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DBonfante

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LunaBug924

Umm...I hate you. LOL

We've had one night that she slept 11 hours. Her "usual" is 7-8 hour stretches, but the last week or so has been all over the place and she's been waking up in the MOTN, something she hasn't done since she was 5 weeks old. She's now 13 weeks old. There's no rhyme or reason since we do the same routine every night. Any changes in her sleep I usually blame on a growth spurt or leap. 

I never read that book. Maybe it's something worth looking into. I'm curious to see if anyone else responds with success stories.   

ETA: I just read a quick description of the method this book describes. Are you using it to a T, or a modified version? I'm not really down with CIO, and I don't see how a BF baby can go 4 hours between feedings during the day and then not eat at all overnight. That even sounds crazy for a FF baby at this age. Can you tell me what you're doing? I'm just curious now.  

spacepotatoes

Where is that from? I've just read that by four months, babies can go six hours without needing to be fed at night. I know many seem to go longer but I don't think it's the norm. 

ETA words.

DBonfante

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apinkpelican

Hahahahahaha we have regressed to 3-4 hr stretches at 11 weeks. Sucks. I'd take a 5 or 6 he stretch at this point.

DBonfante

Yeah he is ff. It apparently can be applied to bf babies as well but I imagine it would be way more difficult.

momthatlifts

And I thought 5 hours was good. Usually she wakes up to eat and then is hard to go back down so I put her in her swing. Then she will sleep for another 4 hours or so

DBonfante

We were getting 5 hours as well. He seems much happier throughout the day. I guess sleep will do that!

LeeLee86

^ exactly the same here. But she is EBF so 5 hrs of sleep makes me feel like a new woman lol. 12 hrs seems crazy far away right now. Glad it's working for you though.

momthatlifts

Does Blair like to play with the boob too?! Sometimes I feel like we're getting no where lol.

jenb_99

We're getting 8 hrs for the first stretch, but I'm not ready for DD to go longer than that bc it would mean constant nursing all day and evening.

ns1

Ha ha ha! I just got back our regular 3.5 hour stretch and went to bed at 7:30 to get the most of it and I feel like a new woman. I can't imagine what I would feel like with 5, 6, or ?!?!! 12 hours!

yogasailmomma

We've been back to every 3 hours at night and 2 max during the day! I was getting so spoiled by the 5-7 hour stretch at night and I had no clue how lucky I was! Wahhhh. 12 hours sounds so amazing. I hoping for her to sleep through the night before college!

purtz

We discovered this book/applied the principles for DD when she was 16 weeks old and it worked exactly as described! Easy easy easy. Working up towards it with DS who is currently EBF. Definitely worth a read if you like your sleep!

Tifers777

Ha! I wish! We used to get 8-4 and then one night we had a 8-6. Now we are back to 8-2 and 230-6.. I would love to go back to 8-4.. He only eats 4oz a feeding we are hoping he will start eating more since he's been eating that amount since 9 weeks and is almost 14..

gutsysneakers

I don't know the first thing about sleep training but DD (11 weeks) has given us 9 hour stretches the past three nights! Do you understand how awesome 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is?! Aaaaaaamaaaazing!

sparklingdiamond

KellyQ116 said:

Hahahahahaha we have regressed to 3-4 hr stretches at 11 weeks. Sucks. I'd take a 5 or 6 he stretch at this point.

Yea we have regressed to 2-2.5 hour stretches this past week.  I want my 4-5 hour stretches back!

usernewname

Oh another sleep thread. Sigh.

DS eats every 2 hours during the day, if he wants more he's welcome to more. He's a growing boy and IDGAF what time he last ate. He tells me when he's hungry. He tells me he's full.

He sleeps anywhere between 45 minutes to 3 hours during the day. Its not very consistent yet. He's down by 10:00-11 at night. Its a little late but once his daytime naps work out it will all even out.

