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When did your baby sleep all the way in the night?

My son is 4 months old. He still gets up for a bottle at least 2 times in the night. Is this ok, or should I do something to help him not get up to eat in the night? What do ya'll do with your baby? What can I do to get him to not wake up for a feeding? When did your baby sleep through the night continuously?

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  1. My first didn't until TEN MONTHS (oy vey!) and my second started at around 4 months. My personal take is to feed your baby when they ask for it (even if it's rough getting up through the night) and they will settle into a sleep pattern eventually. I would not suggest giving them solids or cereal in their bottle - four month is too young for solids, and they can choke on cereal in the bottle. Chin-up, mom, it doesn't last forever.
  2. theres not much you can really do - he wouldnt wake up for those 2 feedings if he didnt need them. hes just an awfully hungry boy! my son started sleeping through the night at 2 1/2 months, and is 4 months now. my sisters baby is 5 months and still doesnt sleep through the night so it all depends on what they need. make sure his belly is nice and full before bed but if he still wakes up, you know his body needs that food. and it also depends what you think is night. if hes going to sleep at 10, waking up at 12 for a bottle and sleeping through til six and eating again., or something similar, this is actually quite normal. sleeping through the night for babies is considered 1 stretch of 6 hrs. if they sleep longer, great. if not, hes not just waking up to bug you. some will probably say to give him a bit of cereal in his bottle before bed to make him stay fuller longer but i asked my sons pediatrician about that and she said NOTHING before 6 months because there is now research proving that babies given cereal, rice or baby food before 6 months leads to food, environmental and animal allergies later in life. good luck and i hope he sleeps well for you soon.
  3. My middle son didn't sleep all night until he was four yeas old. He was potty trained at two, but I don't think that was what was keeping him awake. This child did not want to sleep at all. When he was small, I would put him down for a nap and 20 minutes later, he was up ready to go. His nights were like that, too. When he got into his teen years, I had everything I could do to make him get out of bed. Go figure.
  4. My first one was 1 year old before he started sleeping through the night! The second one was 2 or 3 months and the 3rd one was about 4 months. What helped me was making sure the baby was good and tired before putting him/her down which means keeping them awake most of the evening and of course full stomach and clean. The second thing I found was that the babies slept better in their own room than in mine except the first one , NOTHING ever worked with him.
  5. Some babies are as early as six months. But, I am one of the lucky ones....mine were nine to twelve months! Bottle fed babies are usually on the earlier end of sleeping through the night. But I don't know much about bottle feeding babies. I breastfed. Some things that I did later on to get them to wake up less was to change their diaper in the dark (just the light from their mobile or night light). I them pat their backs or tummies and sometimes even lightly hum or sing to them. Remember that if they sleep from midnight to 5 or 6am that is medically considered sleeping through the night. Though us parents don't always consider that a full night! Good luck with your little one!
  6. From what my pediatrician has told me, 5 hrs is considered sleeping through the night. My boy is 2 months old and he has been doing 5-6 hr stretches for 2 weeks now, sometimes 7-8 on a great night:). I try to make him as active as possible during the day until as late as I can (keeping noises and lights on all the time) and then at night turn the lights low, have minimal noise, maybe give him a warm bath every night before his usual bedtime, and boom, he's out for the count. Sometimes he'll still wake up so I just feed him in the dark & keep it quiet and he usually is back out within 20 minutes. If your baby is still getting up in the night it surely is ok...he's hungry! Is he eating enough at each sitting..maybe that would prevent him from having to keep getting up to eat so often. It seems totally normal though....geez, I still get up for a midnight snack too haha! Good luck!!
  7. my first som slept tho the night from the day we brought him home from the hosbital. but my youngest son did not sleepo tho the night until he was almost 7 monthes old. it all depends on when you start feeding them solids and how there personailty is
  8. My son was sleeping through the night by age 5 months. His last feeding (about 6 ounces of formula) was about 10:30 PM. (We would actually wake him to give it to him). The pediatrician told us that if he woke in the night to let him cry though it. Lots of times he would wake & cry a little then go back to sleep. Sometimes he would cry a little more & we'd give him a bottle. I know it seems cruel to let them cry it out, but you may be getting your child in the habit of waking twice a night. On the other hand, you also have to follow your mommy instincts and if they say "my baby needs milk" then you should listen to them. A final note for you- my son is now 15 almost 16 months old, and we still have these periods every few months where he wakes in the middle of the night, so if you manage to get through this period, know that there will be another somewhere down the road...
  9. Both of my older two girls slept through the night when they were about 3 or four months old, then a few months later they started waking up at night again. I don't know why this happens, except that as they grow their needs for food and sleep change and they start waking up at night again. I now have a 6 week old girl who is starting to sleep through the night quite often. Although I don't expect that to last I do enjoy some nights of sleep. It's funny, my little baby sleeps through the night (she'll eat late at like 10 or 11pm and wake up at 6 or 6:30am) and my 18month old wakes up at night ( I think she's teething though). I have never successfully breastfed although I try with every one of my babies. So, usually when my baby eats at night I let her eat a lot and it helps her sleep longer.
  10. Honestly, I think it depends on the baby. It has nothing to do with solids (that's what the science says anyway.) Both my babies were breastfed. My first, we did CIO when he was 4 months old and that's when he started sleeping continuously. My second was 6 weeks when he started sleeping 8 hours a night. You could have knocked me over, I kept waiting for him to get up again, and every night he would sleep at least that long. So, I think it just depends on the baby.
  11. We were lucky, he was sleeping all night around 8 or 10 weeks old with occasional nights where he would wake up once. I don't think we had anything to do with it, the boy just didn't like to nap all day so he was exhausted at night. When you feel comfortable, try to drop one of the nightime feedings or see if your son can calm himself back to sleep without a feeding. He might cry for a while before he calms himself back to sleep. He'll be sleeping through the night soon enough...and congratulations on the birth of your child.
  12. that ok if your baby still get sup for a bottle at 4 months , my son slept through the night at about 3 months he still got up for bottle 3x a night.. my daughter slept throgh the night at 1 month ..