When is this kid going to STTN!?!?

MrsMAF · December 2011

I have STTN envy....I hear and read about so many people who have 2 month olds or younger who STTN or at least a huge portion of it. We have a couple of good nights here and there like 2 nights ago he did a 5 hour stretch and then 3.5 hours..so I cant complain on nights like that...but last night he slept 2.5 hours for his first stretch, then 3, then up every hour. ugh. I know every baby is different, but tell me I'm not alone??? I go back to work in exactly one month, I am going to need this to get better.. LOL. Am I unrealistic to think a 2 month old should be getting close to STTN?

m&m2006 · December 2011

at 2 months, my DD was getting up at least 2xs at night. when i went back to work (after 12 weeks), she was getting up at 12:30 and 4:00pm. i'd say that by 4 months,she was STTN. you are almost there!! it's hard, but she will get there soon!

dana316 · December 2011

Caroline didn't STTN regularly until 10.5 months. I'm not holding out and hope for Parker to do it any faster than she did...

Sorry!!

lovemymonkey · December 2011

I think a 2 month old STTN is more of an exception than the rule. My DD didn't STTN until she was 4 months old and even then, it wasn't every night. I read or heard someplace that the magic number is really "12 pounds" (or something like that). Once the baby hits that weight, they can actually go through the night without a feeding.

I remember being exactly where you are now and talking to the pedi in tears saying,"When can I let her CIO? I HAVE to get some sleep! I have to go back to work in a month and I can't function like this!! :::sobbing::::" She told me to not even think about CIO until at least 4 months old and to not worry because soon enough, DD will be sleeping in longer stretches. And then 1 week before I had to return to work, DD started sleeping in longer stretches! :-)

hang in there!!!

ashonkwiler09 · December 2011

dana316:
Caroline didn't STTN regularly until 10.5 months. I'm not holding out and hope for Parker to do it any faster than she did...

Sorry!!

This exactly!

cjsbdl · December 2011

Every kid certainly is different. Henry was up every two hours or more until he was about four months old...but he was a huge baby and just needed to eat a lot. Eleanor has gotten up only once a night to eat since the day she was born. However, both of them started TRULY sleeping through the night between 9 and 10 months...by that I mean I put them down at 7pm and didn't hear from them until between 6 and 7am.

I think at two months you just have to go with the flow. As long as he's eating and going back down to sleep I think you can assume he's just hungry!

ohiostategal · December 2011

DS averaged 3 hour stretches every night until 6 1/2 months when we did sleep training. Every once in a while we got a longer stretched but they were rare. Here is the thing, at least on my month board I noticed that people posted all the time when their kid started STTN but not that they kid still got up all the time. You are not alone and I think it is VERY common for a 2 month old to be up a few times a night unfortunately. Hope it gets better soon, my last few months of no sleep were pretty miserable.

perry7285 · December 2011

my LO didn't STTN until 8 months (and after that, it was pretty short nights). until 6 months he was often up during the night for many hours--so i definitely would not expect a 2 month old to STTN any time soon.

hope your baby starts sleeping more sooner rather than later--i know it is so exhausting!

JustaKidAtHeart · December 2011

Aiden is still up between 2 and 4 times on avg a night. Many nights it is more than that. Last night was our best night to date and he was up at 11p then 4a and not again til 8a.

LisaMarisa · December 2011

DS didnt STTN consistently until he was 2. 2 years, not 2 months. DD is 10 months and not STTN. I think it is definitely unrealistic to expect a 2 month old to STTN.

amberleeb · December 2011

My DD did nit STTN until she was like 10 months old. At that age she was up at least every 2 1/2 hours. She only now sleeps from 8-5 then goes back down after a bottle for a few more hours.

kittylove · December 2011

Sleep deprevation sucks. My only advice is to not talk about it and try not to compare to friends. It was the only way I got through the really rough spots although I did b itch about it on here a lot. My son didn't STTN till 8 months and then it happened a few times and that was it till he was 2 yrs old. I feel your pain.

