It really depends on the baby - He should be sleeping some longer stretches but by all means, he's probably too young to STTN just yet. Avery was doing WONDERFULLY until a few weeks ago and has reverted to waking up at 3-4 am every night.
And FWIW - Dr's "define" STTN as 12-5am... go figure
Well, I think that unfortunately they "consider" STTN 6 hours straight, which to any normal person, isn't really STTN.... Jenna slept 6 hour stretches after about 8 weeks, but still, at one, often goes down at 7 pm or 8 pm and wakes up around 4 am... I'm still waiting for a nice 12 hour stretch at night....
Caleb just turned one year and started STTN about a week ago. Most babies don't take that long to do it, but for whatever reason, he did. I must say, it is WONDERFUL! Everything is so much easier when you aren't tired all the time! However, just b/c they start STTN doesn't mean it will be consistent....teething and sickness cause them to wake again.
Re: When did you DC start STTN?
It really depends on the baby - He should be sleeping some longer stretches but by all means, he's probably too young to STTN just yet. Avery was doing WONDERFULLY until a few weeks ago and has reverted to waking up at 3-4 am every night.
And FWIW - Dr's "define" STTN as 12-5am... go figure
I just got an email from babycenter saying that "at 6 months your baby should be sleeping through the night - meaning 5-6 hour stretches"
so - yeah, you're lucky he's sleeping that much already!