What does STTN mean to you?

pregarella · August 2011

For those moms who say their LOs are STTN, what does that mean to you? How many hours?

My LO has been sleeping 7-8 hour stretches for several weeks now, but last night she got a 9.5 hour one in. I finally started feeling like that is more so STTN.

What is the longest they will generally go? A friend said her baby sleeps 12 hours every night, but I wasn't sure if that meant that he doesn't wake up at all to feed.

kimbo1216 · August 2011

For me. It would mean she went down at 10 or 10:30 and didn't wake until about 6am. That would be heaven!!!

SarahP15 · August 2011

Even though the definition is 5-6 hours straight, I will consider him sleeping through the night when he's sleeping when I go to bed and still asleep when I wake up in the morning.

DaisyJanie · August 2011

I know the "official" definition is 6 hours, but my DS does that most nights and I don't really consider it STTN (though I am grateful for that much). He'll often do 10-4 or 9-3, but if I have to get up at 4 a.m. that's not sleeping through the night! He's gone 10 hours every so often, and one time he did almost 11 hours - I started to get a little worried at that point!

MammaBear81 · August 2011

I consider STTN to be at least 8 hours (no waking to feed) because that is what I need to function well! DS is STTN, but the rest of the kids sleep 11-12 hours at night. When DS does that, I will be one happy mama! (That usually doesn't happen until about 6 months for my kids)

DowagerCountessofNJ · August 2011

For me it means when I put her down for the night she doesn't get up until the morning. DD sleeps from 8:30 to 6:30-7 every night.

LexGator · August 2011

Well, this is coming from someone with a baby who hasn't gone more than 4 hours (and rarely goes that long), but I'd consider 6+ hours STTN if those hours were in the middle of the night (not, like, 7 pm-1 am...but 12 am-6 am).

That said, my standards are very low because STTN is something we haven't even come remotely close to in 11 weeks.

just kita · August 2011

LexGator:
Well, this is coming from someone with a baby who hasn't gone more than 4 hours (and rarely goes that long), but I'd consider 6+ hours STTN if those hours were in the middle of the night (not, like, 7 pm-1 am...but 12 am-6 am).
That said, my standards are very low because STTN is something we haven't even come remotely close to in 11 weeks.

Agreed! If he's asleep before midnight and sleeps until 5am I consider that STTN in my house!

gymnst1013 · August 2011

It's not so much hours to me as not waking up until daylight Although I would say if he sleeps from 9p - 5a, even though it's still dark at 5a, I would consider that STTN. He was doing so well with 6-8 hours consistently until the last 3 nights. Now he's back to waking every 3 or so hours Crying

jcsumm0 · August 2011

SarahP15:
Even though the definition is 5-6 hours straight, I will consider him sleeping through the night when he's sleeping when I go to bed and still asleep when I wake up in the morning.

This. ONCE she slept from 11-6:30, but she usually goes to bed around 10/11 and is up around 2/3, 5/6, 8/9, then up for the day.

sunshine336 · August 2011

SarahP15:
Even though the definition is 5-6 hours straight, I will consider him sleeping through the night when he's sleeping when I go to bed and still asleep when I wake up in the morning.

This was my mentality too although the last 2 nights with a 6 hour stretch each night felt so good that I called it STTN. I think part of it too is that M is falling back asleep faster too vs. before when not only was she waking every 2-3 hours but we'd also be up for an hour or sometimes more before she went back down. If I can go back to sleep within a half an hour of being woken up it goes a long way to me feeling rested in the morning.

mrs mosby · August 2011

LexGator:

Well, this is coming from someone with a baby who hasn't gone more than 4 hours (and rarely goes that long), but I'd consider 6+ hours STTN if those hours were in the middle of the night (not, like, 7 pm-1 am...but 12 am-6 am).

That said, my standards are very low because STTN is something we haven't even come remotely close to in 11 weeks.

I feel your pain! DD usually sleeps for 4 hour stretches. On a good night it's 5.

cookierlr1 · August 2011

For us he is sleeping 10-4:30, we pop a pacifier in and he goes back to sleep until 7:30ish. We're hoping to get rid of the 4:30 pacifier pop lol It's not perfect but when previous nights we were up every 1-3 hours we think this is Heaven : )

hepcats · August 2011

Generally STTN means 6 hour stretches. I got my first one last night!

Woot. Hopefully that's a sign of good things to come since I go back to work on 9/6.

bumpuser924057 · August 2011

Mine has been going down in the crib for the night at 11:30 and sleeping until somewhere between 6-8 AM. I can't usually get MYSELF to fall asleep at 11:30 because I'm still convinced that he won't stay asleep and all the little sounds in the house keep me up for a while.

MustanGTbaby13 · August 2011

5 hours.... and she has only done it 3 times

amberpro · August 2011

SarahP15:
Even though the definition is 5-6 hours straight, I will consider him sleeping through the night when he's sleeping when I go to bed and still asleep when I wake up in the morning.

This is how I feel, too. I didn't consider LO's 6 hour stretches to be STTN because I was still getting up at 3 or 4am. I started considering him STTN when he was going 10pm-6am.

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