Do Babies sleep like babies?
Discussion
So the media, publications, the internet and the general public would have you think that babies sleep through the night, will go to bed at 7pm and not whimper, murmur, or wake until 7am.
I have a 9 month old daughter and she has never consistently slept through the night, she has on the occasional night, and sometimes for a few nights in a row but normally wakes at least once every night.
This is obviously hard work and we have tried several different "sleep training" techniques which have all tended to improve matters but we have never got the golden 7-7 sleep routine.
So I wanted to ask the parents of Pistonheads, did your children consistently sleep through the night at 9 months? (or is my baby just odd?)
There seems to be enough people out there who also struggle so I was wondering how common it was...
thanks!
I have a 9 month old daughter and she has never consistently slept through the night, she has on the occasional night, and sometimes for a few nights in a row but normally wakes at least once every night.
This is obviously hard work and we have tried several different "sleep training" techniques which have all tended to improve matters but we have never got the golden 7-7 sleep routine.
So I wanted to ask the parents of Pistonheads, did your children consistently sleep through the night at 9 months? (or is my baby just odd?)
There seems to be enough people out there who also struggle so I was wondering how common it was...
thanks!
First son took 3 months to sleep from 2200-0700
Second son is now 2 months old and sleeping 2100-0700 already
Is your child sleeping much during the day?
FWIW, I'd ignore the media interpretation of babies. If you believed them you'd think that nappy time was a peaceful moment of bonding rather than a race to beat the grinning baby before it urinates over you while you're wrist deep in poop
Second son is now 2 months old and sleeping 2100-0700 already
Is your child sleeping much during the day?
FWIW, I'd ignore the media interpretation of babies. If you believed them you'd think that nappy time was a peaceful moment of bonding rather than a race to beat the grinning baby before it urinates over you while you're wrist deep in poop
Crush said:
First son took 3 months to sleep from 2200-0700
Second son is now 2 months old and sleeping 2100-0700 already
Is your child sleeping much during the day?
FWIW, I'd ignore the media interpretation of babies. If you believed them you'd think that nappy time was a peaceful moment of bonding rather than a race to beat the grinning baby before it urinates over you while you're wrist deep in poop
Second son is now 2 months old and sleeping 2100-0700 already
Is your child sleeping much during the day?
FWIW, I'd ignore the media interpretation of babies. If you believed them you'd think that nappy time was a peaceful moment of bonding rather than a race to beat the grinning baby before it urinates over you while you're wrist deep in poop
22:00!!
21:00!!!!
That's not sleep training or establishing a routine. That's just letting them go till they drop...
Fotic said:
Both our two were consistently sleeping for 12 hours from about 5 months on. I can't pass on any tips though, they just did it!
Nah, you're not giving yourself enough credit. Babies respond to the environment and signals given off by the parent. If you've had two do the same then that is even more suggestive that you are getting it right from a parenting pov.drgoatboy said:
DoubleSix said:
By 9 months? Yes.
I suspect if I could see what you were actually doing I'd be able to tell you where you are going wrong. But without going all 'supernanny' and actually observing it's hard to advise properly.
Are you an expert or just an experienced parent?I suspect if I could see what you were actually doing I'd be able to tell you where you are going wrong. But without going all 'supernanny' and actually observing it's hard to advise properly.
Thanks for everyones inputs, I wasn't really looking for help (thanks for offering though) just wondered what the common experiences were.
We've read the books and do everything we think to be right (bedtime routine, dark room, right temperature, put down awake etc, etc)
Looks like a fair few others struggle too, can anyone else tell their experiences to build a better picture (wish I knew how to do a poll on here!)
We've read the books and do everything we think to be right (bedtime routine, dark room, right temperature, put down awake etc, etc)
Looks like a fair few others struggle too, can anyone else tell their experiences to build a better picture (wish I knew how to do a poll on here!)
