When did your baby begin to sleep through out the night?

Question

My baby boy is 9 weeks and for the most part he wakes up 2 times for feedings, but there are some nights where he wakes up 3 or 4 times (some for feedings others just because). I am back at work, and it is very draining. Any suggestions to help him sleep through out the night, or at least 5 or 6 consecutive hours.

Answer 1

listen moms, don't worry. My son as good of a child he is still wakes up during the night... and he's 2!
The truth is that when you baby wakes up, he needs you. Your baby, as long as you try to figure a way to let her nap earlyier in the afternoon and keep her awake until 8 or 9, will better guarantee you a restful night ( also, make sure your dont give a skimpy feeding before bedtime). Im against letting them cry thru.. why because I tried it... for about 1 minute. Even though they say, ok they get over it... what damage has really been done?? Trust is very tender... and children internally remember... Be there for them,, good luck new moms!

Answer 2

I'm not sure you can make a baby sleep. They sleep when they want to, just like with eating too... they eat when they want to also. What you will find a little more difficult and draining is when the baby goes through its growth spurts when it needs more frequent feedings. But by the second growth spurt, you'll be used to it. My baby was waking up twice a night and now she's ten weeks old and only wakes up once since about a week ago. I think in time a schedule starts to emerge on its own. You really can't force them to sleep. The one thing that might help is if your child can be entertained more during the day to allow him to be tired to sleep more at night. But again, that only goes so far, because once the kid has had enough stimultion it will want to sleep.

Good luck and I hope things work out for you!

Answer 3

At his age, 5-6 consecutive hours is considered sleeping through.

My first was 4-5 months of age.

My second was 6 weeks.

Both were exclusively breastfed.

I think it just depends on the baby, some are ready to sleep through before others. You should consider nursing him when you're laying down so that you can sleep a little at night. I know how you feel, I work full time with both my kids, it can be brutal at times! However, they're only little for such a short time.

Answer 4

my first slept through the night at 6 weeks, he was breast fed, but also had a dummy (pacifier), he failed to reach his weight gain goals and i then had to put him on a bottle. My second slept through the night from around 4 months which is also when i put him into his own room he too was breast fed, but instead of feeding by the clock as i did with my first i fed on demand, thankfully i was blessed that he did not require feeding through the night by 4 months! However, my third who is currently 16 weeks is like yours, some nights up for 2 feeds, but i have noticed a pattern, where he is up 3, 4 or even sometimes 5 times for a short feed (10 minutes) this happens every 10-14 days and i figured this is due to a growth spurt!! - Unfortunately you will just have to be patient and continue to meet his demands. In time he will eventually sleep for longer periods especially once he starts solids, which now they recommend is not until 6 months! But i started both my two other boys on solids at 14 weeks! So you know your baby you'll know when he's ready. The only other thing could be to try and keep him awake after his afternoon nap - my baby has his last nap from 1.30 till around 3/3.30 and then i keep him awake until he goes to bed at the same time as his siblings usually around 7. Hope this helps anyway. Just think in 6 months from now you'll wonder what the fuss was about! Well, that is until they get ill and you have to get up to see to them for that................. patience patience patience!!!

Answer 5

My son is 3 months old, today!! He started to sleep through the night about 2 weeks ago!! He stays up late, usually anywhere from 10:30-12:00am but once he's asleep he's sleeps through the night. The last couple of days he hasn't been getting up until around 9:00-10:00am!
Be patient, your baby will sleep through the night soon enough. Have you tried giving him cereal at his last feeding? We started to put a teaspoon of cereal in my sons last bottle when he was 7 weeks and that has helped a lot!!
Good Luck!!

Answer 6

My toddler began slumbering by the evening while he improve into 17 weeks previous. He gave up the evening feedings on his very own- first he gave up the ten pm, each week later he stopped waking for the a million am, and then 2 weeks later, at 17 weeks previous, he stopped wakign for the 4 am bottle. He did wake for short classes (in uncomplicated terms a couple of minutes) and then good returned to sleep as long as we did no longer bypass into his room- so style of a cry-it-out technique. yet he by no ability cried for long classes. he's now 6 months previous, and he's a super sleeper. we are fortunate!

Answer 7

My son is 11 weeks old and he has slept through the night one time. Every other night he wakes up one time and sleeps about 7 hours straight at night.

Answer 8

It varies from child to child. My fourth is now 14 weeks and has slept through the night a few times. My second slept for eight hours straight from the beginning (she now won't go to sleep ahhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL). The other two have started through the night by about 9 months.

Answer 9

Mine slept through the night at 2. A 9 week old is supposed to be waking frequently. He has a very small tummy and needs to be fed and then soothed back to sleep. He will sleep longer when he's developmentally ready to do so. If it works for your family, co-sleeping can help you to get more sleep.

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Answer 10

My first son didn't sleep through the night until he was a year old, my second on the other hand started to sleep through the night when he was 8 weeks old.