https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:49:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473506 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:48:05 +0000 Kbee 2473506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started STTN at 11 months, and I felt pretty rested after about 3 weeks of STTN. He's almost 13 months now, and I am loving my sleep so much that I am not at all ready to think about having another baby yet :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473505 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:47:45 +0000 jape14 2473505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started STTN (and I mean 7-6, no wakeups, no feedings) consistently around 8.5 months, and I felt consistently rested maybe 1.5 months later. I'm still a little greedy with going to bed early now (DS is almost 18 months) and still feel like "must get as much sleep as possible!" but not constantly tired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473498 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:42:47 +0000 Happygal 2473498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm forever tired. :crying:<br /> She didn't start sleeping through the night until almost a year, and nasty colds caused major bumps along the way. She still wakes up early sometimes. And now I'm pregnant and have insomnia most nights. Sleep, I miss you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473341 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:51:00 +0000 pastemoo 2473341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms maths: that is totally sttn! my son started the 6 hr definition of sttn around 15 months (after a 14 month growth spurt of waking up like 14x/night. i die even remembering it) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473339 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:49:59 +0000 pastemoo 2473339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms maths: at 3 1/2 years, every once in a while i feel rested. around 2, he started getting up only once a night.... still tired. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473312 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 19:21:19 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2473312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is making me sad! Ds is 4.5 months and nowhere near sttn. I hope when he does I can get back to normal pretty quickly!</p> <p>@Pumpkin Pie: This is one of those things I don't think longer maternity leave would necessarily change. I SAH and some days I long to be back at one of my old jobs, not chasing a 3 yo after not sleeping. Of course I don't miss my very physically active jobs (working at a hospital, being the main one!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473153 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:47:28 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2473153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Reading this is crazy, and I just can't understand how every other developed country has like 1 year of maternity leave, and the US has none. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473145 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:44:32 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 2473145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm at the two week mark, and yesterday was the first day I didn't feel like taking an afternoon nap. I mean, I'm not like crazy energetic, but I'm not falling asleep during nursing sessions either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473112 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:30:58 +0000 gingerbebe 2473112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I need to add that I'm an introvert, so I also need some awake time alone by myself to recharge every day in addition to sleep or else I will feel tired. So I didn't start to really feel rested until DS was sleeping like 11-12 hours a night plus napping during the day. Once I had adequate rest AND some unplugging time, I started to feel sane again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473030 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:53:56 +0000 Ms maths 2473030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should add: She is waking up at 5AM, snacks, and then falls back asleep for another 1-2 hours. But it feels like STTN to me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473003 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:38:12 +0000 winniebee 2473003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine didn't start STTN until 14 months. I still feel exhausted. And he has been sick for 5 days and has woken the last 4 nights. He also wakes early, by 6 or 630 LATEST. I'm running a big sleep deficit! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2473002 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:37:54 +0000 gentlelunette 2473002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter has been sleeping through the night for awhile, but I still feel constantly tired. I think I need to get my thyroid checked, because I'm getting a lot of sleep and shouldn't be this tired all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472997 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:33:54 +0000 fussygal 2472997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Woohoo! That is exciting! It took me a few weeks to feel caught up, but even then she didn't STTN until I was pregnant again so there's still an existing baseline of exhaustion so it's hard to say. But I think if I wasn't pregnant I'd feel much more rested! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472996 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:33:19 +0000 Littlebit7 2472996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I feel well rested yet and it's been 4 months. I am not a very good sleeper and she's taken to waking at 6 lately </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472991 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:27:56 +0000 Mommy Finger 2472991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just have to laugh at this question b/c while DS2 has STTN night before, he's not consistent. There have been a few times where after he does sleep well, I'll mention that I'm tired and DH comments on how I got a lot of sleep that night so I shouldn't be. You know, because clearly getting one good 8 hour stretch of sleep makes up for the past 8 months of only sleeping for 4 hours at a time max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472941 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:57:00 +0000 lamariniere 2472941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a month! Neither of mine STTN until after a year, so I was exhausted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472936 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:54:28 +0000 gingerbebe 2472936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once DS was both STTN and nap trained, I know for at least a month or two, I napped at the same times he napped during the day PLUS slept normal hours at night. But I had been seriously sleep deprived the first 4 months of his life and had suffered PPD/PPA and hadn't been taking care of myself physically, so I had a lot of catching up to do. I think I started feeling good when DS was 7-8 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472543 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:17:26 +0000 runnerd 2472543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO has gone through spells where he STTN, but it had been awhile. We are about day 10 of our current STTN spell and I'm still really exhausted! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472531 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:14:16 +0000 SweetiePie 2472531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably a month or so. But I think that I am still more tired in afternoons than I was before him, even with 8-ish hours of sleep a night. I think having kids is just more physically and emotionally draining so you'll always be a little more tired than you were before. But it's definitely manageable, not like it was when he was waking at night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472476 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:50:38 +0000 catlady 2472476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, it was probably somewhere between 9 months and a year. But that's probably because she still usually wakes up before 6:30am or 7 at latest, and I prefer to go to bed late and wake up late. So it's been hard for me to adjust to early mornings every day, particularly on weekends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472455 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:40:52 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2472455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only as long as it took me to not wake up engorged while baby slept. I hate being awake MOTN with sleeping children. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472446 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:38:11 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2472446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely at least a month. And every time we had an episode of night wakings, you start all over again, and as soon as you feel a little rested, another episode happens. It's been pretty good for the past 2 months (cross my fingers). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472402 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:20:23 +0000 snowjewelz 2472402@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never? DD started STTN around 8-9 months, but it's never 100%. And even if it's every single night since then, I don't think I will ever feel rested ever again, lol! I sleep 7-8 hours every night and I'm still tired! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472381 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:08:40 +0000 JoJoGirl 2472381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely a few weeks! The first week or so I woke up even though she didn't, then it took maybe another week of a full-night's sleep before I felt normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472379 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:06:31 +0000 Smurfette 2472379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still waiting and she is almost 3. But I have sleep issues in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472375 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 10:02:29 +0000 NovBaby1112 2472375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I never really felt "well rested" even after LO started sleeping through the night around a year! Maybe I was so sleep deprived for so long it took my body awhile to catch up, and it made me not want a second for a really long time, but even then, there was sickness, teething, regressions, big girl bed transitions, pregnancy, and just random night wakings that just leave me feeling never rested enough. I figure maaaaybe by the time the kids are teenagers I will feel 100% well rested. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-after-sttn-until-you-felt-rested#post-2472368 Wed, 24 Feb 2016 09:57:58 +0000 Ms maths 2472368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO2 has been sleeping through the night for the past week, after never having done it in her first 11.5 months. It's been glorious! But I'm amazed at my capacity to sleep: often 7-9 hours, and I still feel like I need an afternoon nap! (There's still plenty about my day to wear me out, but I'm still surprised.)</p> <p>So, just for fun, how long did it take for you to approach something like well-rested after your kids started sleeping through the night? </p>