I'm panicking over STTN

[Palestrina]

LO slept through the night last night, first time ever. He went from 9pm to 6pm without waking up for a feed. I know I'm supposed to be happy but I'm freaking out a bit. He usually wakes up by 2am for a feed and then at 5am again so I naturally woke up at those times to feed him only to find him slumbering peacefully. It freaked me out and scared me. Then I couldn't go back to sleep easily because I kept expecting him to wake up. Then I was worrying that something was wrong and he was going into a too-deep sleep so I kept checking to see if he was breathing. I was panicking that he would have SIDS or something. I actually think he would have slept longer but at 6am I kept checking to see if he was breathing and kind of woke him up.

So here I am, baby slept through the night and I am more exhausted than ever! Anyone else go through this?

 

[nicole_]

yup, when he first started sttn at 6 weeks, i used to switch the light on to check his chests moving or poke him so he wriggled
then he stooped and i wish id made the most of all the long nights lol

 

[kmumtobe]

Must of been something in the air last night Charlie went 8-8 with just a dream feed before we went to bed for the first time, I have a breathing monitor on that puts my mind at rest, perhaps something to look into? He's quite a wriggler too so I always hear him shuffling about. I agree it feels weird the first time tho, you get so used to jumping up to get them. Try enjoy it, well done baby Palestrina! x

 

[Eve]

I've been there! It's scary at first hun x

 

[Jem88]

My LO STTN 6.30pm - 5.30am once lol. I woke up every 2 hours expecting her to wake as she did and still does has 2 night feeds. This only happened the once tho and she hasn't done it since .

 

[jessie_m]

My LO doesn't even sleep through the night yet and I am constantly walking over to her crib and making sure she's breathing just because i'm paranoid. Lol.

 

[Blue_bear]

Yep i was doing this when my LO first statred STTN, but i have the sensor pad monitor too and i can see the light flashing as he breathes, this reassures me alot!

 

[aliss]

Oh yes,most women don't STTN until several weeks after LO starts! 100% normal! Your body will wake up constantly to check. Just ride it out

 

[satine51]

I did it when my LO slept once for 6 hours. Should have enjoyed it, we haven't seen a repeat since!

 

[stepmum]

My LO did it when he was about 4 weeks old, I was so smug thinking I had a naturally good baby, whilst half panicking that he shouldn't be doing that so soon, when I asked the HV about it she told me to wake him, needless to say I didn't need to cos he only did it once or twice. Might be a growth spurt too??

 

[cherryglitter]

i remember when jake slept through the night for the first time. i woke up really panicked! i thought it was just a fluke though but turns out it wasn't.

you'll get used to it

 

[bellablue]

Arianna goes to bed at 8-30 she wakes up around 4am now it use to be 2 am then 3am now 4am she STTN3 x 8-30-6 i was up every hour and she sleeps with me most the time she just started sleeping in her crib but when she wakes i take her in my bed lol nervous wreck tho so normal i even wake up 5 mins before she does everytime like my mind knows!

 

[Palestrina]

Oh yes,most women don't STTN until several weeks after LO starts! 100% normal! Your body will wake up constantly to check. Just ride it out

Awesome, let's hope he does it enough so that I can get used to it.

 

[Angela49uk]

Yep! My LO STTN for a while at 9 weeks, first time it happened I was constantly waking up checking on him and panicking and asking DH if I should wake him to feed him etc xx

 

[Sooz]

Paige sleeps so erratically (STTN one night then waking more times than I can count the next) that I've luckily never associated her not waking with anything other than her being asleep, though when I open my eyes the first thing they always focus on is the flashing light of the movement monitor on my night table.

 

[Kimmy25]

I still check my 7 yr old

 

[JLFKJS]

I still check my 7 yr old

That will be me!

 

[Betheney]

yep i did it. One night after waking nearly every 4-5 hours usually. I woke up to find myself feeling rather refreshed and i remember thinking "oh my bodies playing tricks on me, it so used to short sleep's it's now happy when i only get a few hours" but then i looked up and looking at a large amount of sun in the window i thought "that can't be right..... that would make it really late" and i looked at my clock and sure enough Eva had been asleep over 11 hours. I completely freaked out and instantly my brain was saying "Yep, she's dead. You knew it was too good to be true" i raced to her only to find her sleeping peacefully and breathing away. It's played on my mind ever since and i've never forgotten it and she's now 10 months old. It was one of the scariest moments i've ever had.

 

[lisaf]

I still have moments of panic about it.. my guy sleeps through the night 90% of the time. I actually remember the first few times it happened I didn't want to get out of bed to check because I was afraid I'd find he'd died of SIDS and couldn't face it.

Its the one huge downside to STTN ..

 

[whit.]

Sophia has been STTN For a few weeks now & I check on her every few hours. My body just wakes me up, I check and make sure she's breathing - sometimes poking her if she's too still which wakes her up but when I can see she's breathing I can go right back to sleep.

I used to be a deep sleeper until I had Sophia. Now if she breathes the wrong way I wake up.

I do have a question about them STTN though, her diaper is SO WET in the mornings, sometimes I think about changing her in the middle of the night because that has to be uncomfortable - what do you ladies think?