Good Sleepers
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Topic: Good Sleepers
Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Subject: Good Sleepers
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:20am
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Hey Ladies,
I thought we shud have a page to celebrate all the good sleeps we get as well. As I know alot of people have nights when they feel so happy about how there kids sleep but feel they cant put it on here cos they dont want to feel like they are being a show off. well why not, lets just do it. we shud be aloud to be proud. so please join in & tell us about ur good sleep!!! (inc newborns, toddlers, older kids, or even just urself!!!) I shall start... Last nite my wee Jasmine slept 10mins shy of 9hours!!!! im so proud & feel fantastic! not bad for 5 1/2weeks!!!  -------------    
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 11:02am
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Hehe,
Yes I'm also so proud of my wee bubba who has been sleeping 11.5-12 hours every night since 3 1/2 mths (excepting maybe 5 nights (not in a row) when she was teething or feeling sick) And I'm also glad that because of her willingness to sleep I get to stay up and do adult stuff before going to bed yay. And I also love that she only stays up for 1 hour in the mornings before going back to bed for 2 hours so i get an extended sleep in option :D ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 12:19pm
lol I just had to peek my head in here cos I don't know what this is  but yay for the 2 of you so far....hope it continues for you!!   -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 12:54pm
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Same as Emmecat!
I dream of the day my DD will sleep through but that will mean she is growing up! Yay for having babies that sleep! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 3:36pm
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I dunno Nicki, you might score and Lily could turn out like Clodagh...still waking twice nightly at 17 months old ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 3:38pm
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Lol Lily still wakes about 3-4 times a night! And I feed her each time too otherwise we have screaming for hours on end *sigh* but no biggy! Although it would be nice... Lol! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 6:47pm
That's not bad for that age....we often have nights where Clody still wakes that often lol....but at least I night weaned her when I found out I was pg...I kind of figured at 9/10 months old she didn't NEED BF every 2 hours overnight....  ..so she settled for water and cuddles with Daddy (both of which are still going hehe).------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 6:48pm
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Yay Kalimirella, thats awesum. its agr8 feeling huh? i love being able 2 be an 'adult' in the evenings too!
thanks for still joining in Emmecat & Lil_Nic9, its nice to know you can be happy for others even if you dont have the best sleepers (atm!!!) sending you both big sleepy vibes for ur wee ones. x -------------
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 9:17pm
All babies are different so I think it's great for those that have babies that are great sleepers! Lily was a great day sleeper until 5 months and I always felt bad about that because others had such a horrible time!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Kimnthekids
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 9:41pm
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Loving that 90% of the time we get a 6:30pm till 6:15am sleep with no wakes AND that she's still keen to do a 3 hour nap provided we're at home and isnt sick. Not that i ever really plan for 3 hours of uninterrupted stuff, and find instead i rush about and do a chore, then check, then do more bitty bits while waiting for her to wake lol. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: luckystar
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 9:43pm
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What a great idea for a thread!
We had such a rough start with DD, and had her awake from 5pm-ish until 11pm-ish every night from Aug til Dec last year, and during those months she was waking once or twice every night for a BF too. So I was knackered, hadn't cooked dinner in months, me and DH hadn't enjoyed any adult conversation etc etc... so something had to change!!!! So we did some looking into solutions, read 'Save Our Sleep' and then started the monumental task of teaching our unsettled baby to self settle and live with a routine But IT WORKED! And I can honestly say that since January 10th this year, my baby has slept 11-12hrs EVERY NIGHT except when she's woken with a v snotty blocked nose a handful of times, when sick over winter.
DH and I love our evenings together, and even tho I adore DD, I really look forward to 7pm every day, when I can go back to being a grown up for a while! Once this pgncys over and baby boy isn't having a dreamfeed anymore, I can get back to enjoying a nice big wine in the evening too ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   
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Posted By: luvmylittlies
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:37pm
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Can I join in the gloaters club? My daughter slept through (7-7) from about 10 weeks old and apart from a few stray nights it's stayed that way. Probably just luck but I like to think we did something right as well. Even during her awful refluxy months she still slept 12 hours at night. Actually she's so good that I secretly enjoy the odd time she does wake in the middle of the night so I can doze with her having a cuddle and a feed. ------------- Adoring Mum to Talisin 8/9/11 and Kiara 18/01/10 |
Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 12:58am
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DS is pretty good at settling down and has been since a wee baby, still doesn't sleep through but he goes to bed about 6 so we get to have adult time! I feel pretty lucky when I read about other babies crappy sleeping habits... ------------- 
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Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 9:09am
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yay 4 all these great sleepers!
good work luckystar, i find having a routine helps ALOT!! last nite jasmine did just over 7hours, so im still feeling gr8!
