Sleeping through

[Samaras Mummy]

Hi all,

My daugher Samara is 4 months old and still isnt sleeping though. What age do bubs generally sleep through? should i be worried that she isnt yet? :confused:

[veve]

it depends I think on what you consider to be sleeping though...

what hours does she usually sleep??

xx

[Refresh]

No! Dont be worried at all! Babies generally need to wake up during the night - either for food or for comfort:) Dont let anyone tell you what your bub "should" be doing. As long as you guys are happy then follow your babies lead. She will sleep longer when she is ready.:)

[AM]

4 months is very early to expect a baby to sleep through, most children will need night feeds for the first year at least.
Just go with the flow, and let your baby tell you what she needs.

[Samaras Mummy]

Hi all,

Thankyou for you replys

veve - She usually sleeps from 9pm - 2am and then feeds and then has 2 hourly feeds till 6am and then sleeps till 10am. Sometimes she wakes up every 2 hours for a feed.

Ffrenchstar and ApprenticeMomma - Thanks for your replys and Reassurance I was getting a little worried that she wasnt getting enough milk to keep her full though the night. She is getting moved into her cot tonight so will see if that helps at all.

Thanks again :)

[soniaw]

It all depends on what you and baby are comfortable with.

I felt is was important that I lose the night feed asap as I was feeling very sleep deprived and felt that if this could be eliminated I would be far more active with my baby during the day.

So at 8 week mark I spent 5 nights with guidance of a sleep nurse getting him into a routine of sleeping through. This invovled waking him at 10.30pm and feeding him and then offering him a dummy instead of food when he woke through the night. i would try for 15 minutes to get him to go back to sleep before feeding him. By the fifth night he just started sleeping through.

But if you are happy with your baby waking then just continue what you are doing.

[Sonja]

My dd is almost 4.5 months. She has recently gone from one night wake up to three (which is common)! I've read so much on this lately but the best guide is instinct. We've tried resettling and it doesn't work, partly because I just can't bear to hear her cry during the night when I think she may be hungry. "Sleeping through" is not a milestone so there are no real guides as to when babies should do this - it comes down to when your baby is ready. You can try offering a dummy or a "rollover feed". We've done both and it's made no difference. Robin Parker has a very sensible discussion about this in Baby love which gave me reassurance that it's nothing we as mums or dads are or aren't doing that results in babies sleeping through. It is very hard when you are sleep deprived and it seems every other baby around you sleeps through. Remember, everything changes.

[AM]

O - forgot to mention, when Tyler was going through this, I happened to read a wonderful book called "Night-time Parenting" By Dr William Sears, and he explains the normal development of babies natural sleep cycles, and how they change as they age, it was very reassuring.

[jasminesmum]

My dd is 8mths old and still doesnt sleep through.
I know she will one day.It doesn't worry me a great deal as she only wakes the once usually.I give her a bottle and shes asleep within 10mins.
At least I know shes nice and full again and shes always happy to sleep for another few hours.
I just wish she would sleep past 5am.:eek:

[mummyv]

Hi Samaras Mummy

I am going through exactly the same as you at the moment! My DS has decided to wake up several times a night instead of once. We reckon it may be because he is starting teething.
It's very frustrating I know. I have decided when he does actually sleep through, I will throw a party! At this rate it may coincide with his 21st......

mummyv;)

[Foxymoron]

I don't think my DD 'slept through' for her first two years, prefering to wake for a middle-o-the-night boobie session once or twice a night. Lucky it only involved me rolling over and letting her help herself :D
Four months is still tiny weeny and fairly normal to require a night time feed or cuddle :)