It's kind of amazing to me how there seems to be this huge difference between what all the "experts" say about infant sleep (baby should be sleeping through the night after the first few months, otherwise the parents are doing something wrong!!), and the real-life stories I hear from parents all around me (that many, many kids don't STTN till they're between 1-2 years old).
D has been waking about once every 2-3 hours for the entire past month. He's always woken up at least 1-2 times a night, but this past month it's been pretty bad. I kept thinking, "He's almost 9 months old, shouldn't he be sleeping better than this??" but then I have friends who tell me about their kids, or their friends' kids, who are the same age or older and doing the same thing.
So I'm curious, and am hoping you Momaroos out there will help me out. Leave a comment telling us at what age your children started sleeping through the night somewhat consistently (I'll define "sleeping through the night" as one full 8 hour stretch for the purpose of this poll). I'd like to see what the numbers are. Thanks! =)
Comments (2)
#1 - 2 1/2 months. It was heaven. Haha!
#2 - Around 9 or 10 months. He would wake up a few times a night looking for his pacifer. After we took it away, he would sleep all night.
#3 - He's 2 weeks away from his 1st bday and he's up usually every few hours. He's the only one I've breastfed and co slept with. I'm sure that makes a little bit of a difference.
2 months