He sleeps at night from 5-7 hours, then 2-3 after that. I don't deny him food then either. So if he wakes after 2 (like he did last night, but we were travelling), he gets food. No questions asked.

Babies don't have a consistent schedule until like 6 months. The sooner you don't force a schedule the happier you'll be. Took me a few weeks to realize I was the problem. Not my son.

ETA: my DS is EBF ... as that makes a difference in timing

sheriot

3mos here. EBF. Sleeps 2-4 hrs at a time. Recently she's been eating every two hours. I long for the day she sleeps at least 5hrs at night. That said, I'm not training her. Just making sure she's getting enough to eat and a peaceful environment at night.
Totally jealous of your little snoozers!

Arinias

My LO is 11 weeks. He actually is giving us stretches anywhere from 9-12 hours. Typically he falls alseep anywhere from 7-9p. We change his diaper when we get ready to go to bed anywhere form 10p-12a and sometimes he wakes up and eats and sometimes he does not. Then he will sleep typically 7a-9a. We did not do any type of sleep training and I would have not thought to, we just got lucky with a good sleeper. He still eats plenty during the day and has good output though, he is also gaining plenty so I am not worried about the long stretches. We are just starting him in daycare and have an irregular work schedule where some days we have to get him up at 6 and others he will sleep until he wakes on his own and I am worried this might mess his sleep schedule up a bit, but I am all for following his cues on sleep and eating times.

SweetTea420

DS is is 14 weeks old and has slept 10-12 hours for the past week without waking up to eat. I EP and he eats a ton during the day. We don't sleep train, he just does it on his own. I'm enjoying it while it lasts, because I'm pretty sure it won't stay this way!

banks81

I don't understand why so many are against sleep training.  We took my DD's cues, but helped her so that she could STTN.  She would wake up and fuss (not cry) and I learned not to go in and get her, that she was just trying to get herself back to sleep.  After a few nights of that, she stopped waking up in the MOTN.  This was about 4-5 weeks ago.  And prior to that, I was trying to feed her when she woke up at that time, but she would spit up, so I knew that she didn't need to be fed.  She now sleeps 11-12 hours every night (around 7p to around 7a).

I believe babies have to learn a lot, including how to fall asleep and how to put themselves back to sleep if they wake up.  As an example, My DD like's to chew on her hands to self soothe.  I will usually put a paci in her mouth when she goes to bed, but she will often spit it out and just go straight for the hands. She will chew on her hands during the day, too, but usually won't spit out a paci to do it.  So she has learned that this is her way to soothe herself to sleep.   And I can see on the monitor sometimes during the night that she has woken up and is doing that to fall back asleep (all without making any noises -  no fussing or crying).

All parents choose what is best for their family.  I don't feel bad for "sleep training" or, as I like to think of it, "helping my child sleep longer".  And others shouldn't feel bad either - if that's what they choose to do.

I will say that she is combo fed (formula and BM).  And when she started STTN, it was after she was completely getting bottle fed so I was able to see how many ounces she was getting.  I have no idea if we would be at this stage if I still EBF (without bottles).

usernewname

banks81 said:

I don't understand why so many are against sleep training.  We took my DD's cues, but helped her so that she could STTN.  She would wake up and fuss (not cry) and I learned not to go in and get her, that she was just trying to get herself back to sleep.

This isn't sleep training. Thats just following their cues. What doesn't sound right is letting a child flat out cry to extend the time between feedings both night and day. None of us are there yet. And I followed DS and his cues, as his stretches grew longer. Sometimes I even check on him in the night because a few hours have past - I end up waiting for him sometimes!

DS stirs and sucks his thumb during the night, he cries when he's hungry. Thats when I go in to get him. But babies wake like we do in the middle of the night, but a cry means I need you for something. Fussing/stirring is a little different.

DBonfante

jenb_99

I didn't realize when I originally commented that this was about a book. I just thought we were talking about a milestone or something. Oops.