BoRED S2upid said:
By 9 months for us it depended if a tooth was brewing he seems to have had at least one tooth every fortnight and they bother him so he will be asleep at 7 awake at 2 a shot of calpol and 30 mins later back asleep till 7:30. When there isn't a tooth brewing he will sleep 7-7.
We shyed from Calpol as it's banned in so many countries.drgoatboy said:
Thanks for everyones inputs, I wasn't really looking for help (thanks for offering though) just wondered what the common experiences were.
We've read the books and do everything we think to be right (bedtime routine, dark room, right temperature, put down awake etc, etc)
Looks like a fair few others struggle too, can anyone else tell their experiences to build a better picture (wish I knew how to do a poll on here!)
Do you go into them at night to comfort them?We've read the books and do everything we think to be right (bedtime routine, dark room, right temperature, put down awake etc, etc)
Looks like a fair few others struggle too, can anyone else tell their experiences to build a better picture (wish I knew how to do a poll on here!)
They're all different at the end of the day.
We're currently suffering at the mercy of our 15 month old who up until quite recently was doing well, down around 7-8pm maybe wake once and through until 6-7am. But having now been at nursery for a few months and had every bug going doesn't seem to want to sleep for more than a few hours straight
Luckily our three year old sleeps all night though we went through it with him in the early days. For him the whole controlled crying / sleep training thing worked well in the end but it takes a few eureka moments for it all to click together.
Problem is repeating this for the 15 month old would make sense but if we had her screaming in the middle of the night then it would eventually disturb the eldest's sleep and we'd be doubly screwed so it's quite difficult to know what to do.
We're currently suffering at the mercy of our 15 month old who up until quite recently was doing well, down around 7-8pm maybe wake once and through until 6-7am. But having now been at nursery for a few months and had every bug going doesn't seem to want to sleep for more than a few hours straight
Luckily our three year old sleeps all night though we went through it with him in the early days. For him the whole controlled crying / sleep training thing worked well in the end but it takes a few eureka moments for it all to click together.
Problem is repeating this for the 15 month old would make sense but if we had her screaming in the middle of the night then it would eventually disturb the eldest's sleep and we'd be doubly screwed so it's quite difficult to know what to do.
Both ours did but I'll admit we cheated....when my eldest was about six months old we'd not had a solid nights sleep in six months so we decided to treat ourselves to a night nanny for a couple of nights. Purely so we could have two nights kip!
After reading about it we ended up booking one for a week and after three days my son was sleeping through solidly and has done ever since (he's now 5). We did the same with my daughter who is three.
My wife was very anti any assistance (she's a trained nurse/midwife) but it worked wonders.
Night nannies are about £100 a night....the £300 we spent on the first one with my son is quite possibly the best £300 I have spent in my life.
There's no magic to it but as I understand it when you go in and see your children in the middle of the night it's conditioning them to want/expect it. What they basically need to do is learn to go back to sleep on their own if they wake up. What the night nannies do is not that difficult but it involves being up for three nights solid which is not that easy when you haven't slept properly for six months and then have to cope with the kids or your job the next day!
After reading about it we ended up booking one for a week and after three days my son was sleeping through solidly and has done ever since (he's now 5). We did the same with my daughter who is three.
My wife was very anti any assistance (she's a trained nurse/midwife) but it worked wonders.
Night nannies are about £100 a night....the £300 we spent on the first one with my son is quite possibly the best £300 I have spent in my life.
There's no magic to it but as I understand it when you go in and see your children in the middle of the night it's conditioning them to want/expect it. What they basically need to do is learn to go back to sleep on their own if they wake up. What the night nannies do is not that difficult but it involves being up for three nights solid which is not that easy when you haven't slept properly for six months and then have to cope with the kids or your job the next day!
Cheib said:
There's no magic to it but as I understand it when you go in and see your children in the middle of the night it's conditioning them to want/expect it. What they basically need to do is learn to go back to sleep on their own if they wake up.
Exactly. That's what my question was getting at.All the Nanny is doing is taking advantage of a little emotional detachment and experience.
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