Are there any one year olds here who are still not sleeping through the night?

[little_lady]

Joel just turned 1. Apart from a brief 6 week period back when he was 3 months old he has never slept through the night (12 hours). The most he does is 8 hours and on average he wakes every 4 to 5 hours. At its peak I was waking every hour with him. I am still breast feeding him twice at night, tried the whole water thing but it makes both of us more sleep deprived so I just go with the easy option.

My eldest is still waking up too, she sleeps through maybe once or twice a week but the rest of the time she wakes to come into our bed. I don't mind that as much though.

 

[Srrme]

My 3 year old and 2 year old still wake up at night, sometimes once, sometimes more than once. I don't think they've ever slept through completely, so no, I haven't had a break!

 

[Hobnob]

3.5 here and rarely STTN Tried everything!

 

[NoodleSnack]

It's wrong but reading this thread does make me feel better, we aren't so bad after all.

 

[AnneD]

16 months here and has never slept through the night.

1 Yes.
2 No.

When she's teething, it tends to be worse. As a general rule, she is difficult to keep asleep towards the morning. I started cosleeping out of sheer exhaustion. It's not as bad as it used to be, though. I count a night with three wake-ups a success.

Mine's 14m but otherwise exactly the same. I've gotten used to it, if I get a 4 hours stretch, I feel great.

Do you work? If you don't, is it possible to do shifts such that he can get a longer stretch somewhere?

Yes, I work full time and she won't settle for anyone else at night. I honestly don't mind too much, she needs me and I'm glad I can at least be there for her at night. She's always happy to see me and we cuddle like it's going out of fashion, so I get a lot out of it, too.

 

[Debi]

Yup 16 months here and still waking at least 3 times a night. Been like this for aaaaages! Surprisingly he was an awesome sleeper when he was little! I've tried numerous times to night wean but that just lead to him staying awake for hours rolling about the bed pulling my hair. I've tried everything, it's bloody stressful trying different things to "fix" it... tonight I'm trying some sort of banana milkshake before bed... I'm exhausted!!! I feel your pain.

 

[Midnight_Fairy]

Jade wakes up about 5nights out of 7. No pattern but usually I feed her to settle her (though ahe only drinks an oz) in all honesty ive never thought it as a problem? I just assume teeth and development? lol never gave it a second thought.

 

[Bunanie]

Ah, I feel so much better after reading this thread... Mine sttn 7-6 without a peep from 9 months to 12 months, then never since!

She always wakes 15mins after being asleep, then 30-1hr after that... Then once again around 5, up around 6:30 unless she's sick.

I guess we are "lucky" coz she doesn't wake for a feed, but the early morning cuddles are killing me coz it usually takes a while to settle her and takes me ages to go back to sleep too

 

[sheebee]

It's wrong but reading this thread does make me feel better, we aren't so bad after all.

I feel exactly the same!! My lo is 20 months and has slept through once! On average 7253802 wake ups a night and just to jazz it up he's started having night terrors too ... Dh is pushing for another lo - ha ha ha!

 

[Ashla]

I have a 2 year old and a 3 week old and I'm getting up to the 2 year old more times each night than to the 3 week old!

The 3 week old feeds at 11pm and then again at 4am. My 2 year old has never slept for 5 hours straight on a regular basis! He used to wake every hour then every two hours. We've now managed to get him down to 2 wakings per night on average. But on a a bad night, it can be as many as 6 wakings. Luckily we don't feed him and have done some sleep training with him (not CIO) so it is usually just a matter of going into his room, reassuring him, repositioning him in his cot and he'll go straight back to sleep. But by the time DH or I have gone downstairs, reassured him and come back upstairs, it still ends up being interrupted sleep for us.

Everyone I know is giving me lots of sympathy because I have a newborn and 'mustn't be getting much sleep.' Little do they know that I haven't been getting much sleep for 2 years and the newborn is the least of it!

 

[Button#]

Definitely not just your daughter! Ashley started sttn a couple of nights a week at 16 months and consistently from about 22 months.

 

[kissesandhugs]

LO is 20 months old. I think he's MAYBE slept through ONE night and I say maybe bc it might have been that I don't remember nursing him and I was still sleeping.

But that's our issue, the nursing. I've tried stopping but I just get too tired in the middle of the night to deal with it and I work full time.

No advice, I feel your pain!!!

 

[BigAl]

Hmm the secret world of older babies/toddlers that don't sleep through, no one in real life seems to admit it. My mum still thinks i'm weak for not sleep training until 18m lol.
He was waking hourly until I night weaned him at a 16m. He probably wakes 2-3 times a week now, but usually before I've gone to bed, and it takes a 5 min cuddle.

Teeth made a big difference too, he cut no. 15 & 16 at 16m, and he used to be up for hours with it.

 

[bookreader]

Yip 20 month old usually wakes a few times. Is better once im in bed with him, but can still wake a few times.

I think he slept through the night without waking once at around 11 weeks. Ha ha oh how I remember thinking that was the start of him sleeping through, no chance!!

 

[NoodleSnack]

16 months here and has never slept through the night.

1 Yes.
2 No.

When she's teething, it tends to be worse. As a general rule, she is difficult to keep asleep towards the morning. I started cosleeping out of sheer exhaustion. It's not as bad as it used to be, though. I count a night with three wake-ups a success.

Mine's 14m but otherwise exactly the same. I've gotten used to it, if I get a 4 hours stretch, I feel great.

Do you work? If you don't, is it possible to do shifts such that he can get a longer stretch somewhere?

Yes, I work full time and she won't settle for anyone else at night. I honestly don't mind too much, she needs me and I'm glad I can at least be there for her at night. She's always happy to see me and we cuddle like it's going out of fashion, so I get a lot out of it, too.

Sorry, I should have made it clear the question was addressed to OP.

 

[Button#]

My LOs sleep improved when I turned his cotbed into a toddler bed. That might work for some of you who are still going through it.

 

[_jellybean_]

Mine's 14m but otherwise exactly the same. I've gotten used to it, if I get a 4 hours stretch, I feel great.

Do you work? If you don't, is it possible to do shifts such that he can get a longer stretch somewhere?

Hi Noodleshack. I'm disabled, and we have tried doing shifts, but dh doesn't want to do it because it is too difficult for me--basically I wouldn't be able to work if I got up with them. Yes...we both work full-time.

 

[_jellybean_]

Okay, so updating here....we gave her 8 extra ounces of milk, and had her eat breakfast in her high chair (I usually spoon feed her yogurt and give her bananas while she's playing). Also, she was given an extra big snack at 10 a.m. She slept through last night until 6:30 this morning--so about 10 hours. Dh and I were shocked, and he was so happy to get a full nights sleep.

So maybe she was not getting enough milk/food during the day. We're hoping and praying that was the case. We'll see though..not getting too excited because it was only one night!

 

[LoveMyBaby786]

My lo dropped night feeds a few days after turning 1. However, he still cries numerous times through the night lasting a few seconds then falls back asleep with some help from me. I just gently guide him back to the pillow as he sits up and cries then he normally falls asleep straight away. I still cosleep though

 

[Pixie19]

My lo dropped night feeds a few days after turning 1. However, he still cries numerous times through the night lasting a few seconds then falls back asleep with some help from me. I just gently guide him back to the pillow as he sits up and cries then he normally falls asleep straight away. I still cosleep though

We are exactly the same as this, although from 5pm until 9pm he sleeps in his toddler bed and i have to go up to him and resettle him multiple times. He never wakes fully, so i've always counted it as STTN even though he needs resettling up to 20 times a night (4 times on a good night )