https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:24:11 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-900316 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 07:28:09 +0000 Dandelion 900316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It ends. My kid is almost 6 and sleeps through the night just fine. Once they get almost 2, it's a lot easier in that department. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-900311 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 07:24:42 +0000 irene 900311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all....</p> <p>Just an update.... I called the school yesterday and see if he's behaving weird...etc as I was debating if I should still take him to do the doctor. They said he was playing fine and napping fine and eating OK, no temperature. Phewl! His fever is gone completely and he slept without a peep last night. Thank God.</p> <p>And I assume his ears are OK.</p> <p>Fingers crossed.</p> <p>Thanks again for all the support...... I really really appreciate it. Sometimes this is just what I needed when a lot of times I feel that I am dealing with all these alone because DH just adds onto the stress. (All he does is asking these questions as if I am doing a horrible job, but that's another topic for another time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-898676 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:53:36 +0000 swurlygurl 898676@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no, so sorry! As a kid who had non-stop ear problems I know how bad it is :(</p> <p>No advice, but I'll be thinking of you and hoping that your poor LO feels better (and that you can get some good sleep!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-898451 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:46:25 +0000 brownie 898451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It ends. Then something happens and it starts again. But then it ends again. My son didn't start STTN until he was 2. Now he is up at 3 am again absolutely starving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-898435 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:41:51 +0000 T-Mom 898435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry to hear about your LO being sick.. it does get better.. my DD ended up having to get tubes, I'm sure I have mentioned to you before, and it was a godsend. Before that she was sick once a month, on antibiotics all the time until there were no more to be had, and had pneumonia as well.. My DS had two back to back episodes of pneumonia this past fall as well and it was rough. Both of my kids really seemed to have evened out by age 2 (well, DS is 22 months now). Knock on wood.. Hang in there! It's gonna be ok (eventually)... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-898341 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:17:02 +0000 pelikila 898341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes it will get better. If tubes do become necessary, believe me, it is one of the fastest surgeries and you will be amazed at the difference. C had his first set at 8 months, second set at 20 months plus adenoids removed, and now we are waiting to see what happens since the second set have come out. So far so good (only one ear infection) at 28 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-898311 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:10:29 +0000 irene 898311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you.... I was very bummed last night.</p> <p>So this morning LO has no temperature and he was in general pretty happy and normal, and since I had to go to the doc so I sent him to daycare. I called the pediatrician and ask them what I should do, and they said I can monitor him for a bit longer, and if he still couldn't sleep tonight, or fever returns, then I should take him in.</p> <p>Just really frustrated and tired of dealing with a baby (now toddler) that constantly gets sick. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-897429 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 06:25:32 +0000 looch 897429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice, just hoping your day goes well and you get some answers from your ped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-897426 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 06:21:51 +0000 T.H.O.U. 897426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so sorry you are going through this. I would seriously talk to your doctor about it and let them know you dont think hes sleeping well at all because hes sick. If its another ear infection I would seriously consider tubes (although we haven't had to deal with them like you have). Good luck at the dentist this morning. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-ever-going-to-get-better#post-897303 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:59:22 +0000 irene 897303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do I ever get to STTN consistently??? Again???</p> <p>LO is 17 months now. It's been one thing after the other for him. And now he is obviously not feeling very well as he screamed at 12am, then 1am, and he is still screaming on and off. He wanted me to lay there and he would quiet down but I had to leave and he is screaming bloody murder. I had to turn off my baby monitor and close the doors. I feel like a horrible horrible person but there is nothing I can do, and I don't want to lay there all night.</p> <p>He started having a fever of 101.5 on Saturday night after 3 days of water activities (2 water days at daycare and we went to the spray park on Saturday). 101.8 the next morning but he act his normal self. He was fever free the entire day but got 102.4 before bedtime. Now he can't sleep, but definitely doesn't have a fever. (Very chilled forehead)</p> <p>Judge me or not but I hv a dentist appt tomorrow at 8am which I can no longer cancel... So if he is fine in the morning I will take him to daycare, go to the dentist, come back and schedule an appt with the pediatrician. </p> <p>I am just very upset. I thought we dodged the bullet for having tubes put in (after numerous ear infections and many ent visits, doc said we can wait becuz he was clear and that was 2 weeks ago), but now this... Which I am so scared they will tell me it is an ear infection tomorrow. If it were ear infection again we should schedule for surgery right away.</p> <p>Sorry for rambling but just am very upset. Have you guys experienced with unhealthy LOs and does this ever end????? </p> <p>2am now and I can still hear him crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-241334 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:54:18 +0000 emahlee 241334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Irene: Happy 6 month to your little one! I was told that "sleeping through the night" was 6-8 hours for a 2 month old, but until I get at least 8 hours of sleep myself and wake up after 6AM, I wouldn't consider my babe to be "sleeping through the night". </p> <p>@rubies: Yes, I've been blessed with a good night sleeper... napping, on the other hand, is a totally different story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-241302 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:30:20 +0000 Rubies 241302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@emahlee: You have such a good sleeping baby!