect the child to sleep through prior to 6 mos of age. And you should know that it is totally normal to not sleep through the night for the entire first year.

Answer 2

my son was 5 weeks early, is 13 weeks right now and sleeps for 7 hours in the night I honestly feel that the only reason he does this is because he is a big eater. He eats 6 oz every 3 hours and sleeps from 11:30- 6:30 every day for 3 weeks now. He was 6lbs 9 oz when he was born and is now 18 lbs 4 oz -- no joke, no cereal, just formula. I really think that your daughter is capable of sleeping through the night, but she needs to do it on her own-- theres nothing you can do.

Answer 3

Your child should be physically capable of sleeping through the night even though she was born premature. For my child, we swaddled her from 2 weeks until almost 6 months. She would fight us when we would start to swaddle her then would immediately calm down and sleep throughout the night beginning at about 2 weeks(she was sleeping 6 hours then). We found the book the Happiest Baby on the Block helpful. It tells how to swaddle a baby(this took us several attempts to master) and gives other ideas on how to help your child to sleep through the night. Good luck. I hope you will finally get a good night's sleep!

Answer 4

each infant is distinctive. i think of docs say 6 months as an conventional. My daughter became untimely, and became ingesting each 2 hours on the dot for the 1st 4 months (breastfeeding), yet she slept 8 hours at night from approximately 2 months on. She might wake each each so in many cases if she became sick or could not circulate back to sleep, yet for the main area, if she woke up, she might usually circulate back to sleep interior 3 minutes or so. each so often, i might hear her cry, and that i might upward push up away from mattress and with the aid of the time I made it down the hallway to her room (short hallway), she'd already be asleep back, so i began out waiting 5 minutes, and if she stop fussing, i might circulate get her. She's virtually 2 now, and has been dozing nicely at night this entire time.

Answer 5

No, not yet, and you should never try to force a baby to sleep through the night until they do so first. But even if she starts sleeping through the night on her own, don't be surprised if she starts waking up again. Babies constantly growing, and so need constant energy and will go through phases where they need to eat at night. And don't forget that since your little one was premature, physically she may be behind her chronological age for awhile.

Answer 6

depends on the baby. It's not something you can force them to do. Now that you are a parent, you shouldn't expect a full night's sleep until your child moves out of the house. ;)

Answer 7

Depends on the baby i would say no,babies are on a time schedule when they get hungry or wet their diaper they cry, and will need tending to.

Answer 8

she should be. but not all babies do that at six weeks. they are all different.