KiKiGee · December 2011

DS is 9.5 mos and still not STTN..... Crying

I think two things:

1. It's probably really rare for a 2mo old to STTN

2. I will bet that those that do STTN at 2 mos may not keep it up forever... I heard a lot about the "4 mo wakeful" it didn't hit for us b/c DS never STTN prior, but many folks who said their LOs did STTN prior were right w/me when the "4mo wakeful" hit.

Sleep deprivation is so hard! Hope your LO is better at STTN than mine! Wink

itsmevkb · December 2011

I don't think you're unrealistic for wanting him to sleep through the night but it's unrealistic to think a two month old will consistently sleep through the night. I was very, very lucky in that my daughter started sttn right around two and a half months but both my sons didn't sttn until a little after four months.

It will happen, just try and be patient and sleep when you can.

Sara Scissors · December 2011

Mine didn't until 18 MONTHS old...and he still has off nights at age 2. I wouldn't stress yet!

etoyama · December 2011

Heeeeellllll no, you're not alone! G isn't anywhere near STTN. And I'm jealous you get 5 hours! The most I've slept in a stretch since August is 3 hours. Aahhhhh send me to the loony bin!

Temp893722312503334 · December 2011

at 2 months, we were also up 2-3X per night. Didn't sleep through the night until 5 or so and we had some regression at 6 months.

Hang in there. I remember that it got a lot better at 3 months - I think thats when we went to only one time per night.

charmcitygirl · December 2011

Jacob started consistently STTN around 4 months - and by STTN, I mean the WHOLE NIGHT. Not 6 hours. By 3 months he was giving us long stretches and only waking once a night.

Since 4-5 months, he has STTN every night unless he was sick or teething. And that only happens every once in a while.

Good sleepers do exist. You just have to be patient!

nicolita14w · December 2011

My 16-month-old still doesn't STTN. I think 2 months is uncommon, but so is having one as old as mine who doesn't! I hope he starts STTN for you on the earlier end!

June0609 · December 2011

You are not alone. On a good night I still have to get up 2 times, typical night I have to get up 3 times, every 1.5 hour on a bad night.

schoolsoutbride · December 2011

Mine don't STTN. O didn't until almost two.

muppet.fan · December 2011

dana316:
Caroline didn't STTN regularly until 10.5 months. I'm not holding out and hope for Parker to do it any faster than she did...

Sorry!!

Ditto...13 months here for Elizabeth (except for a great stretch from 4-6 months). Probably not the norm, but STTN at 2 months doesn't seem like the norm to me either!

Yellow_Daisy · December 2011

KiKiGee:
DS is 9.5 mos and still not STTN.....
I think two things:
1. It's probably really rare for a 2mo old to STTN
2. I will bet that those that do STTN at 2 mos may not keep it up forever... I heard a lot about the "4 mo wakeful" it didn't hit for us b/c DS never STTN prior, but many folks who said their LOs did STTN prior were right w/me when the "4mo wakeful" hit.
Sleep deprivation is so hard! Hope your LO is better at STTN than mine!

This is so true! Max was a great sleeper until 4 mos hit and then he was up all the time. Now a month later he is still waking up 2 times a night whereas at 2-3 mos he was only getting up 1 time or maybe none at all. I agree with everyone else that all babies are different. Also every time I think I have Max's sleeping figured out he changes it up. We'll go from sleeping 12 hr stretch, to sleeping 4 hr stretches, to 6 hr stretches and so on and so forth. He tends to do one thing for a while and then you think ok I've got this figured out and then bam he changes it all up again.

Hang in there, your LO will get better at sleeping as he gets older.

pamela-matt · December 2011

Mine is still getting up once per night at 6 months...you will get there

kkfeb04 · December 2011

DS still gets up at least once a night at 21 months old! It's typically around 3 am. And by STTN I mean 10-7. He has never gone down before 10, we tried multiple times and just gave up since if he would go down at 8 pm he was up and ready to play at 11 pm. At 2 months old we were up at least 3 times to nurse, which he liked to take his time which means about an hour each time.

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