Let's talk sleep

[kerrigrooves]

How old is your LO:
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Where are they napping?
Where are they sleeping at night?
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?

Anything else you'd like to share?

[kerrigrooves]

How old is your LO: 3 mo
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): just started 5-6 hrs this week
If not, how often are they waking up? we do a dream feed at 10:30 and then he wakes up 4:30 am
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? supplementing
Where are they napping? swing or crib
Where are they sleeping at night? RNP in my room
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? Will wait till 4 mo and try a little CIO but nothing extreme, probably 5-10 min increments for 2-3 days and then if it doesnt work, wait another week

Anything else you'd like to share? LO is my 2nd kiddo and I feel like Im winging it way more than I did with DD and she was a terrific napper and sleeper so I need to get a little more structured, hence the thread.

[dacora]

How old is your LO: 12 weeks 2 days
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): Yes! Generally 9:30-6:30
If not, how often are they waking up? n/a
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Formula
Where are they napping? In her swing, I don't really 'put her down' for naps, I just put here there and hope she falls asleep.
Where are they sleeping at night? RNP, I'm planning on trying to transition her to the PNP next weekend.
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? Right now it doesn't seem like we'll need to sleep train for night time if she keeps this up, but we will if necessary any time after 4 months. I might need to sleep train for naps since they're so disorganized right now. I'll do Cry it Out, depending on how things go.

Anything else you'd like to share? I'm looking forward to her getting her naps on a schedule. Every day is different.

[misshart00]

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): yes. He usually sleeps from about 9or 10 until 6.

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? When he does wake up, it's usually between 3 and 4.

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Breastfeeding

Where are they napping?
Naps in the RnP in the living room. I would like to start trying in his crib but him and Dd will be sharing a room so I'm not ready yet.

Where are they sleeping at night?
He sleeps in the RnP in the office.

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
I never really sleep trained with the first so I'm not even sure how to. She was always a good sleeper (except for lately).

Anything else you'd like to share?

[miniwheat]

How old is your LO: 13 weeks
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n Nope.
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? He wakes every 4 hours to eat. Bed at 9 and every once and a while he will make it to 3 or 4am. But that is rare
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Formula feeding
Where are they napping? PNP in the living room, swing, wherever it happens!
Where are they sleeping at night? Crib in his room.
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I don't like sleep training. Sleep has changed at almost every phase of my older LO's development and I can't imagine having to sleep train over and over. Eventually it all works itself out, we just do what makes her comfortable. Thats the plan with this one too.

Anything else you'd like to share?

[wimcgrath]

This is a great thread)

How old is your LO: 11 weeks (can't believe she's almost 3 months!!!)
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): yes, generally around 9-5, but not always!
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Breast
Where are they napping? Her swing with vibration and rocking on, although sometimes I turn it off.
Where are they sleeping at night? Crib in her room (last 3 weeks)
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I have no idea... Newbie here and I'm interested in what other people have to say about this!

Anything else you'd like to share?
I think I'm going to try to do one nap/ day (preferably her long afternoon nap) in her crib starting next week. She seems to need a lot more convincing to nap than to sleep at night (I.e., more rocking, paci), but she does it unswaddled. However, at night she generally passes out after eating with no or minimal rocking, no paci, but in her sleep sack swaddle. I'm wondering about transitioning out of the swaddle...

[michelle142]

How old is your LO:
11 weeks tomorrow

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?):
Yes

What does your night look like?
Asleep between 8-9. Up around 4 to nurse. Up around 6 again and usually goes back to sleep until about 8.

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Breast

Where are they napping?
Wherever we are... RnP, crib, floor, in the carrier, stroller... 2nd kid problems.

Where are they sleeping at night?
Pnp in our room still

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
I'll only do it if it's necessary. We did a modified Sleep Lady Shuffle with DS and will try that again if needed.

