S/O STTN: In what way does your LO sleep?

beh3e · December 2012

As in, what makes up your LO's sleeping habits? What time do they go to bed? What do they sleep in (RnP, PnP, crib, etc.)? Do you adjust their atmosphere in any way (elevated mattress, fan blowing, music, etc.)? Do you use a pacifer? Do you swaddle? Do you nurse/feed right before bed? Anything else?

I'm just curious if any of these things have any bearing on your LO sleeping longer. Did you notice any difference when you introduced any of these variations?

Jax sleeps in a RnP, swaddled, with a fan blowing, and a pacifier. I nurse him right before bed, but he's not necessarily asleep when I put him down. He goes to bed between 8 and 9, and usually sleeps 8-9 hours.

PortermansWifey · December 2012

Andrew falls asleep around 9 when I'm holding him while watching tv. Around 10 or 11 we will change his diaper and put him in a onesie and swaddle him. I will nurse him and give him a paci when he finishes and we all go to sleep together. He sleeps in the bed with DH and I and will normally wake up between 2 and 4 to eat and then back to sleep until about 7 or 8.

jlh2716 · December 2012

Arielle usually nurses to sleep around 10 p, then kind of wakes up around 12a for a quick, drowsy feed. This is usually when we go to bed, so she nurses to sleep in bed. She'll wake up around 7a to eat, then we'll dose off til around 9a for her big breakfast. So, 7 hrs uninterrupted, followed by a 1.5-2 hr nap.

We bed-share. No swaddling or paci, just lights out and the boob:)

bosha711 · December 2012

I nurse DD around 8 & she's usually down for the night by 9, the latest. She sleeps on her belly in the bassinet next to my side of the bed, unswaddled. I usually walk around with her on my shoulder before putting her down.

She wakes b/w 4 & 6 am to eat, then is back down till 7:50 am ish.

She has been doing naps primarily in her bassinet lately, too, b/c she suddenly hates the swing...sigh.

GRMama24 · December 2012

Our little one goes to bed around 9 and usually sleeps until 11pm (I am usually holding him for this time period or he is laying on me as I am not sleeping yet-one of our bonding times). Then we change him and I nurse him and he goes into his bassinet that is right next to our bed on my side. He usually wakes up again between 2-3AM and I nurse him again, then goes back into his bassinet. Sometimes he ends up sleeping with us if I fall asleep during the feeding since I nurse laying down. He wakes up again between 4-5 and I nurse again, then get up for work at 5AM. He usually sleeps a few more hours at his nannies until 8-9AM.

We keep him swaddled throughout the night when he is at home. He does not use a pacifier at home either, but does for the car ride/next sleep period at his nannies. Every once in a while we will get a 5 hour stretch of sleep but that is the most we have gotten so far. He does not cry during the night and goes right back to sleep so that helps a lot. Plus, we use cloth diapers so he does not need to be changed unless he poops, too.

noloveintennis · December 2012

AJ has been sleeping in his crib since he was 1 week.

He eats 5-7oz between 8 and 9pm, and goes to bed a little after that. He usually "talks" and smiles at me for half an hour before he gets sleepy. I put him down in his crib, drowsy but awake. He usually falls asleep in seconds and sleeps until 5:30-6:30am.

I have a humidifier in his room and a turtle that projects stars on the ceiling. He usually does not have his pacifier when I put him down. I rock him with it, and when he lets it fall out I know he is ready to fall asleep in his crib.

He has been sttn for the past three weeks, ever since he started drinking 5oz bottles instead of 3oz.

JessAndTrav · December 2012

Nathan sleeps in a RnP and swaddled. He almost always eats right before bed, and he gets tired anywhere from 8-10pm, and almost always completely asleep by 10:30. He wakes anywhere from 7-9am for the most part.

He started STTN on his own. We have this little dog that make a white noise sound, and we used to use that, but we don't even need it anymore. He's just a sound sleeper, aka rockstar.

GRMama24 · December 2012

Holy cow! It sounds like we have some great sleepers out there! Kudos to your kiddos

juliane2004 · December 2012

Last bottle is between 7-8 pm, depending on when the other bottles were that day. Then down after that (between 8-9 pm).

Sleeps in her crib, swaddled, fan on, aquarium for music, paci 90% of the time.

Sleeps till about 8 am, so 11-12 hours.

