What do you class as 'Sleeping through'?
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well jamie goes to bed usually between 8.30-9.30 depending on how his feeds have gone in the day and sleeps til 4.30-5 so even tho he wakes me then we go back to sleep id say that was sleeping through as he has slept for 7-8hours straight. its me that need to change my sleeping habits lol i need to go a bed earlier!
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sleeping through is when i dont get woken up at all
he sleeps 7 till 8 830 everday has done since 5 weeks old sometimes he wakes in the night and chats to himself them falls back asleep but i dont go to him unless hes crying x
he sleeps 7 till 8 830 everday has done since 5 weeks old sometimes he wakes in the night and chats to himself them falls back asleep but i dont go to him unless hes crying x
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If it's 5 hours, Rosie has been known to sleep through twice in one night : )
Last night she went from 7 to 4:40, had a full bottle (4oz) and went back till 7:40. That was her first night in a cot rather than a moses basket - it seems to suit her! Hoping for a repeat tonight...
Last night she went from 7 to 4:40, had a full bottle (4oz) and went back till 7:40. That was her first night in a cot rather than a moses basket - it seems to suit her! Hoping for a repeat tonight...
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When he sleeps without bottles in between. I dont count dummy runs as not sleeping through as he only wakes for his dummy during the 1st hr of sleep & after 8 hrs of sleeping. We have ocassional waking up for bottles when he's sick, teething & during the last growth spurt at 8.5-9 mnths. He used to go for 12-13 hrs since he was 12 wks old, but now he only goes for around 10 hrs which is not bad. xx
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I count it as 7-7 and so far we haven't got to that yet but we're close 
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I count it as 7-7 and so far we haven't got to that yet but we're close
LOL - then my baby is never going to 'sleep through' until he's a teenager
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I've also read that it's a stretch of 5 hours...however, I'm happy enough with any stretch where it's over 4 and happening after midnight. But I don't remember what sleeping through is like anyway since teething started at 3 months.
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I count it as 7-7 and so far we haven't got to that yet but we're close
LOL - then my baby is never going to 'sleep through' until he's a teenager
Hahaha
I'm doubting we will ever get there the way Eamon carried on last night, think it's his teeth the poor little thing. 
We get so close to sleeping through and then teeth or growth spurts get in the way!
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I count it as 7-7 and so far we haven't got to that yet but we're close
LOL - then my baby is never going to 'sleep through' until he's a teenager
Hahaha
I know! Last night he slept 3 hours and then woke every 2. Between teething and maybe 6 month growth spurt (this time)? I don't know if I'll ever see a regular 4 or 5 hour block of sleep.
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i class lexi as sleeping through...goes to bed at 6.15.....then will wake around 4.30 for a feed with her eyes still closed!takes approx 3 mins....then i get back in bed till she wakes again.....between 6am and 7am.
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Sleeping through, I think, is considered as anything more than 6 hours.
My LO started "sleeping through" at about 6wks, in that she would sleep for 6 or 7 hours straight. We would put her to bed at midnight when we went to bed, and she would sleep until we got up. At about 10 weeks we started giving her a bed time of between 7pm and 9pm. She wouldlthen wake for a feed, because she would be sleeping longer, but gradually she would start to sleep straight through until 7am, and incredibly, last week she slept from 5pm to 8am (15 hours). She woke a few times and shuggied about her cot, but she wasn't crying for a feed/change, so I left her.
I personally consider sleeping through, sleeping until a sensible time in the morning (anytime from 6am). If she wakes, and manages to get herself back to sleep, I still consider it sleeping through, even if she's awake for an hour. If she needs a feed, but is quick to go back to sleep, then I consider it sleeping through - basically, anything where she doesn't fuss.
The night she went down at 5pm, she woke at about 7pm and again at 9pm, and I put her dummy back in and she went straight back to sleep. At 10pm she woke for a feed, which I gave and she went straight back to sleep. She woke a couple of times (during the early hours) but I didn't go to her, because she was only having a kick about in her cot, and she woke at 8am. I considered that sleeping through.
My LO started "sleeping through" at about 6wks, in that she would sleep for 6 or 7 hours straight. We would put her to bed at midnight when we went to bed, and she would sleep until we got up. At about 10 weeks we started giving her a bed time of between 7pm and 9pm. She wouldlthen wake for a feed, because she would be sleeping longer, but gradually she would start to sleep straight through until 7am, and incredibly, last week she slept from 5pm to 8am (15 hours). She woke a few times and shuggied about her cot, but she wasn't crying for a feed/change, so I left her.
I personally consider sleeping through, sleeping until a sensible time in the morning (anytime from 6am). If she wakes, and manages to get herself back to sleep, I still consider it sleeping through, even if she's awake for an hour. If she needs a feed, but is quick to go back to sleep, then I consider it sleeping through - basically, anything where she doesn't fuss.
The night she went down at 5pm, she woke at about 7pm and again at 9pm, and I put her dummy back in and she went straight back to sleep. At 10pm she woke for a feed, which I gave and she went straight back to sleep. She woke a couple of times (during the early hours) but I didn't go to her, because she was only having a kick about in her cot, and she woke at 8am. I considered that sleeping through.
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Thanks for the responses 
So I guess I can say that Earl sleeps through then?! It's funny because everyone I speak to and say he goes from 10.30-6 in a stretch says 'oh that's not bad I suppose'. I'm always really surprised and then I think well maybe I'm just used to it and it works for us so I'm happy, but maybe it's not 'normal' if that makes any sense.
Teeth and growth spurts are a nightmare though. Earl isn't exactly a small child (24lb 2oz at last weigh in) and about 2 weeks ago I spent 6 hours overnight with him asleep on my chest thanks to his teeth upsetting his tummy!!
So I guess I can say that Earl sleeps through then?! It's funny because everyone I speak to and say he goes from 10.30-6 in a stretch says 'oh that's not bad I suppose'. I'm always really surprised and then I think well maybe I'm just used to it and it works for us so I'm happy, but maybe it's not 'normal' if that makes any sense.
Teeth and growth spurts are a nightmare though. Earl isn't exactly a small child (24lb 2oz at last weigh in) and about 2 weeks ago I spent 6 hours overnight with him asleep on my chest thanks to his teeth upsetting his tummy!!
