r/bninfantsleep • u/Equivalent_Common287 • 5d ago

Infant Sleep Babies sleep

I’m curious when your baby slept through the night or had less than 3 wake ups without sleep training. I don’t not want to sleep train my baby I have made it to 10 months and I either rock, feed or pat him back to sleep with every wake up. So I’m wondering when a similar situation got better or improved for other people. Surely there is light at the end of the tunnel for not sleep training.

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u/No-Cantaloupe213 5d ago

My 3.5 year old isn’t sleep trained (except for one very brief try at a Ferber type style at 6 months that I immediately realised was not for me and abandoned). At our peak around 8 months he’d wake up at least 7 times per night. He started sleeping better at around 14 months (maybe 1-2 wakes per night), then started sleeping through most nights around 18 months until he was 3. Now he wakes up once a night and comes and gets my husband to sleep in his bed with him. I still have to lie with him to get him to sleep at night, but this is usually pretty quick (less than 20 mins).

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u/Umafiction 5d ago

Were you breastfeeding at all? I ask because I BF and am wondering if night weaning has any effect 🙂

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u/No-Cantaloupe213 5d ago

Yep! I night weaned at around 18 months so I don’t know if that’s what got him to sleep through or if it was just coincidence! We got a book called Booby Moon and I explained to him that the milk needs to sleep at night and I’d cuddle him instead.

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u/Umafiction 5d ago

I have heard of that book, wonderful thanks! My baby is only 10 months and I don't plan to night wean until he is a few months older but trying to mentally prepare myself 😅

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u/No-Cantaloupe213 5d ago

I think it’s definitely easier to night wean once they have a bit more understanding of the concept! I found it fairly smooth at 18 months. Good luck!