Jams1002 · December 2012

Bedtime is 9pm. Although DS may not necessarily fall asleep until 10. I nurse him, swaddle him in escape proof swaddle, put him down in PnP with loud white noise and he sleeps until 5 or 6.

mrsjenni · December 2012

Reid eats 5oz of formula at about 8:30 and then usually falls asleep shortly after. He sleeps in the RNP in our room with the white noise machine on. He usually doesn't wake up until 67am now. Sometimes later.

tlew12778 · December 2012

DS nurses a lot between 8 and 10 pm. Like 34 sessions. He sleeps from 10 to 4 or 5, waked to eat, sleeps again til 7, nurses, then stays in bed with me asleep until 9. He sleeps in a crib next to my side of the bed. His mattress is elevated with a wedge for reflux. He sleeps in a cotton sleeper and fleece sleep sack.

jbBeans · December 2012

Usually to bed between 9 and 11, though I'm trying to push that up.

She gets swaddled but no paci.

Gets nursed right before and usually falls asleep on me and then I move her to the bassinet next to our bed.

She wakes usually around 6:30 and I bring her into bed, side lie nurse and let her fall asleep in bed. She'll sleep another 2 to 3 hours there.

TAGSL710 · December 2012

He doesn't sleep.

EGMphoto · December 2012

TAGSL710:
He doesn't sleep.

Haha, aw.

Gwen is a good enough nighttime sleeper, especially for being EBF (down for the night around 9:30 or 10, sleeps until 4, and eats, then back to sleep), but neeeever takes long naps during the day unless I'm holding her or she's in the Moby.

I've recently started making a concerted effort to suck it up and try to put her in her crib for daytime naps, but she always wakes up within 15-25 minutes. It is so frustrating. Up until now, I have been holding her so much - like 90% of her awake time, I'd guess - because I'm so emotional about her probably being our last baby and am totally trying to soak up the tiny baby cuddles. I know that I need to get back into a real-life routine, though. I can't get anything done when I'm holding her while she sleeps. The Moby is a good alternative but it is never more than an hour - she always wakes suddenly in a bit, seems like she gets too hot or something. I use it at lunch and dinner time when I'm prepping and then pray that she stays asleep in it so I can eat with DS and DH.

At night, she's swaddled in a Woombie and sleeps elevated a bit in a PNP in our master, but I am planning to transition her to her nursery this coming week. DH is studying for law school finals and I don't want him to have to wake up when she does. Our future depends on his doing well, haha.

I would KILL to have her take a paci. She has never. Ever. Not once. I've bought a few different kinds and she refuses them all - pushes them out, screams. I am convinced that she'd nap better during the day if we could get this figured out.

diskogurl · December 2012

Every night we bathe DS, DH gives him a bottle of pumped BM, I read to him, then we swaddle using the Woombie and the escapeproof method, we put on white noise from his gentle giraffe and the FP sea horse sometimes the mobile too, and we say goodnight and leave him to fall asleep on his own in his crib. All of those music/white noise things turn off after a set amount of time. The crane drop humidifier runs all night. He sleeps 10 to 12 hours since about 5 weeks.

kristyand · December 2012

An hour after her last nap, so anywhere from 730-830 we get in the bath. Then lotion/massage, put on gown, read a book, escape proof swaddle and nurse. Bounce her to drowsy on the physio ball with the paci and put in crib with paci. Sit beside crib replugging w/ paci until completely out as she can not keep it in and it seems to be the only way she will fall asleep not being held. 45 mins later she wakes, we sit by crib and repaci or bounce if that doesn't seem to be working then repaci. 45 mins later... rinse and repeat. This goes on until about midnight when she seems to be in a deep enough sleep to stop waking when she hits every REM cycle and she wakes around 2-330 to nurse. She seems to get into a shallow sleep usually by the end of nursing but I have to burp her because she is a gassy LO. We then bounce (this is how I burb her) and put down drowsy and paci. This sometimes takes an hour or so, nursing though only takes about 10 mins. She then may wake every 45 mins from there on out, or she may sleep for two hours, then wake, do the above, or not. If she wakes after 5 I know I'm not going to be able to get her to sleep on her own not in the swing so she goes in there and sometimes then sleeps until 830! But usually she is up between 630-730.

All day long she wakes every 45 mins. Totally awake, but still tired. Drives me batty.

ginazdavis · December 2012

Our LO usually eats aroung 6/7 and I then bathe and swaddle him up after that and he will nap in swing until 8-9. After nursing again we burp, and rock in our room (dark with sound machine on blasting). He will take 15 min or so to go to sleep and then swaddled he sleeps in RNP next to our bed. He has a cold so he makes tons of noise and wakes around 1-230 am to nurse again. We eat change diaper if messy and then rock back down (10 min) then he sleeps for like 45 min and I rock the RNP and he will go back to bed and wake around 5:30/6am.

I am a light sleeper like my LO and we both hear each others every sound, DH on the other hand sleeps through anything. I would do anything for 3 +hours of straight sleep with no grunting

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