Nutella i also feel really bad wen i read about all the bad sleepers there are, (or not really bad, just not ideal!) thats why i thought we needed sumwhere to celebrate our gud sleeps & hopefully not put anyones noses out. -------------
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 9:57am
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Both of my 2 are good day sleepers. Ella at 3 Y 4M still sleeps 2-3 hrs during the day (anything less than 2 hrs is considered a bad sleep by her standars) and yet still sleeps12 hrs staight at night. After a rough start, Tom is now a good day sleeper as well. nights are a work in progress....but we will get there eventually (I have hope in the fact that Ella didn't sleep through until she was 2, so eventually he will get there). Although last night he only woke up twice (9.30 and 3.30) so I am pretty stoked with that. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: NZ-rules
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 12:53pm
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Ooh what a nice idea... I don't like to gloat, but since this thread is here . DS woke once a night from about 2 weeks old until 3 & 1/2 months, and since then has slept 11-12 hours (except for 2 random nights). I love my evenings, and since he was little he's had a 7pm bedtime and I get to do my own thing (and recently it means I can get to the gym!). ------------- 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 1:15pm
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My kids are both great sleepers!! DD wasn't always that way and getting her to STTN took effort (just getting her to go to sleep took effort) but at 10mo I did sleep training with her and within 3 days we had it sorted. DS was always a great sleeper and started STTN at 7mo. Last night DS fell asleep during his feed so I was a bit worried he'd wake but he slept until his sister went in to "check on him" (aka wake him My big gloat for the day is that DD slept most of the night with dry knickers!! -------------  
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) at 5:45am. Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 1:57pm
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well done MrsMojo on the sleeping.
I have done alot of hard work and DD now sleeps through the night, has since she was about 3months, started doing 10hrs at5mths then 11+ at 11mths. I wont accept her waking up any earlier then 7am. She does have patches where sleep is disturbed and she wakes abit but normally its nothing abit of a cuddle can't fix. We now have a nice 2hr sleep during the day most days which I live for! I'm not ready for an active 15mth old to drop day sleeps yet. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 8:22am
yeeehaaa, thats awesum! -------------
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MrsMojo wrote:Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 8:25am
Yay, wot a good wee boy! my 1st was the same, & every1 told me that id cop it bad with the 2nd....well not yet, & fingers crossed it stays that way -------------
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Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 8:27am
Jade at 2yrs still sleeps 2hours from about midday, so hopfully ur wee 1 will be the same! -------------
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 10:04am
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Hannah's only just dropped her day sleep, 3 months shy of her third birthday.
I mainly enforce that, though, because she will sleep between 2 and 3 hours and be IMPOSSIBLE to get down at night before 9:30. This way she's asleep by 7:30pm and will sleep for 12 hours. She was 8 months old before she'd sleep at least 9 hours a night. Her day usually started at 5:30am until 15 months, when she switched to 6am. Mason is much more civilised. Until 9 weeks old woke only once a night for an hour. From 9 weeks he's slept for at least 9 hours. The last two nights he's done 10+ hours. YAY for all the wicked night sleepers. *edited for spelling. ------------- 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 11:56am
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Michaela was over 3 when she stopped having a regular day sleep (I still sometimes get her to have a sleep even now when we've had a busy morning and she's clearly grumpy..... and I want a sleep Michaela had dry knickers when she got up this morning -------------
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 2:58pm
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My bubby slept 11 hours last night and has already slept another 6 hours today.
But that is unusual! ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 9:26pm
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Cool thread!
Jake still sleeps for 2-3 hours during the day at 3yr4mths and does 11hrs overnight. He had heart surgery at 6wks old so didn't sleep well while sick .... but still managed to sleep through (7-7) by 12wks. He rarely wakes (fell out of bed a couple of times and cried but nothing else in the last 2 years) - he went into a bed at 19mths and has never got out in the night apart from one night when he had rotovirus and had thrown up in his bed! Morgan only ever woke once in the night apart from the very odd night and slept thru every night by 5wks!!! she was a little hard to get down in the evening at first, but all good by 3 months (apart from growth spurts) now she sleeps 7pm til about 6.30/7am, and does a 1.5-3.5hr day nap depending on how tired she is. She only wakes if really sick or teething. I love my great sleeping kids!!!  ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 31 October 2010 at 10:41am
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Loving the stories! keep them coming!!!
Jasmine did just over 7.5hours last nite. haha but i think i only had bout 3! just couldnt get to sleep. gah! but never mind. -------------
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 31 October 2010 at 12:00pm
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I'm shattered today! Both kids slept really well as usual but I was up watching a movie until 11:30pm and then I went up to bed and realised that I'd stripped it to wash the sheets but hadn't remade it -------------
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 31 October 2010 at 2:56pm
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Jody slept 12 - 14 hours from about 6 weeks.
