https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 14:06:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767396 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:55:26 +0000 shopaholic 767396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>AMAZING how different everyone's LOs can sleep at different ages! I guess I'll just have to wait and see. But reassuring to know she can go that long without being starved. I will probably feed though anytime she wakes up - I'd feel so bad if she was hungry and I was just trying to force her to sleep through it. We've had a couple of 7+ hours now between feedings so I'm hopeful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767272 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:11:42 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 767272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: at 5-months, Noelle was exclusively breastfed and STTN from 7-7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767268 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:08:37 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 767268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has never ever ever slept 12 hours straight and she is 12 months old and breastfed. The longest she has ever gone is 10 hours and that was the day before yesterday. Up until a week ago she was waking every 3-4 hours and has been that way her entire life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767261 Wed, 08 May 2013 10:06:19 +0000 Running Elley 767261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has never slept 12 hours without a wakeup and he's 7 months. Since we sleep trained at 5.5 months he regularly (basically every night) sleeps 8-9 hours (7:30pm-4amish), eats 3oz and then goes back down for about 2 hours. </p> <p>He's a big boy too, 20 pounds at 7 months. Before we sleep trained he was sleeping 3 hour stretches max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767244 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:57:13 +0000 Andrea 767244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, it's definitely possible but not for every child! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767210 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:42:06 +0000 Bluebonnet 767210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is EBF and has regularly slept 12 hours a night since 6 months old. She started sleeping in longer stretches 8+ hours a night at 6 weeks (not always consistently). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767206 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:40:18 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 767206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Started around 11/12w!! Haven't looked back since! I did sleep train though. But, that wasnt for 12h. I only sleep trained until he hit the 8h mark**. Then, he just kept adding hours and did 12h on his own.<br /> **if he woke up before 8h, I would CIO with checking in on him and offering a bak rub or son to him. If he up at 8h or after, then I'd let him up and we'd start our day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767189 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:30:04 +0000 mediagirl 767189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is going on 11 months and has never slept for 12 hours straight. Ever. She also wakes 1-2x/night... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767158 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:19:21 +0000 mrs. wagon 767158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 4 months WJ was RIDICULOUSLY chubby and healthy, so with the OK of our pediatrician (that he didn't really NEED a night feeding anymore) we sleep trained and he did great. </p> <p>LMW was also plenty chubby and healthy, but we didn't sleep train her for whatever reason (not wanting her cries to wake up WJ, etc) and she naturally started sleeping 12ish hrs each night around 8 months. She did it for about a week when she was 6 months then stopped (teething?), then started doing it again consistently at around 8 months and has ever since.</p> <p>I know, I am BLESSED!! I cannot complain, and I don't!</p> <p>Oh, both were EBF. Night feedings were all pumped milk for both of them. No formula or rice cereal in the bottles for either.</p> <p>I think some kids are just naturally great sleepers and will go throughout the night because they'd rather sleep than eat... and some kids just wake because of their hunger and need you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767141 Wed, 08 May 2013 09:10:29 +0000 sarac 767141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter (19 months) has never, never once in her life slept for 12 hours. She just STTN from 9-6:30 (STTN is fairly rare for her) and I was just about to go check on her when she woke up. Usually if she sleeps through she wakes at 5 or so to nurse for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767120 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:55:57 +0000 looch 767120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son never needed a lot of sleep, he wasn't one of those sleepy newborns. His eyes were always open and he wanted to be part of the action.</p> <p>Now, at just over 2 years, he's sleeping a lot longer, but we still have night wakeups. Most nights he logs 10 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767116 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:53:54 +0000 Mrs. Bee 767116@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>charlie slept 10 hours at night for a long time. as he got older (closer to 2), he started sleeping 12 hours.</p> <p>olive sleeps through the night now, but historically had lots of wakeups. But she has almost always slept 13-14 hours at night even with the wakeups.</p> <p>now she sleeps about 10-11 hours straight, i nurse her, and she goes back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767041 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:16:58 +0000 littlek 767041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO started STTN at 4 months. I think a lot of it had to do with daycare. He would be so exhausted from daycare he would have no issues sleeping for 12 hours at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767033 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:12:17 +0000 mamabolt 767033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO was able to sleep 11-12 hours at around 12 weeks - just in time for me to go back to work. It certainly hasn't continued every single day, there have been sleep regressions, but for the most part that's her norm. But I think a lot of it is luck that we have a great sleeper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767025 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:08:42 +0000 mrsjyw 767025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A STTN 12+ hours at 12 weeks. And is EBF. (5-6x during the day 5 oz each)</p> <p>Aside from minor hiccups during 4 month regression and teething, he still sleeps 10+ hours at 5.5 months.</p> <p>He's almost 18 lbs! :) </p> <p>Pedi was so surprised at how well he was gaining weight at his 4 month check!