[taberbtb]

How old is your LO: Just over 3 months

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): By that definition, yes
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? B goes down around 8:30, wakes at 1:30 and I give her the soother. She goes right back to sleep until 4-4:30, takes 4oz and goes back to sleep until 7:30-8

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Bottle

Where are they napping? In her crib at home, or else car seat/stroller if we are out

Where are they sleeping at night? Started in her crib @ 3 months, so last week

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? We moved her into the crib in her Merlin suit, and so far it's working. I plan to transition her out of it around 4.5 months so we will do a modified CIO if needed then.

Anything else you'd like to share? We don't really do structured nap times, we just kind of go with the flow during the day but her bedtime routine is strict. Any deviation from it results in a disastrous melt down. Since she started STTN she has drastically shortened her morning nap and stretched out her afternoon one. I'm guessing since she gets more sleep at night she's not as tired in the a.m.?

[osumegs]

How old is your LO: 12 weeks today

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): yes

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
She goes down around 8 pm (been doing 730 this week), dream feed around 10:30, one feed between 3:30 and 6, up for day at 715.

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Where are they napping? Breastfeeding

Where are they sleeping at night? Rnp in nursery. Will transition to crib this weekend when merlin suit arrives

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? Idk..Probably a modified cio/pick up put down starting after 4 month sleep reregression if needed.


Our biggest thing now is the crib transition. She rolls to belly when the wedge is in there (with or without a rolled blanket under sheet). We're going to try merlin suit to see if it can bridge gap from swaddle

[mommadozer]

DS is 15 weeks

He used to sleep through the night for the past month or so. Over the past week, we are in a phase of waking up every couple of hours.

Primarily breastfed. I do give him a bottle of BM an hour before bed. It seems to help him stay asleep longer.

LO naps wherever depending where we are at. On my bed, on the couch, PNP, in the stroller or in the car seat if we are running errands. He only napped in his crib when I was training him to get used to sleeping the crib at night.

DS sleeps in his crib primarily. He will sleep next to me around 3am if he is having a rough night. I can't handle waking up every hour after that point.

DS was sleep trained before this massive wonder week showed up. I did the cry it out method for one night and he figured out how to sleep in his crib. Also, he wants to nurse all evening to prep for bed. Hoping that he goes back to normal once this phase is over.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO: 14 weeks

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): yes. Bed at 7, 1 wake up, up between 6-7. 

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? 1 wake up between 3-5

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? BF

Where are they napping? Crib

Where are they sleeping at night? Crib

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? Started last week. It's called Sleep Sense (CIO with checks). We follow the guidelines pretty closely with the strict routine before bed and naps so she gets used to the signs that it's time to sleep. She's done amazingly well and I'm happy to finally have my nipples back during nap times.

We used the same method with DD1, she was a terrible napper and wouldn't sleep without touching me. She's great now and has no problem going to sleep or going back if she wakes up. I found that doing it before the sleep regression worked well bc she had already learned to self-soothe.

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[lulu783]

How old is your LO: 3 months on Tuesday
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n Yes, just started this past week. 7:30pm-5:00am
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Exclusively pumping now. Our only nursing session was MOTN, so it's been a week since she's nursed. Sadz.
Where are they napping? Swing, PNP, crib
Where are they sleeping at night?Starts downstairs in her swing and then we move her to her RNP. I'm scared to transition her somewhere else!
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I thought I would, but I'm letting her lead the way. Probably because I'm being lazy...

[kerrigrooves]

mishka29 Is the sleep sense book enough for $20 or did you get the videos too?

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO: 12 weeks

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): yes.

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? She started falling asleep around 8:30
In the past two weeks. Sleeps until around 3-3:30. Gets a bottle and then until we wake her around 6am to start our day.

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Only breast milk by bottle.

Where are they napping? She naps in a rock and play or a swing at the sitters. During the weekends the nap is where she falls asleep. Car seat, me, where ever. .

Where are they sleeping at night? Crib. She's been there since about week 4. She didn't sleep soundly in the bassinet. We tried her out in the crib and she took right to it.

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? Don't really need to as she does what she needs to.


Anything else you'd like to share?