UNTIL RECENTLY grrrrrr. Since I have been spoilt with this magical sleeping beast, I think it is terrible that she now won't go to sleep until about 8pm (gasp!) and that's only if I or DH sit in the room with her. She gets up with the sun, this morning was 5:30am. I think she's broken. She still sleeps for about 2 hours during the day, but I have to sit with her until she falls asleep. Poor me  -------------   
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Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 01 November 2010 at 12:16pm
| My DD is normally a great sleeper, 11-12 hours O/N and then 2 -3 hours a day at 15 months. A bit of good luck and a bit of hard work to get this. However has 4 large teeth coming through atm and is waking early and having shorter naps. I just keep repeating that this will pass. |
Posted By: NovMum
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 7:21pm
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Oh yep this is a great thread! My DD1 slept through from a 10 pm feed at 7 weeks, then all the way through at 3 1/2 months... My DD2 is 3 weeks old and is only up once from the 10 pm feed usually between 2-4am.... I work pretty hard during the day to get it this way and how cool is it that there is a place to celebrate all the great sleepers! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pekay
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 7:36pm
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I have fantasic sleepers! I feel very blessed!
DD1, now 15 months has consistently slept 12-14hours from 9 weeks. Obviously this is interupted when sick/teething etc. DD, 7 weeks, has been sleeping 11hours from 6 weeks. DD1 has recently started to wake a lot earlier- 630am, but DD2 wakes at 6am..so it is no loss. She still sleeps atleast 2 hours in the afternoons. |
Posted By: Manda08
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 8:45pm
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Awesome thread!
My DS has slept through since he was 9 weeks old. Only time he wakes is when sick. And thats hardly ever. He also sleeps 2 - 3 hours a day. and on the weekends if the house is quiet, and his door is half shut he will sleep till 8.30am! Is awesome! But why do i wake at 7... who knows. Hoping number 2 is the same!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: TheKelly
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 9:21pm
\ haha I love that ! "went to check on him " naww ! and clever girl on the dry knickers! ------------- 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 02 November 2010 at 11:15pm
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My boy doens't sleep through the night but he's always in bed asleep at 7pm bless him Music on, bottle in, Tiger & Tigger for cuddles, see you at midnight for a bottle.
I'm the sucky sleeper though lol ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 7:31am
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OK I still totally don't qualify for this thread hehe but had to boast too...Clodagh slept from 8pm- 4.30am straight this morning, then when Daddy went in she just said 'duddle' and he picked her up and went back to the single bed with her...and both slept for another 2 hours. THAT is a brilliant night for us! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: M.i.s.s.y
Date Posted: 03 November 2010 at 12:28pm
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Really loving these posts! im glad there are so many other familys that r blessed with gud sleepers as well.
yay 4 all the sleep being had out there!!!
oh u fully do qualify emmecat, thats awesum news, u never know, she may start doing the full nites now that she know's she can!!! hehee, just in tym 4 u to have bubby #2! -------------
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Posted By: sugarbaby
Date Posted: 07 November 2010 at 9:20pm
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Finally!
I am so proud of my DD sleeps. People always ask how the sleeping or feeding is going and almost look disappointed when i say brilliantly! Our darling has pretty much slept tho since 8 weeks (thank you Gina Ford!) She has always gone down at 7pm, no worries She sleeps from 7 to 7 with a quik feed at 10pm. poor hubby has to get up at 5.30am to go to work and i get to sleep till 7 :) its brillant! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Kalimirella
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 11:29am
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Resurrecting this to say my beaut little girl slept 7pm till 6:15am this morning with no wakeups! And then had another nap 8am-10:30am, yay that she has settled back down. ------------- Kiara is 3 and Teagan is 2, now we're expecting our long awaited 3rd! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 10 November 2010 at 2:14pm
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still sleeping great at night here! And even better when she goes to bed. I ask if she wants to and she nods, say brush your teeth and she runs to the bathroom and climbs up on the stool, kiss and cuddles for grandma and she runs to mum and whoever else is around at the time then to our bedroom please and she runs down there. LOVE IT
She does have a blanky which she sleeps with and has trouble sleeping if its not there funny one night I didn't have it in the cot so had to come back out to get it she stood there looking at me and as soon as I chucked it at her she grabbed it and dropped down to sleep. CUTE Oh and I don't think I have had wake ups when she is sick or teething either! A couple of times she shouts out but its literally a quick cuddle, or give her her blanky and back asleep ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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