Oliver slept through the night on March 17th (7 months, 9 days old). When he did it again the next couple nights, I still thought it could be a fluke. But, now that over a week has passed where he has slept from about 9:00PM to 6:00AM (even while cutting another tooth), I think it is safe to say he now sleeps through the night. I had forgotten how nice it is to sleep for more than 3-4 hours at a time--it is really nice.
We did not change his schedule or do official “sleep training.” He finally just made the switch on his own. The past couple weeks, he has been eating three servings of a solid food a day, and we have followed a nighttime schedule for a few months now (dinner, play/read, bath, milk, and bed). We still rock him after his last feeding until he falls asleep and then put him into bed. It usually only takes 10-15 min for him to pass out. But, I know he will soon be too big for this and it makes me a little sad. In the meantime, I love to get a few minutes of quiet snuggle time before putting him to bed each night.
This photo is not of him sleeping through the night. It is a snapshot of his monitor during a late afternoon nap a few weeks ago. I took the picture because it shows what a cute little snuggle baby he is.
Seriously, he and Cormac are on the same wavelength!! We've just discovered a full night of sleep over here too! (though it's more often than not a 5:00 am wake up call, he then snuggles in our bed until about 7:30) Can't wait to get the best buds together again!!
ReplyDeleteO should have a talk with Wy...Wy used to sleep from 8-7 but our latest round of teeth has thrown that and all my excellent work to night wean him out the window! Good job, Oliver!!
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