I know we are beyond lucky to have a good sleeping baby. My mom said she is very similar to me as a bad. And let's just say DH and his father are notorious sleepers like mid conversation they can fall asleep, so I think that combo has done well.

[mishka29]

May 8, 2015 13:39:23 GMT -5 kerrigrooves said:

mishka29 Is the sleep sense book enough for $20 or did you get the videos too?

 If you google sleep sense pdf...  

Yes I found the book to be great. 

[junebugjam]

How old is your LO: 11 weeks. Will be 12 weeks on Monday.

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): sometimes, but not consistently. I can usually count on at least 4 in a row at first.

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? Again, it varies. Goes to bed around 7:30/7:45, wakes once or twice to eat (times vary), then wakes up around 5:30. Feed at 5:30 and can typically get another hour of sleep, then up for the day. Last night was bad, but it's atypical.


Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? EBF because he won't take a bottle

Where are they napping? RNP but made the transition today. All naps have been in the cradle in our room.

Where are they sleeping at night? RNP but hoping we can do at least an hour or two in the cradle tonight.

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I'm not really sure about this. His sleep seems to be getting better naturally with age. I'll see how he's doing by his next ped appointment (4 mo) and decide if I want to ask about it then. I go back to work in September, so hoping he's consistently STTN by then.

Anything else you'd like to share? Don't think so!

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO: 9w1d

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): Yes. Around 915 DH changes DS into a bedtime diaper, leaves him naked other than a diaper, kisses him goodnight and hands him to me for bedtime nursing (around 930). We nurse in the glider in the nursery with only a nightlight on. When he's done with the first side, I swaddle and offer second side, though usually he's not interested. I let him fall asleep in my lap or against my chest, sometimes with white noise (rain/thunder sound) if he's struggling. Then I lay him down for the night. He's usually asleep between 10 & 1015, and in bed by 1030. I love those sleeping bedtime cuddles! He wakes to eat between 5 & 6am, usually sleeps til between 8 & 9 after that.

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Exclusively nursing

Where are they napping?
At home: in swing or on me, usually in my woven wrap. On the go he sleeps in his car seat. At home he always has white noise (rain/thunder) on during the whole nap.

Where are they sleeping at night?
PnP in my room. It has a rain white noise option that plays for 20 minutes or so, then turns off.

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
No idea. I didn't do any sleep training research. Sometimes for his evening nap he needs a lot of help to fall asleep (bouncing on yoga ball, covering his eyes, sometimes a paci) but other than that he doesn't have a problem going to sleep. And if I don't feel like putting a lot of effort into getting him to sleep for that nap, I just wear him in my wrap & he goes right go sleep. It's very rare that he falls asleep while nursing so I'm not really worried about that.
A friend recommended the Sleep Lady so I'll probably read that book.

Anything else you'd like to share?
The past 2 days he hasn't gone immediately back to sleep after his 5am feed but also wasn't super active & wanting to play, so I made sure his swaddle was tight and put him back in the pnp. He played for about 20 minutes then went to sleep.

[lilyelayne]

May 8, 2015 13:50:00 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I'm so torn on this, I feel like he will STTN when he is ready. If he needs to eat, he needs to eat, right?

During his last growth spurt DS stopped STTN and woke at 1am, 330am, 5am, 7am to eat. I missed my sleep but even if he'd kept that up I wouldn't have looked to sleep training. If he's waking me up to eat, then he needs to eat, in my opinion. I feel like I would only push sleep training if he's waking just to fuss or be held - or if he's eating all night and sleeping all day. But I have the luxury of a STTN baby so take that with a grain of salt I guess.

[mmarie]

How old-3 months
sttn-long enough stretches but still wakes up in the middle of the night.
what does your night look like-last bottle between 7-8 and in her crib by 9. wakes up between 1-3am and then up for the day between 7-9am. I wish we could get that last bottle in about 9 or 10 but she just won't have it.
breast/bottle/supplementing-breastfeeding (eping)
Napping-she will fall asleep anywhere for her catnaps. In the swing, in her crib, on her floor mat, cuddling, in the carseat, anywhere! we try to do 1 longer nap in the afternoon in her crib but that doesn't always happen.
Bedtime-she sleeps in her crib in her room.
sleep training-she's doing really well right now. We will see if it lasts and then reevaluate!