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-241287 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 20:21:11 +0000 irene 241287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@emahlee: My LO (6 months tomorrow!) also does 5-6 hour stretches too.... in fact many nights he did 8-10 hour stretches. We put him down at 7-ish, and he would wake at 2-4 ish for milk. However, my pediatrician's definition of "sleeping through the night" is 12 hours (eg. 7p-7a). My friends who does formula or a mix of formula and breast milk tells me their babies go down at 9pm and would wake the other morning at 8-10am... no feeding necessary in the middle of the night.... Another friend of mine who exclusively breastfed her baby goes down at 7:30p and wakes up at 5-6am consistently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-241249 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 19:36:54 +0000 emahlee 241249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kinda? We put Lucas down at 7:30-8 each night and then dreamfeed him with a bottle of breastmilk at 10:30PM. He is then able to sleep a 5-6 hour stretch and wake up between 4-5AM for a feed before waking up for the day at 8AM. </p> <p>He's been doing the 5-6 hour stretch since he was 7 weeks; he's currently 9 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238475 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:11:13 +0000 rachiecakes 238475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: same here! when he started teething he wouldn't nurse during the day really, only when he was sleepy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238474 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:10:44 +0000 Schmei 238474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: Hm... I didn't start being regular about dream feeds until he was about 8 months old, so he may also have just been ready to grow out of that 3-4am wake up with a little prodding? I don't know. You'll get there soon, I'm sure. (side note: I started dream feeds because of nursing strikes... ah, the simplicity of breastfeeding, eh?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238465 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:04:10 +0000 irene 238465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: I am totally with you! He doesn't get to be a baby forever so I cherish the time I get to breastfeed him - not to mention we have nursing strike issues so the night feeding was actually quite enjoyable because it has been 99% nursing strike free.</p> <p>@Schmei: So weird, even though there were nights he woke up / stirred at 10:30 / 11-ish and I feed him, he would still wake up between 2-4 and won't go back to sleep unless I feed him. Bummer for us :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238442 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:50:41 +0000 Schmei 238442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PB is 9 months old. Since I started dream feeds (nursing him around 10:30pm before I go to bed) he's been sleeping through the night (7:15-ish pm to 6:30am). Unless he's teething, but my theory is that nursing helps his gums feel better if he's really hurting, so I go ahead and get up with him. </p> <p>Before that he was waking up once a night, around 4am - and I get up at 6:30 for work, so that was killing me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238440 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:50:12 +0000 rachiecakes 238440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: My pediatrician also suggested dropping the night feedings (between 7pm and 5am) but since I work full time and don't get to nurse him during the day, I'd rather have that time to nurse him even if he's not sleeping through the night. He won't be a baby forever and someday I'll miss this time with him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238434 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:48:16 +0000 rachiecakes 238434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 months, I work full time so he gets BM bottles during the day and occasionally gets formula while I'm away if he's being fussy and not finishing bottles (hate to waste the BM!). When I get home, he's nursed exclusively. I feed him before bed, once during the night (around 2:30/3am) and in the early morning before I leave for work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238418 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:43:50 +0000 MsMini 238418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sawyer is 13 weeks, and wakes up 2 times between 10pm to 10 am. He usually wakes up to nurse at about midnight, then around 6 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238406 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:36:35 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 238406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is almost 11 weeks and wakes up at least once, but usually two times in the night (sometimes three). I can't imagine NOT feeding her! I really don't mind it, and she just seems so young to try and wean off the feedings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238393 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:24:39 +0000 Mrs. Pen 238393@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cobi is 5 months and still wakes twice between 12am-8:30am. He was always to low on the weight percentiles that I didn't feel comfortable weaning him off of night feedings. I probably won't either until he starts solids... we'll see how I feel in a month or two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238391 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:22:30 +0000 Mrs. Bee 238391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive is almost 10 months old and wakes up at least once a night. i think if i night weaned her, she would sleep through the night. but i am ok with it because she sleeps so much at night -- usually 13 1/2 hours.</p> <p>charlie was getting exclusive breastmilk, and he started sleeping through the night at 4 1/2 months when we sleep trained, but he was sleeping 10 hour stretches. </p> <p>it is much easier to juggle two kids when one of them is sleeping 13 1/2 hours, so i don't want to mess with that. I don't mind waking up in the middle of the night if it means Olive sleeps 16+ hours a day! (she also naps 3 hours) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238311 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:40:30 +0000 Weagle 238311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is EBF, 11 weeks old, and has been sleeping through the night (8-10 hours) since about 7 weeks. She still nurses quite a bit during the day, so I think she's just getting all the calories she needs then. I'm not looking forward to sleep regressions and teething to mess that up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238303 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:34:17 +0000 Mrsbells 238303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 month old sleeps through the night. But now I dont know if its a good thing, because since she started sleeping through the night she misses 2 feedings and this has caused her weight gain to slow down. To the point that the pediatrician recommended adding formula to her breastmilk but reducing the water ratio to make it more calorie condensed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238299 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:32:33 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 238299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She's 2 months now, and goes down around 9ish up at 3, back down and up at 6. This isn't always the case, but it's pretty frequent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238293 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:29:14 +0000 chopsuey 238293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>mine did until she learned to crawl out of her floor bed. After 6 months of not sleeping through the night, she's finally sleeping well again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238291 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:28:02 +0000 mrsjazz 238291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 3 months old and mostly sleeps through the night 9:30-5am. She'll eat at 5 and sleep again anywhere from 7 to 9. Once in awhile she will wake up around 2:30/3.</p> <p>I actually prefer her to wake up once during the night so that I don't wake up super engorged. It hurts so much. When I can drag myself awake I try to pump around 3 am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-ebf-baby-sleep-through-the-night#post-238282 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 13:21:41 +0000 duckduckkristen 238282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 3 months old. He goes to bed around 10:30pm, then wakes up to eat between 4 and 7am, then goes back to sleep for another 4 hours after nursing. Since some nights he sleeps "through the night" and other nights he doesn't, I'm not going to try to change anything right now. </p>