Anonymous wrote:OP here. This makes me feel better. We are very active with him when he wakes up and play with a bunch of toys, sing, work on tummy time, listen to music, read to him, etc.

He sleeps about 16 hours a day. He will sleep 2 shorter naps and 2 longer naps.

OP here. We never sleep trained but we started early with putting him on a schedule and teaching him how to self-soothe.

OP here. This makes me feel better. We are very active with him when he wakes up and play with a bunch of toys, sing, work on tummy time, listen to music, read to him, etc.

He sleeps about 16 hours a day. He will sleep 2 shorter naps and 2 longer naps.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

NP. My kids (3) all slept through by somewhere between 3-8 months and all were down to a max of one night feed by 4 months. I didn't sleep train but I also had a general rule of NEVER running in immediately. Like from the beginning I never ran over when the baby cried. If I was in the bathroom or doing something I'd finish up and go in. Always wait a minute or two. As they got older I'd draw that out. So if the 3 month old woke up we wouldn't let them cry it out, but we'd let them decide if they were really serious about it before going over. No running over at the first peep, wait until they ramp it up or until they go back to sleep. It worked but I think there is also a strong genetic component to this.

Yeah, there is. I employed the same strategy with a kid who turned into a nightmare sleeper. Genetically DH's whole family are nighmare sleepers and half of mine is, so...we were doomed from the start.

To answer OP - there's nothing wrong with your kid. You'll have longer awake stretches to do things in soon enough, honestly.

Mine sleeps from 8 to 7 with a night feeding between two and four in the morning.

Usually naps from about 9 to 11:30

1:30 to 3;00

Sometimes he needs a little nap at the end of the day.

Anonymous wrote:Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

NP. My kids (3) all slept through by somewhere between 3-8 months and all were down to a max of one night feed by 4 months. I didn't sleep train but I also had a general rule of NEVER running in immediately. Like from the beginning I never ran over when the baby cried. If I was in the bathroom or doing something I'd finish up and go in. Always wait a minute or two. As they got older I'd draw that out. So if the 3 month old woke up we wouldn't let them cry it out, but we'd let them decide if they were really serious about it before going over. No running over at the first peep, wait until they ramp it up or until they go back to sleep. It worked but I think there is also a strong genetic component to this.

Anonymous wrote:Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

9:18 PP - yes. The Sleep Easy Solution, right at 4 months.

Anonymous wrote:Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

PP here - nope! All 3 of my kids are great sleepers. DD1 started sleeping through the night at 3 months, DD2 at 4 months and DD3 at 4.5 months. Never had to sleep train. Still good sleepers to this day! We are VERY VERY lucky and aren't going to test our luck and have a 4th!

Anonymous wrote:Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

PP from 10:37. We did not. DD#2 is just naturally a very good sleeper. She started sleeping 6-7 hours overnight around 1mo and has been around 10-11 hours overnight since 3mo. We’ve done nothing special, and she is the polar opposite of her older sister, who had reflux and never gave me more than a 3 hour stretch of sleep until she was 6mo.
I’m very much aware of how fortunate we are!!!

Did you all sleep train in order to get these full nights of sleep?

DD2 is nearly 5mo. She sleeps 11 hours overnight, plus usually an additional 4 or so hours during the day. Daytime sleep is broken up over the course of 3 naps.

I don’t think what you’re describing sounds too unusual, OP. Some babies just need a lot of sleep. DD2 was sleeping roughly 17-18 hours a day until just within the last month or so. DD#1 never slept that much, even as a newborn.

Mine is eight months old now, but yes, at four months, he was still wavering between 3 and 4 naps a day, plus about 11 hours a night (8pm - 8am with a dreamfeed, and he's a slow eater, so that was about an hour) So I would say he was getting a solid 14-15 hours a day. Now at eight months, more like 13-14 hours a day.

He'll likely drop the fourth nap in the next few weeks. Sounds like you're doing great!

Could he be overstimulated? I think most babies have too much going on, and are exhausted.

One of my kids slept around 18 hours total when she was 4 months old (STTN and 2 naps) until she was 12 months and I dropped the morning nap. She still requires a lot of sleep at 5 (12-13 hours).

I have a 4-month-old who started STTN at 3 months. He sleeps 8-7 but still naps so much during the day. He can’t be awake for more than 1.5-2 hours before getting tired. I thought him STTN would make him be awake more during the day. He still takes 4 naps a day. How much does your baby sleep?