Does your baby sleep through the night??

Question

This is like the £300,000.00 question, but HOW DO HELP MY 6MONTH OLD SLEEP THROUGH?

im so jealous of other people whos babies sleep through regardless of their age!!

is it something im doing wrong?

She drinks about 5-6 8oz bottles of SMA GOLD during 24hours, has baby rice at about 8am...naps averige of 3hours a day....(normally 9am 1pm and 5pm)

i always bath hr and put her to bed at around 8- 8.30..is this too late??

then ill wake her up at 11pm sharp give her milk and put her back to sleep..she will wake up at 3.30 am without fail...drink milk and then sleep and be up playing and laughing at 6am!!

Im at the end of my tether...i need sleep!!! and im starting to crack!

please help if you have had this problem and overcome it? what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

not quite yet he's 9 weeks has a bottle wile asleep at 10/10.30pm then wakes at 4/4.30 am then again at 7am not bad for his age

Answer 2

Yes he does, of course he's 22 now.

Answer 3

MY 2 1/2 YEAR STILL DOESNT SLEEP THROUGH, SHE WAKES 3xs A NIGHT!!!!

Answer 4

My son has slept through the night since he was 1 week old but from birth i have put him to bed straight away after his 9pm feed whether he is awake or not and if he cried, i let him cry it out for 10 mins max then i would go up and rub his belly but i didnt talk to him until he calmed down, then left him another 10 mins but he usually went to sleep after i had been up. from 1 week old he learnt to just go to sleep straight away and now he never cries when i put him to bed and sleeps right through until i wake him up. i know its a bit late but it could work if you try this. try to get as much sleep in the day as you can. good luck.

Answer 5

luck of the draw.

Answer 6

she should be eating more solids at 6 months old lots more, she should be having a breakfast and a lunch or tea and she Will need more than baby rice at this age too.

she is waking in the night because she is hungry try giving her some pured veg or a jar at tea time and a yogurt or some fruit for pudding she can have finger foods in the day time too like toast plain biscuits or rusk or sliced banana.

for breakfast they can have weetabix mixed with warm cows milk at 6 months try this and she should sleep better in the night good luck      

Answer 7

My little one started sleeping through from day one, but when she was a week old we found out she had a medical condition that meant she had to be fed every 6 hours.  Which goes up to 8 hours when she is 4 months.

We would wake her every 5 hours, to be on the safe side.  Now she is so used to being up every 5 hours that she wakes up right on schedule.

She is now 11 weeks, but when she is four months we are going to have to start trying to get her to sleep though again.

I've heard that giving them water when they wake through the night is supposed to help, this is what I am going to try.  Soon enough they realise that it's pointless getting up because they was milk, not water.  

You could give this a shot.

Also, maybe try not to let him sleep though the day so much, he may not need it.

Solid food could help too.  He could be a hungry baby.

Good Luck :]

Answer 8

If shes laughing and playing and not crying shes probably just not tired and has some energy! thats part of being a mom, if you feed her at 330 and shes up at 6 thats 3 hours, time to feed her again. change her diaper give her a nook and rock her back to sleep. Its normal.  

Answer 9

Ok you sound just like I did when my son was like the same... Try this, dont' give her the 5pm nap and around 5-6pm give her a warm bath with lavendar baby wash and then in a lowly lit room dry her and put lavendar lotion on her and dress her in her pajamas, hold her and feed her.  then by 630ish lay her down in her bed and turn on some soft lullaby music and let her put herself to sleep.  By eliminating her last nap and creating a routine and putting her to bed earlier she will be less overtired and just sleepy!!  then she will sleep more rested and more than likely sleep thru until at least 7 am.  also when you hear her awake,let her play in her crib alone don't jump up and run in wait for 30 min or so, so she learns self comforting...  Good luck!!  It worked for me and my son is 13months old now and stll going to bed at 630PM and sleeps until 7-9AM!!!  

Answer 10

they go through phases where they will sleep through and then wont. haveing a set routine every day will help. i stopped wakeing her up for her feeding when she was around 3 months unless she woke up and she started to sleep through more and more. i also took her for a walk before i was getting her ready for her bedtime.  

Answer 11

when your child is ready to sleep through i am sure she will every child is different some sleep through from birth and some don'tt all of mine settled down around 4 months with no problems some will change again after they do settle down so dont worry your time will come  

Answer 12

When my daughter was 6weeks old i started to feed her every 3 hours if she was sleeping i would wake her up 2 feed her & she slept all night. hope this help :) gd luck

My daughter sleeps frm 7.30pm - 10.30am n i agree with 1 of the answers below about needing more soild food n the lavender bath :)

Answer 13

Maybe change your formula to the next up SMA White (for hungrier babies) and don't wake her! I have been my sons worst enemy for hovering over him. The best advice I got was if my baby sleeps leave him to wake naturally! He now sleeps from 6pm till around 11pm, then goes till 5am (I start work at 7.30 am) I was constantly worried about his fluid intake but hes well nourished during the day. I noticed he slept much better when he went to my mums and she advised to leave him be and told me off for pestering him!! She is a Health Visitor but even with that support I have.......its still trial and error. Good luck and it won't last forever. Its the hardest thing I have ever done and just when you think you've got the hang of it.....weaning!! xx

Answer 14

She needs to be on more solids that just rice at bed time, Give her 2-3 meals a day and make some proper, not baby porridge about half an hour after bed time.

Some babies just dont sleep, My mates daughter was the same, my nephew is the same too (Theres only like a month in between all 3 babies, mine my friends and my sisters) both there health visitors said to leave them to cry in the night, or settle them but do not feed them as it is a habit that they are waking up.

But it is easier said than done when they are screaming at 3 in the morning.

I mean you could look at it this way, My daughter sleeps through almost every night which is brilliant, but she refuses to nap during the day, so it is impossible to get anything done properly as she wants to be attached to me constantly.

EDIT: I tottaly agree with the answer above me :)