Who has not truly STTN since baby was born?

Starry Again

Who has not truly STTN since baby was born?

 

By "truly" STTN I mean you get to sleep at a normal adult time and get up at a reasonable hour with no interruptions. For me this would mean 10 PM - 7 AM. But really I would take 10 PM - 6:00 AM.

The best I have gotten is 5:00 AM. And that is RARE. Like I can count on one hand rare. She does often give a long stretch but it is normally 7 PM - 3 AM.

Sillygirl85

He slept from 10 to 5 once and I woke up anyway because it made me nervous and then I couldn't fall back asleep. Our regular pattern is 8-1 and then 1:30 to 6 or 7am.

Annie Frannie

I would love your 7-3 stretch.  I have not slept through the night once.  Most nights I'm up three or four hours after his first nod off, roughly 10 or 11 pm.  Then again around 1, and again around 4:30 or 5.  Up for good at about 6 am.  

The one time I had my hopes up, boyo went down at around 7 pm and slept until 3 am.  I woke-up so awake and refreshed -- it was amazing!  That happened early last week, but has yet to repeat itself.

I have stopped hoping for an actual STTN.  I would just like a long stretch again.

It's the little things. 

stephcarter

Normally she sleeps from 8 PM - 3 AM, 3 AM - 7 AM. We've had a few 8 PM - 7 AM's (heaven!), but we've also had a few 8 PM - 1 AM, 1 AM - 5 AM, 5 AM - 7 AM nights. I'm so ready for all 8 PM - 7 AM nights...

Starry Again

Well even with our long stretch she often wakes up babbling to herself at least once which wakes me up, or fussing in between sleep cycles. So even that stretch doesn't feel so long. I too no longer see the light at the end of the tunnel regarding STTN. I just accept waking up as a fact of life.

stephcarter

Starry Again:

Well even with our long stretch she often wakes up babbling to herself at least once which wakes me up, or fussing in between sleep cycles. So even that stretch doesn't feel so long. I too no longer see the light at the end of the tunnel regarding STTN. I just accept waking up as a fact of life.

DD does the same thing. Lately I've been finding her crying and attempting to crawl in her sleep! Eyes closed and all.  

Sillygirl85

Have any of you thought about sleep training? I really can't stand the idea of letting my child cry, so I keep hanging onto the hope that he will eventually STTN on his own. But everything that I read seems to be saying that I am just allowing him to establish bad habits.

Starry Again

I attempted CIO at 6 months and it traumatized me. She would not stop crying. LOTS AND LOTS OF CRYING! We may try again at 9 months but I am putting DH in charge and sleeping in the basement.

Annie Frannie

SarahW44:

Have any of you thought about sleep training? I really can't stand the idea of letting my child cry, so I keep hanging onto the hope that he will eventually STTN on his own. But everything that I read seems to be saying that I am just allowing him to establish bad habits.

 

Just talked with DH about this tonight, actually.  I'm against it at the moment - for his middle of the night wake-times -- just because I think he's too young.   That and I'm worried if we let him CIO at night, he'll wake his very sensitive 2-year old sister.  And I worry how she would comprehend and react to his crying.  He is on a modified CIO schedule now for everything except nighttime, and that's been pretty consistent and good.  

I'm okay with him doing what he does at this stage.  I would love for him to STTN, obviously, but am also okay with getting up when he needs me at the moment.  The only shift in my mentality is the fact that I've been doing this for about 6 months straight by myself, so I'm trying to recruit DH and get him onboard to help me.  He woke-up the other night and fixed a bottle while I picked up boyo, and even just the fact I didn't have to wait for a bottle to heat-up was amazing and wonderful.  I hope this trend continues.  

nealbl

She did at first but now just uses me as as a pacifier in motn.

Mrs.G123

My three year old wakes up at least once. So yeah. Not me.

candaceleigh21

He is in bed by 9 and wakes up at 4 to eat then he goes back down till about 7 so i guess I havent.

Ziegeficker

My LO has slept from 7:30pm until 6am two or three nights of his life. But they were flukes...Every other night of his life, he is up at least once by 4am. 

pmduggan01

Nope. DS goes to sleep at 9:30 p.m. Some nights he wakes at 1:00 a.m. I can count on him waking at 5:00 a.m. for a feeding. Then he is up for real at 7:30 a.m.

We did sleep train, and that helped with getting him in the crib and not having to rock him to sleep. He does nap longer, too.

Rachelilly23

I still wake up to pee regardless of when DS2 wakes up, so no. I think I've come to terms with the fact that I will never sleep a 10-7 night again. As far as the baby goes, he's gone from 7:30-6:30 before, maybe once, and of course it was on a night that I went to bed late. I am usually in bed before 10, but he goes down at 7:30 and is usually up between 2:30-3:30, eats, and goes right back to bed until 6:30-7. I am up to pee usually twice a night.

AnotherPreggo

At 7 weeks DD STTN for 3 weeks (10pm-6am).  She has not slept longer than 4 hours since then.  (4 hours is the max in her carseat, otherwise 3 hours in her crib or in our bed)

hilsy85

Twice. Once when he was like 9 wks old (I slept from like 1030-630) and a few days ago while sleep training (I slept from 1030-6). But both of those times I woke up during the night to check the monitor or because I was engorged. 

I dream of 8 hours of truly uninterrupted sleep. 

porklump30

I have maybe twice since LO has been born - both times my mom has kept Anna overnight. LO has STTN exactly 3 times (9-5), and I still wake up each time around 3am (her normal hungry time) listening for her.

Starry Again

This post jinxed me in a good way! DD slept 7:30 to 5 last night then nursed and down again until 6:30. Still she woke me up fussing at midnight and I woke up at her normal feeding time on my own, but I will take it.

lady dixneuf

I think maybe once I did?

Dare to dream! 

hpoff33

There is no STTN in our house.  My son usually goes down around 7 and will give us one good stretch to 1 or 3, wakes up to eat, then goes back down to 5:30.  He used to go to 6am.  Jerk. 

Recently he has been waking up and fussy at 11 or 12.  We usually let him figure it out on his own and he goes back to sleep.  Still wakes us up though.

RayT1

I have not STTN in 7 months 15 days... Not even close. A typical night now DS goes to bed at 8 and is awake at 12 and 4. Our best night had a 6.5 hour stretch...but that was only once.

opaque1997

Ok though I'm sorry you all are having the same issues I am - THANK GOODNESS!  It makes me feel like - no its nothing I'm doing - its just babies being babies and I need to figure out another way to cope.  (anyone have an ideas that aren't drugs? - I leave for work at 6am - she "sleeps" until 8 or so with my husband)

We have and do sleep train - it does fix the - help me to sleep - but she still gets up sometime between 5-6 hours after going down and then again 2-3 hours after that (and then sometime between 1- 3 hours later for the day)

I'm going to try co sleeping / nursing in bed at the first wake up (she's normally in her crib utnil the first wake up then our bed for ease) - and see if we can do it so my husband doesn't wake up. And Friday / Saturday she's fussing for 5-10 minutes to see if she'll drop the first feed (Or at least extend it to 6-7 hours) 

navyandviolet

Me, sob olympics here, but I actually haven't STTN since I was pg with DS1 I'd guess its been about 30 months since I last did.