Tell me I'm not the only one

traveltheworld

DS is 9 and a half weeks old and the longest he has ever slept at night is 4.5 hours.  I was feeling pretty ok about it until I went to a mommy group - out of 12 kids that are all within 2 weeks of DS, he is the only one who is not sleeping more than at least 6 hours at night.  DS has excellent weight gain (born at 7 lbs, now at 12.5 lbs), naps well, can sooth himself to sleep some of the time, and is a content and easy baby during the day.  He also follows a 3 hour eat/play/sleep schedule during the day - so essentially doing everything that all the baby books say that he should do, other than the STTN thing.   I feel like there is nothing much I can do to help him sleep longer at night, so I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance

Pandril19

We get a 5hr stretch at most usually.

SallySunrise

JodieLyn10:

Babies sleep longer when they are ready.nbsp; People who's babies are sleeping longer stretches may like to think that they "trained" their child to do this, but it's just not the case.nbsp; If you child is still hungry after four hours asleep, they will wake up, period!nbsp; Babies this age can't decide not to be hungry and wait to eat till the morning because momm and daddy trained them to wait.nbsp;
Don't feel bad, your LO will sleep longer stretches when he is ready and that's completely fine and normal!

This. People who think their fantastic parenting has "trained" a two month old to STTN are plain BSC. Lucky is what they are, that's it!

Bucks County Newlywed 808

Our LO was sleeping in 4 hour stretches, but the past 3 nights he went 7 hrs, 7.5 hrs and then 8 last night.  I barely slept because I thought he would wake up any moment.  I have no idea what made him sleep so long the past 3 nights, so it's probably just a fluke thing.  The only thing I can attribute it to was he took NO naps the past couple of days (despite my best efforts), and I give him a huge bottle of breastmilk before I put him down. My friend also gave me a big, fluffy blanket that I've swaddled him in the past 3 nights, so maybe it's blanket black magic!

crystalrain

We still havent reached 4 hours and my LO is also 9 weeks! You are not alone. I'm so looking forward to the day.

doggie mama

Mine STTN but not at all during the day, despite my best efforts. I think that's just the way she is. I'm certainly not doing anything different from anyone else here to get her to STTN.

pinkcallalily

My son was 15 months old before he slept over 4 hours at a time. My daughter started sleeping 8 hour stretches at 8 weeks, which is something my son didn't do until he was 22 months old. It all depends on the child.

OUKatie

Well, mine sleeps well at night generally but fusses a TON during the day. Does that help?

megs52881

Bucks County Newlywed 808:

Our LO was sleeping in 4 hour stretches, but the past 3 nights he went 7 hrs, 7.5 hrs and then 8 last night.  I barely slept because I thought he would wake up any moment.  I have no idea what made him sleep so long the past 3 nights, so it's probably just a fluke thing.  The only thing I can attribute it to was he took NO naps the past couple of days (despite my best efforts), and I give him a huge bottle of breastmilk before I put him down. My friend also gave me a big, fluffy blanket that I've swaddled him in the past 3 nights, so maybe it's blanket black magic!

Shut up!  8 hours?! I would die and go to heaven.   

ThePinkSuperhero

doggie mama:

Mine STTN but not at all during the day, despite my best efforts. I think that's just the way she is. I'm certainly not doing anything different from anyone else here to get her to STTN.

Ditto!  No idea why it's working that way!

buggal28

I am lucky to get 5 hours a night, I can tell you EXACTLY what is on at 5AM on every channel, because baby boy is like an alarm clock.  People also treat me like I am doing something wrong, but as long as the boy is healthy, I guess they are the ones who are wrong.  And I think, sometimes, since it's seen as such a "positve" and proof of good parenting, that some people may be stretching the truth a bit.  Not calling them liars but dude, I bet there is some lying going on (not you ladies, I was a lurker until today, don't want to make a bad first impression, I was refering to the OP's group of 12)