7 weeks old and still waking twice at night?!

[Red_Fairy]

im still waiting for my near 2 year old to sleep through....

 

[poochielove]

You are so lucky i am exhausted.

 

[nutcase109]

Wooooooah there! Dont panic! I can also confirm my LO doesnt sleep through the night either, and hes over 6 months! At just 7 weeks old hes doing fantastically well only getting up twice. I would have killed for that! I think DS was up about 6-8 times a night at that point!!! I go to a mum and baby group, and out of the 38 babies we have in our group, we did a poll at 2 months old, only TWO of the 38 babies were sleeping through the night. Please dont panic

 

[GBLiz]

mine still wakes up twice a night!

 

[muppetmummy]

yes, definately feed on demand, I bet some of those mums who say their babies are sleeping through the night are telling fibs

Logan has only just dropped his midnight bottle at 9 months.

 

[jennifer1981]

I would definatly not be doing controlled crying with a 7 week old. It will have no effect at all with them. Crying is the only way he is able to tell you he is in need of something, be it milk, sleep or even just cuddles and affection. Give it time (and plenty of it!) Im sure he will settle down soon. Hang on in there

 

[lea m]

Eventually shouts at me to get her outta bed around 7/7.30! This has been happening for a week, hope it sticks!

Sounds like Lola!

He will get there in the end hun! But at his own time! 7 weeks is still early as others have said! My first son was about 12 weeks when he slept from about 11pm till about 8-9am! And that was rather early too!

 

[siany]

I remember becoming completely obsessed with Lottie sleeping through the night when she was around 10 weeks. The first question I would ask any mother I met was "are they sleeping through the night"?!Read every book tried lots of different approaches eg. dream feeds, bottles of water! Made no difference. I had loads of pressure to give her a bottle of formular at night and was even told I was cruel for not doing this as my milk was obviously not enough and she was hungry I then read a post on here about how you only have this small amount of time with your children when they are small and it will be gone before you know it. I became a lot more relaxed. Sometimes I actually enjoy a night feed. I sometimes think of all the other mothers all over the world feeding at the same time and think what a special moment it is (I am not auditioning for a miss world padgent, honest!)I am not daft I would still like her to sleep through the night but I dont stress about it so much. She now wakes up once or twice a night and I feel lucky that the time in between waking is slowly stretching out. Ignore others who make you feel you are not getting it right, it will get better, but it could happen later rather than sooner

 

[xmcnickyx]

The first question I would ask any mother I met was "are they sleeping through the night"?!:

That seems to be the first question people ask. Even the Health Visitors at the clinic yesterday asked. It really is like a competition.

I've been really lucky with Molly that she seems to like to sleep more than eat but if she'd still been waking up, I know it'd be OK.

 

[beanie]

I then read a post on here about how you only have this small amount of time with your children when they are small and it will be gone before you know it. I became a lot more relaxed. Sometimes I actually enjoy a night feed.

I actually love my bedtime snuggles - its just me and C and everything is quiet. We are both toasty warm and cuddled up and I just feel really lucky to have this little girl. I remember when S started sleeping through - I actually woke up and missed her (though not her freezing cold feet which she insists have to be out on me). Its also why I get so peed off when people say "is she a good sleeper" and I will say yes as she is a brilliant sleeper, she just likes the odd boob at night but they go "oh" and make that face as if I have just said she likes to torture small animals for fun. Honestly it drives me bloody mad - why is a baby bad for not sleeping, its not the crime of the century.

 

[Becs]

Please don't do controlled crying, your Lo is way too small. When I was in your position I thought 'sod it' and tried the 'Contented Baby Book' by Gina Ford. It absolutely saved my sanity. My LO responded really well to the routine and has slept beautifuly ever since. Her weaning and older baby advice has also been spot on and my little boy is so happy and content it is wonderful.

Whatever you do just know that at the moment your little one is very small and cries for either food or sleep or if unwell so you must not cry down. I would say even going forward, if your baby cries at night and you find you can settle quickly with a feed then just do that and don't torture yourself or baby with crying down or water. The best thing you can do is teach your baby to go quickly back to sleep and that night times are quiet non attentin time (which means try to avoid eye contact or talking and keep lghts dim). If you are consitant your baby will learn quicker when sleep time and awake time is.

Keep us updated and all the best.
Becs x x x

 

[KJL]

Layla didn't start sleeping for long periods until she was around 6 months old, up to then she was still waking up for milk. It was only once she was totally weaned and eating solids that I started reducing her night feeds and diluting them out with water. She's now 1 and she still doesn't always go through the night. Last night she was up at 1am, 3am and 6am