Sleeping through

Any tips and advice. Silly as I know every baby is different, but my LO hasn’t slept through the night once. The longest he’s done is 6 hours and only a handful of times. He is still waking up every 2-3 hours. The broken sleep is hard 😣
His routine is: bath, bf or bf milk bottle or formula. He goes down at about 8pm. But varies 7,30-8.30.

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I could’ve wrote this

Apparently 6 hours count as sleeping through the night, congratulations! 🥳

On a serious note, every baby is different and my older son hadn’t slept through the night until he was 13 months. Try not to compare.

Me too!!! 🫪

I honestly think it’s baby dependent unfortunately. Mine is still waking up every 2 hours! His 3 year old brother wakes up at 3/4am for the day too so it’s hell out here at the moment 🫩

My baby still wakes 3 hourly it is tiring. Gone from breast to bottle and find it even harder the while getting up and making a bottle not just laying feeding

My little one sleeps through generally - around 8pm until approx 5:30-6:30 usually. Saying that though, my first didn't sleep through until she was around 8 months and with her it was a very clear 3 wakes, then 2, then 1 and then none. I really think it's down to the baby and their temperament. My second had less feeding and weight issues than my first, so I'm not sure if being a bit chunkier just meant he could go longer without feeding..my second also just naturally has busier days than my first did, because my first is now 4 and is around more often than not 😅 I'm sorry I'm not a huge amount of help..the only things I did differently this time was trying to get out and about as much as possible during the day to fix their circadian rhythm initially, when they were very small, and the better feeding/weight gain (which was just dependent on the baby themselves)

I genuinely think it depends on the baby and it took me sooo long to accept that it wasn’t anything I was or wasn’t doing or anything I could change, it was just my baby! My two girls are soooo different and I haven’t done anything differently with them.

I totally get that the broken sleep is exhausting but just know it isn’t anything you are or aren’t doing.

My eldest fed every 1.5-2 hours until she was about 8 months old. My son is sleeping a lot better with 5-6 hour chunks, it’ll come don’t worry! I don’t think there is anything we can do to help? It’s their temperament I believe

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