When do babies start sleeping through the night ??

I am a first time mommy and my 7.5 month old wakes up 2-3 times most nights ,not for milk most of the times. She is not sleep trained and currently sleeps in thr crib and we move her in the night to sleep with us.
When do babies start naturally sleeping through the night ??

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It is different with each baby. We just let our son eat a hearty amount of baby oatmeal then do our kisses, lay him down in the crib, turn on his music and projector. We started him out in a bassinet for two months next to our bed, then moved to the pack n play and moved to the other side of the room, 1 week of pack n play in the livingroom, did a nap in the crib in his shared room with our oldest and now he won't sleep anywhere else. Try a diffuser with lavender essential oil. We also use Thermal-Aid Zoo - Mini Microwavable Stuffed Animal from Amazon when he won't settle. But he's been sleeping through the night since March and again it varies per baby.

I wish I could help but our son always slept through night starting at 3 weeks old we had to wake up ourself just to make sure he had a feeding at night.

If it’s not for milk and everything is ok (confirm on monitor), consider letting her cry it out a little. It doesn’t need to be the whole night, but give her a pacifier and leave her alone for a little longer.

Don’t pick her up, but only rub her tummy and shush when you give her the pacifier. If you go in to check on her/rub her belly, don’t talk to her and don’t make eye contact. That’s stimulation and will keep her up longer. Give a good sniff for poop, but if it’s just pee, also don’t change her diaper (diaper changes are very stimulating at this age)!

I know in the middle of the night I just wanted to get my daughter quiet as soon as possible so we could all go back to sleep. These steps will take longer; it will be 3-7 days of worse sleep, but then it will (likely) get dramatically better. Consider doing this over a weekend or a time where you (or one of her caregivers) isn’t working so you can catch up on sleep.

You’ve got this mama! It’s tough but it’s a phase.

Ours has been sleeping through the night since he was one month old

Without feeds ?

We would just make sure he was good and full before he went to sleep. If he woke up for a bottle (which was only during growth spurts) then that was fine but other than that he would just sleep until 6am.

Are your babies sleep trained ?

My baby started sleeping through the night at 4 months. She started sleeping through the night when I allowed her to learn how to put herself back to sleep. Babies need to be given the opportunity to self soothe. Once I started doing that, she has been sleeping through the night. If we pick them up when they start crying, they don’t get a chance to learn how to self soothe.

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AITA

In the uk there is an outbreak of meningitis, in a specific area mainly. My BD has family from that area and decided to go and meet up with them, I said if he does then he cannot have contact with the kids for 7-10 days after incase he picks anything up. Am I being over dramatic? I reallyyy don’t want my young kids getting anything serious

Baby clothes

Just out of curiosity, why do parents love zipper onesies?

Don’t get me wrong, I tried zipper ones it’s easy to zip in and out when putting it on the first time and taking it out, but I find it difficult when changing diapers especially when baby is asleep.

I prefer those kimono style buttons where it’s easy to button or too down button with crotch snaps.

Is everyone thinking the same or different? Lol

This might rattle some people

Ok, this might get a bit long, and a bit bumpy, so get comfy and buckle up.

So about a week or 2 ago, there was a post on here regarding sleepovers. Not letting their child go to them as you can't trust who'll be at the house etc.

Now, given recent incidents in nurseries and schools, plus my own experience back in the 90s, I am more concerned about sending my child to nursery and later school than I am to a friend's house for a sleep over.

The other day a man was jailed for abusing children at the nursery he worked at. A woman has been arrested for sleeping with an underage boy and then getting pregnant by a different underage boy while on bail for the first offence.

Young girls and boys get sexually harassed and bullied when at school, not all of them. But more than you think. And not just by other kids, but by adults who we as parents are trusting to look after our kids.

A sleepover, is a more controlled environment, with only a handful of people coming into contact with your child. A school, a club etc there can be 100s of people coming into contact with your child.

I was targeted at 7 years old by the owner of a prominent private school. Thankfully, I wasn't SA'd. In year 5 of primary school, I started to develop early, I was harassed by the boys and teachers made remarks about how my uniform didn't fit right, always "adjusting it" around my chest and legs.

Years 7-9 of secondary school were hell. But it was all under the guise of "we're just messing around". A teacher twanging my exposed bra strap (none uniform day) is not "messing around".

Boys pinning me down trying to rip open my shirt to see my breasts.

I fear for my daughter. I hope she takes after my father's family, flat chested.

We need to educate all our children, what is acceptable behaviour. And to come to us, as their parents should ANYTHING happen.

At this point I’m not enjoying motherhood

My 22 month old is horrendous at the moment🫣 biting, hitting, pushing, pulling and shoving not only adults but children he also wants what other children have and will just snatch it away from them.

We repeat ‘nice hands’ ‘be gentle’ ‘let’s share’ etc

But how do I make him understand what he’s doing isn’t very nice? At the end of the day I feel like I’ve just been saying his name all day and nothing else.

What can I do?

Car seat

No idea which car seat to get next. Please hit me with your recommendations, 1year+ (preferably rear facing or 360). Thank you 🫶🏻

Dummy

My baby has had a dummy since about 2 weeks old (now 5 months) and over the course of the last month we weaned her off it during the day only for naps and night (which was fine) and then 5 days took it completely away during the day.

The first day no dummy was fine, the second bit rougher. But now it feels impossible she just moans and cries all the time it takes ages for her to go down to sleep (she’s always been an amazing sleeper)

I thought it was meant to get better as time went on not worse. I’m at my wits end I dunno what to do.

Currently typing this as she screams uncontrollably in the car and I cry with her cos I can’t do anything.