[WittyLittle]

May 8, 2015 10:50:51 GMT -5 kerrigrooves said:

How old is your LO:
almost 3 months
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n
8:30-5/6ish and then another stretch to 9 or 10
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
 
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
just switched to bottle feeding, before that exclusively pumping
Where are they napping?
in the PNP downstairs or in the stroller
Where are they sleeping at night?
In the bassinet next to mommy
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
Not applicable just let but would try controlled crying when LO is older 


Anything else you'd like to share?

LO is obsessed with his paci and if he wakes up without it he has started immediately screaming. Really within 2 seconds of stirring for the first time. Any tips how to get over that? 

[Deleted]

How old is your LO: 8w 6d

Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): Yes, kind of. She has been sleeping from 11-5 or 6 the last days.

If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
Sometimes she wakes up around 3 but she can usually soothe herself or falls asleep if she gets the paci.

Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
Breast.

Where are they napping?
Anywhere I put her, usually. Blanket on the floor, nest on the couch, crib, bouncer, stroller. Or in my arms.

Where are they sleeping at night?
Crib. She started out in a nest in our bed, but we transitioned her to the crib at 4 weeks and she sleeps there ever since.

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
We haven't really thought about it yet. I guess we'll see how it goes. So far she is doing good, I hope she takes after her daddy because I was a lousy sleeper when I was little.

Anything else you'd like to share?
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[lotsofdotts]

How old is your LO: 10 weeks 4 days
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): Yes!!!
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? Brady normally sleeps from around 9/10-3:30-4:30.
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? BFing
Where are they napping? I may be a bad mom, but he is either sleeping in the swing or on his belly on his playmat. On his belly is his favorite. I only let him nap that way if I will be awake.
Where are they sleeping at night? He is still in the PnP. We will transition to the nursery after school gets out in a month.
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I don't know if we will sleep train if he continues to sleep as well as he currently does. We will see once we transition to the crib/nursery.

Anything else you'd like to share?

[mishka29]

May 8, 2015 14:04:48 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

May 8, 2015 13:50:00 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? I'm so torn on this, I feel like he will STTN when he is ready. If he needs to eat, he needs to eat, right?

During his last growth spurt DS stopped STTN and woke at 1am, 330am, 5am, 7am to eat. I missed my sleep but even if he'd kept that up I wouldn't have looked to sleep training. If he's waking me up to eat, then he needs to eat, in my opinion. I feel like I would only push sleep training if he's waking just to fuss or be held - or if he's eating all night and sleeping all day. But I have the luxury of a STTN baby so take that with a grain of salt I guess.

Sleep trainng isn't for everyone or even every baby. But sleep training isn't about getting LO to STTN it's about them learning how to self-soothe and put themselves to sleep.  

DD1 was sleep trained but I fed her in the MOTN until she was 8 months old. During growth spurts and teething the motn feedings increased but after the feed I could lay her down and walk away. I didn't have to rock her for 20 mins. 

[krispy83]

How old is your LO: 14 weeks
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n Yes
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? She goes to sleep between 9 and 10, sometimes wakes up around 4-5 to eat, sometimes doesn't, and usually sleeps until 7:30 or 8.
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? Breastfeeding
Where are they napping? RNP in our room, PNP in the living room or being held/worn
Where are they sleeping at night? RNP in our room
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? If it's necessary, we'll do a modified version of the Sleep Lady Shuffle but not until she's much older. We did that with DS at 16m when he weaned so that he could fall asleep on his own without nursing and rocking, but he didn't STTN until he was 2. Even now, he doesn't STTN consistently. The poor kid got my sleep genes

Anything else you'd like to share? Given DS' rough sleep, I'm very grateful that DD is a good sleeper so far. I know that could all go out the window at the 4 month sleep regression so I'm enjoying it for now!