</p> <p>(WE ARE EXTREMELY LUCKY) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767012 Wed, 08 May 2013 08:02:34 +0000 sorrycharlie 767012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My baby definitely can't go that long &amp; she's 7 m old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-767007 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:58:10 +0000 cascademom 767007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we sleep trained at 6 months, we got STTN for 12 hours. We had a dreamfeed in there until last week when I was too tired to do it. LO slept right through the feeding period. We've had small regressions where he'll wake up at 4am, but we don't go into the nursery and let him work it out. So, we've had 12 hour sleeps from 6 months on with CIO. Before that, we were lucky to get 5-6 hours at a tick. I think he got used to being tended to when he cried and fussed in his crib. It's a lesson for us for the next baby for sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766980 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:34:57 +0000 NovBaby1112 766980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While I do think it’s possible and many babies DO go that long without feeding, I think just as many babies cannot go the full 12 hours at that age. I think this is one of those things that is truly individual depending on the baby. I think many people and even doctors expect too much from young babies, and everything I have read (even most sleep books) say that until 9ish months, you should expect 1-2 night feeds over a 12 hour period. Also, waking up to nurse isn’t just “out of hunger” for some babies. If they are working on new milestones or learning something new, wonder week, teething, etc, they often wake up more to nurse out of comfort, not food. This is totally normal and usually passes once things calm down and they master whatever it is they are working through. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766972 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:28:36 +0000 Honeybee 766972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I told DS's pediatrician that he started sleeping 11-12 hours without waking right before he turned one, he told me it's actually pretty rare. He said most of the kids he sees do 9-10 hours at night until they drop all of their daytime naps! Fwiw, neither of my kids STTN consistently until one year old, and most nights they both sleep about 10 hours (DS sleeps a little more since he's younger). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766966 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:26:38 +0000 winniebee 766966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some babies can. But my son only sleeps 10 hours at night, maybe 10.5. When he wakes at that point, he is ready to start his day. He just doesn't need that much sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766951 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:17:17 +0000 hilsy85 766951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>CAN they? Yes, most babies probably physically CAN sleep that long at that age, as in they don't NEED to eat. But that doesn't mean they don't get hungry and wakeup and complain about it (or wakeup and complain for a million other reasons...). I am also feeling bitter right now about the 2-3 hour stretches we've been getting :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766942 Wed, 08 May 2013 07:08:44 +0000 edelweiss 766942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think it totally depends on the baby and what works for the family--it's definitely possible, but it doesn't happen for lots of babies at that age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766934 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:54:09 +0000 BelugaBean 766934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had to sleep train at 5.5 months but once we did, she started sleeping 12-14 hours through the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766933 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:50:34 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 766933@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't happen for us until a year ... But since then I've been in his room once in 10 months! So I'll take it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766927 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:35:15 +0000 autumnlove 766927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO started sleeping consistently for 12 hours around 5 months. She started with 8 hours at 8 weeks old and gradually slept more each night. She was EBF but supplemented with formula the first 3 weeks of her life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766916 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:23:38 +0000 LemonLong 766916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO sleeps 12 hours a night every night. She is EBF ( just barely starting solids now. She's BLW, so not much makes it into her mouth!) she's six months old. I just make sure she gets lots of feedings in during the day so her body doesn't need anything at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766913 Wed, 08 May 2013 06:20:24 +0000 SleepyMonkey 766913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my LO started STTN (11 hours) when she was 10 weeks. not every night, but maybe every other night. so i knew she was able to sleep that long without eating. then she got sick, went thru a regression, we traveled, etc...so she was waking up 1x a night to nurse for a couple months and we just did CIO to night wean a few days ago and its working out well so far. she STTN again for 3 of the last 4 nights, so it is doable. she is 6 months right now. our pedi said by 2 months, babies do not need to eat at night (but i found that way too young to do CIO. we even tried it once when she was 3 months and 4 months and she wouldn't stop crying. i dont think she was ready). that being said, i think sleeping is largely based on the disposition of your baby...in other words, its luck of the draw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766895 Wed, 08 May 2013 05:10:44 +0000 Ree723 766895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is EBF (+ solids now as she's 10.5 months old) and started sleeping 12 hours through the night consistently at 2.5 months. We didn't sleep train, she just started sleeping 12 hr stretches every night and has done that ever since. So yes, it is certainly possible for babies with tiny tummies to go twelve hours overnight without eating, even when it's the more quickly digested breast milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766893 Wed, 08 May 2013 04:52:07 +0000 loveisstrange 766893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C did it for the first time at like 2 months old. She started regularly sleeping 13-14 hours at 6 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/12-hours-sttn#post-766880 Wed, 08 May 2013 03:06:12 +0000 jetsettermomma 766880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the longest DS ever slept through the night was 10 or 11 hours. He was about 3 months and was consistently sleeping that way for weeks... It was heaven!... until the dreaded 4 month sleep regression. And we haven't quite made it back to that since. He is 7 months now. I'm always afraid that he might really be hungry so I can't ignore/refuse his comfort nursing these days. </p>