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When SHOULD DC sleep through the night?
or at least for 6 or 7 hours straight? we are still at every 3 or 4 if i'm lucky. thx!
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Re: When SHOULD DC sleep through the night?
Unfortunately, there is no "should" ... all babies are different and it takes some babies shorter or longer to figure it out. I know many DC's started sleeping through the night very early (6 weeks) and others don't sleep through the night consistently after 12 months, so it really varies by the baby. I can't remember how old your DD is, but she is probably still young enough that she gets hungry and needs eat periodically during the night.
Good luck- I know the long period of time with limited sleep is tough. My DS was up 5 times last night for no apparent reason, but he started sleeping through the night around 10 months.
Okay, I"m not a parent, but I was just listening to a podcast. These women wrote a book and they were talking about their babies sleeping through the night (minus being sick) Something like feeding them at 9, and then getting up at 6 (I think there was a 2:30 feeding when they were 6-8 weeks).
It had something to do with swaddeling properly and white noise. They had a video up on the site of how to swaddle the right way because most people wouldn't do it correctly (even when reading the book).
The book is called Moms on Call: Guide to Basic Baby Care (they sold it on the website and it's on amazon for cheaper...though it's sold out in both places..I was actually going to post on BOTB to see if anyone had it so I'd give it as a gift to friends) The podcast was like 25 minutes..talking about dif things like it's okay for your baby to cry sometimes. 10 minutes won't kill them. (I mean, if they're sick, that's a dif story) Don't know how long the video is.
Here is a link. It's worth a try if you want. Note, this is a religious program, but this podcast (the 1st of 4) was not overly religious. http://www.familylife.com/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=dnJHKLNnFoG&b=3789887&ct=5075827
The video is called how to properly swaddle a baby. I didn't listen to the other 3 podcasts though, so I don't know what they're about but this is called Rock-a-bye baby.
I think the only right answer is, "when they are ready." I know for a fact that Lexi and Sydney were both very different in terms of STTN. Lexi woke up a ton until she was 7 months and then STTN all of the sudden and has been ever since. Sydney never woke up more than twice (on a bad night) and usually just once - she's recently started STTN more consistently and she's 8 months.