[lilyelayne]

May 8, 2015 15:50:04 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

May 8, 2015 14:04:48 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

During his last growth spurt DS stopped STTN and woke at 1am, 330am, 5am, 7am to eat. I missed my sleep but even if he'd kept that up I wouldn't have looked to sleep training. If he's waking me up to eat, then he needs to eat, in my opinion. I feel like I would only push sleep training if he's waking just to fuss or be held - or if he's eating all night and sleeping all day. But I have the luxury of a STTN baby so take that with a grain of salt I guess.

Sleep trainng isn't for everyone or even every baby. But sleep training isn't about getting LO to STTN it's about them learning how to self-soothe and put themselves to sleep.  

DD1 was sleep trained but I fed her in the MOTN until she was 8 months old. During growth spurts and teething the motn feedings increased but after the feed I could lay her down and walk away. I didn't have to rock her for 20 mins. 

Thanks for the clarification

[mommadozer]

May 8, 2015 15:00:41 GMT -5 WittyLittle said:

May 8, 2015 10:50:51 GMT -5 kerrigrooves said:

How old is your LO:
almost 3 months
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n
8:30-5/6ish and then another stretch to 9 or 10
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
 
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
just switched to bottle feeding, before that exclusively pumping
Where are they napping?
in the PNP downstairs or in the stroller
Where are they sleeping at night?
In the bassinet next to mommy
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
Not applicable just let but would try controlled crying when LO is older 


Anything else you'd like to share?

LO is obsessed with his paci and if he wakes up without it he has started immediately screaming. Really within 2 seconds of stirring for the first time. Any tips how to get over that? 

I used to give DS his wubba nub to help him fall asleep but, he would spit it out and want it back in his mouth. I would watch him on the monitor and run in the nursery to get it back in his mouth before he got all worked up. Well, I got tired of doing that. So, we don't use it anymore for bedtime. Now, DS won't even take the pacifier during the day. I keep the wubba nubs in his car seat and crib and he just holds onto the animals. Once he is 6 months old I am going to cut off the pacifier part since it is a choking hazard and let him keep the animals.

I have never been a fan of pacifiers but, if you need to use it to calm LO down, I get it. Luckily it was easy that DS weaned himself off early on but, he still needs help soothing.

[jensoprano82]

How old is your LO: 15 weeks today!
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): y/n
Usually midnight to 6 am, then another snooze till 8ish
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like?
I try to have him swaddled in bed at 10, dream feed at midnight, then I go to bed. He usually wakes me 5:30 to 6 and we feed, then he sleeps (crappily) till 7 or 8


Breast and/or bottle or supplementing?
He is formula
Where are they napping?
Everywhere. Mostly carseat while I'm running errands or his downstairs bassinet.
Where are they sleeping at night?
Rock n Play at the end of the bed.
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try?
I'm pretty happy with his sleep at this point. When his weight is above the 5th percentile I may start letting him try and soothe himself back to sleep at the 5/6am feed. Haven't decided yet.

[WittyLittle]

Thanks mommadozer in going to give that a try. Going up and down the stairs five times is good for the glutes but not the best for my sanity

[mle106]

How old is your LO: almost 3 months
Is LO sleeping through the night (5-6 hr stretch or longer?): not usually
If not, how often are they waking up or what does your night look like? we get the occasional 5'hour stretch, but mostly 3-4 hours, which is fine with me for now
Breast and/or bottle or supplementing? EBF
Where are they napping? crib in his room (though naps these days are few and far between)
Where are they sleeping at night? crib in his room
If you plan on sleep training, when will you start and what method will you try? not sure - his night sleeping is fine right now, but I might need to do some nap training. Will look in the sleep training thread for ideas...

Anything else you'd like to share? he is also obsessed with the paci but only for naps. He wakes and fusses when the paci falls out, which turns into full-on crying if I leave it be. For those who have ditched the paci with success, what did you replace it with? I mean, he can't self soothe yet so what do I do to help calm him and get him to sleep? I'm trying to avoid sleep props/crutches but I guess the paci is one so I kinda ruined that already