When Do Babies Sleep All Through The Night?

“When do babies sleep during the night” was the question I constantly asked parents of babies. I never got the same answer from anybody. I felt a little lost, like there was something I was supposed to do, I just wasn't sure what that was. Due to these questions that I strove with, I started kates mom to share what I've learnt.

My girl just started sleeping all through the night, boy do I feel a bit like we just won the lottery! It took 10 months to get to this point! Apparently, she should have started sleeping through the night long ago, nonetheless it just looked like she was hungry, so I kept getting up to feed her.

My husband and I got it to the point where she would drink a full bottle right before bed (somewhere between 6 and 8 oz.), and then she would get up once, maybe twice a night to eat. She never fussed and drank her bottle down and went straight back to sleep, thus my faith that she was hungry and not attempting to work me over. According to her doctor, I was nave.

She barely drinks formula during the day (but gets plenty of water so I do not worry about her liquid intake) and has been eating usually “people” food for two months now. When I took Kate for her 9 month appointment I again asked,”when do babies sleep all through the night”. I was told that when she starts eating so much table food, there's no reason for her to be getting up to eat during the night. I was guaranteed that inside a week or 2 of me letting her cry it out at night, she would learn to sleep. I waited till the weekend to start our small experiment and was hoping for the best.

When Can I Stop Asking,”When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night“?

The 1st night she cried at 1am and I went into her room, soothed her by rubbing her back and giving her a pacifier (I strongly recommend the MAM pacifier) and left. She cried. I waited 5 minutes and repeated the procedure. I did pick her up to try to soothe her better, put her back in her crib and waited. She cried. I waited 10 minutes, and repeated the procedure. We probably did this for about an hour and a half, and then she slipped asleep out of exhaustion and she was out till morning.

Not bad I thought. The subsequent night was better. I probably only had 45-50 minutes of relaxing. And the following night I didn't hear a peep. She had finally slept through the night!

Now she wakes each couple of nights, generally because she can not find her pacifier and wants a little help (and occasionally a quick hug). But I feel just like we passed a serious marker. You will get there too! It feels like it is never going to happen, and it's horrible listening to your baby cry (I definitely endorse going back in to check; I know some parents who will not go back in and that would make me too twitchy, plus I wanted my girl to understand that I'd come when she required me, but that I meant business about her sleeping), however it does. Thank goodness!

Pretty Soon You Can Also Stop Asking, “When Do Babies Sleep Through the Night? “.

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