Like some of the other PP, I don't believe in sleep training, intentionally pushing back feedings, or letting a baby (or toddler) CIO [ETA: I refer to CIO in its most basic interpretation, which just involves letting a baby cry him/herself to sleep or silence regardless of the baby's original reasons for crying]. My babies eat when they're hungry and sleep when they're tired.

Too bad you deleted the original question and revised the post, OP. This had turned into a pretty good dicussion.

lavendergiraffes

Why was this deleted? Of all the threads.....

lrmrtn

The only time we got 11 hours was after his shots. Our usual is 7-8. DS goes down between 7-8 and we wake him up around 10 and back down around 11 so his longer stretch matches our sleep schedule. I'd live for him to go down around 7-8 and stay asleep for the night. I'm tempted to not wake him but then I'd probably be up with him at 4! DS gets both boob and formula before bed and he is a big eater so this is probably why he sleeps so long.

Tifers777

Yay! Finally some drama.. Lol

CamrynnsMommy

Nothing says guilty like a DD.

banks81

lrmrtn said:

The only time we got 11 hours was after his shots. Our usual is 7-8. DS goes down between 7-8 and we wake him up around 10 and back down around 11 so his longer stretch matches our sleep schedule. I'd live for him to go down around 7-8 and stay asleep for the night. I'm tempted to not wake him but then I'd probably be up with him at 4! DS gets both boob and formula before bed and he is a big eater so this is probably why he sleeps so long.

Obviously do what works for you, but we were waking DD up around 11-12 to feed her and then just decided to let her sleep.  She eventually went longer and longer until she STTN.  And it only took about a week.  Knowing I was going back to work when she was 12 weeks was my motivation to try it early to see if it worked.  I know that would be harder to try now that I'm back at work

kat8805

Come on. If you can't handle a rational discussion with reasonable adults, then GTFO the interwebs and go live in a padded bubble. Lame.

lmccarty123

sheriot said:

3mos here. EBF. Sleeps 2-4 hrs at a time. Recently she's been eating every two hours. I long for the day she sleeps at least 5hrs at night. That said, I'm not training her. Just making sure she's getting enough to eat and a peaceful environment at night.
Totally jealous of your little snoozers!

Took the words right out of my mouth.
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typeset

kat8805 said:

Come on. If you can't handle a rational discussion with reasonable adults, then GTFO the interwebs and go live in a padded bubble. Lame.

I've yet to see evidence reasonable adults frequent TB.

busterbeagle

Note to present active M14ers: always QFP.

kristine526

busterbeagle said:

Note to present active M14ers: always QFP.

No fucking shit. We've been here for a year ladies, any potential dramz needs to be quoted so we can all sit around and make ridiculously long quote trees so the drama is easy to follow.

Rookies.

waldothewiener1

Damn. When I saw the DD I was hoping for a little more drama!

lavendergiraffes

libbylu7 said:

Why was this deleted? Of all the threads.....

@busterbeagle‌ Exactly why I said this, no need to delete at all - no one saw a need to quote.... Maybe I'll start quoting everything JIC. Bring on the crazies!!!
@-)

ETA - the bump is still drunk and won't show my picture and keeps changing my name!!!!

usernewname

We finally started discussing things again and I liked it. (

Emmagk

Our level of drama got lame if that was worth a DD. I like lurking other BMB to get drama, March 15 seems to have some good stuff on it and the old reliable first tri board. 

usernewname

Emmagk said:

Our level of drama got lame if that was worth a DD. I like lurking other BMB to get drama, March 15 seems to have some good stuff on it and the old reliable first tri board. 

There's a pot smoker on Feb 15

Emmagk

florassecret said:

Emmagk said:

Our level of drama got lame if that was worth a DD. I like lurking other BMB to get drama, March 15 seems to have some good stuff on it and the old reliable first tri board. 

There's a pot smoker on Feb 15

Pot smoking mama also dropped the r-word in another thread