My baby has never slept through the night

Hi Claire! Currently going through something similar, my boy has just turned 6 months, he slept through for a couple of weeks when he was 3 months old but since then we’ve been up every 2 hours through the night, his older brother slept through from 7 weeks & was formula fed so this is all very new to me. I think mine has a feed to sleep habit and he has never taken to a dummy so the only way I can get him to sleep is the boob. He is able to fall asleep on his own at bed time but after that he won’t go back to sleep without the boob. I have introduced a comforter about a week ago and he’s since been doing occasional longer stretches - might be a coincidence but things do seem to be slowly improving, no real advice as that’s the only thing we’ve tried so far but you’re not alone - it’s so hard, but it will get better ❤️

I felt like I could have written this back when my little boy was this age… everything you’ve written was me. I did it all alone and was waking 4/5/6 times a night but all I can say is you might try everything to get him to sleep through the night, only for him to just end up doing it when he’s ready anyway. I cut naps, extended naps, tried different foods before bed to see if I could fill him up, putting him in his own room, literally everything in that first year I tried. And then suddenly when I gave up trying all these different things, he just did it out of nowhere on his own and Then he stopped feeding to sleep on his own too. I am a true believer of there is no magical tricks to get them to sleep as every baby is different and will sleep through when they’re ready. I’m sorry it sucks right now, but I PROMISE you, you will get through it and it will end and you will get a full nights sleep again! If you need someone to talk too, my messages are open🫶🏼

I'd work to a clock based schedule using the earliest time he wakes so that the timings for nap and bedtime are consistent.

When do they currently wake, nap and go to bed?

Hiii, probably not what you want to hear but honestly this is really normal, doesnt make it easier but it truly is just to do with their temperament. My LO didnt 'sleep through' until 13 or 14 months and its been a rarity since then... now 16 months. The blocks did start to get larger around 11 months where shed do 5 hours ish at start of night! Its not for everyone but co sleeping is what saved my sanity- id barely wake to put her on boob, or reach and settle her, might be worth thinking about? :)