https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:27:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636467 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 19:36:23 +0000 Mama Bird 2636467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BrandNewMom: @MrsA: @MenagerieMama: eeeek, it sounds like I'm going to have to involve DH if I want results. And he doesn't deal well with sleep deprivation. Maybe we'll dedicate a long weekend to this :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636365 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 17:37:21 +0000 MenagerieMama 2636365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: all of our weaning was 110% me. LO would have nursed every 1-2 hours until kindergarten if it was up to her! Every session was dropped tooth and nail. For night weaning we just switched to DH going in for her night wakings and she was definitely pissed but eventually gave up realizing she didn't get milk and decided it was better to just sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636307 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:13:46 +0000 MrsA 2636307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: she was down to just one MOTN feed. We had my DH go in to her when she woke up. She was pissed, and cried, and he consoled and sang as long as necessary (maybe 1.5 hrs?) No issues after that.<br /> My ped's "off the record" advice (that I SO wish I'd taken!) was that I should go spend the night at a cushy hotel and let DH tend to baby without me in the house.<br /> Oh, and I still nursed morning and evening. We just night weaned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636298 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:53:27 +0000 BrandNewMom 2636298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mama Bird: Mine was 18 months, so no spring chicken! We relegated nursing to just in her "boobie chair" , then went from 5x a night to 4, 3, 2, etc. It took 6 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636281 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 14:22:45 +0000 Mama Bird 2636281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsA: @avivoca: @MenagerieMama: @BrandNewMom: I've got to ask, HOW did you night wean? Was it your initiative or the baby's? I don't even know how to start, nothing else will settle DD unless she's 100% positive I'm not in the house. She loves nursing, will even come up to me randomly and try to peek and make sure "her milk" is there :silly: so I think she'll be nursing till two if I let her. I'd love some ideas on gently getting her to stop... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636262 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:51:53 +0000 mediagirl 2636262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She STTN once we weaned - at 17 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2636173 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:22:53 +0000 alphagam84 2636173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is almost a year and wakes between 4-6 am for a bottle, eats and goes back to sleep 'til 7 usually. Not sure if that early wake up is considered "middle of the night". She seems really hungry though and chugs a 6 ounce bottle and falls right back to sleep so I think she still needs it. She's a skinny baby so not a lot of chunk to sustain her over night after her last meal/bottle at 7 pm. I'm hoping she'll drop it soon but I feel mean doing CIO when I think she's just really hungry! We've done CIO before for random wake ups when we knew she wasn't hungry 9 (at like 2 am). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2635964 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 04:15:43 +0000 BrandNewMom 2635964@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, man. Mine started to sleep more than 2-3 hours at night at 18 months when we night weaned, she started occasionally STTN at 2.5. She's 2.75 and she still wakes up 1-3 times a night about half of the time.<br /> ETA- We tried sleep training, didn't work. She got so hysterical she's would vomit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2635958 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 23:50:25 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2635958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you all for all of your responses. My LOs share a room so CIO would be really difficult, plus I don't think it's for him.</p> <p>@Mrsbells: Thankfully he is still in a crib for now but I suppose that could work later. Dd is 4 so she could figure it out. </p> <p>@MrsRcCar: Similar situation here! :) First we did CIO after her 52836385th regression at 16m, but she really was waking out of habit and throwing basically a tantrum even after being comforted. Ds on the other hand has never really sttn consistently. Just here and there. They are so different as babies!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2635936 Wed, 12 Oct 2016 22:07:10 +0000 shellio 2635936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is 12 mos and I just got on here to post this exact thing. She usually only wakes up once, sometimes twice, but is never consistent. It will be the same time for a couple nights in a row, then she'll change it up. So frustrating. We have actually done CIO in the night a couple of times which works for a while and then she just starts waking up again with no identifiable cause. She's screaming right now (woke 1.5 hours after going to sleep) and I hate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634313 Sun, 09 Oct 2016 00:41:16 +0000 QBbride 2634313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my kids didn't start sleeping through the night until just after a year. I don't think they were developmentally ready to until then. Now they're both amazing sleepers!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634173 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 13:41:50 +0000 Pumuckl 2634173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't have to wean in order for my two to STTN. DS suddenly started STTN at 11m, DD still didn't at 12m. I knew she could STTN (she did from months 3-5) and it was a very timely blog post from Mrs. Oatmeal on a parent accompanied sleep training method that made me decide to just try that for a couple of days. All it took was one night of me not feeding her while sitting in her room for her to STTN from there on out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634082 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 06:03:57 +0000 Trailmix 2634082@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3-year-old still wakes up at least once a night. It sucks and I wish I had been more consistent and firm earlier on about trying to get him to STTN! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634076 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 05:10:40 +0000 MrsRcCar 2634076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first started STTN around 6 months. Imagine my surprise when my second didn't STTN until around 15 months. My second woke several times a night. I know it was because he was hungry. He didn't really start taking solids well until around 15-18 months due to some sensory and oral motor issues. Once he had more calories it seemed like he was waking less. He is still not a great sleeper to be honest but he rarely wakes up over night. My first however does still get up over night at 4 years old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634062 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 01:27:08 +0000 lamariniere 2634062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Weaning is what worked both times. DS started STTN just after 12 months and DD around 14.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634058 Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:10:07 +0000 LindsayLou 2634058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is 13 months. She had a glorious stretch from 2 to 5 months where she slept through the night most nights. Since then, she usually nurses once or twice through the night and ends up in our bed nearly every night. I'm not pushing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634032 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:06:57 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2634032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We weaned and she still woke up at night every night until a little after 2. At 3 she still is up once at night 1-3 nights a week. But she goes right back to sleep after coming to get me. I'm not quite sure why she came to my room half the time. At least DD2 is a beautiful sleeper... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634013 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:36:22 +0000 Mae 2634013@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter continued to have one wakeup most nights until 14 months. She didn't want a bottle, she just wanted me to rock her back to sleep. I did, because it didn't bother me to do it at all (I was a SAHM, it didn't make me feel tired, I was fine). At 14 mo all of a sudden out of nowhere my daughter decided i wasn't allowed to rock her to sleep anymore. I tried, she just refused. So I stopped going in when she woke at night. We'd sleep trained for falling asleep at 7mo and this was basically the same. The first night I think she cried on/off for like 45 min and the second night maybe like 20 min and the third night like 5 min and after that she never cried at night for me again unless she had an actual problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2634006 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 20:27:54 +0000 MenagerieMama 2634006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never ever STTN until 14.5 mo when I night weaned. Still BF until 18 mo. The STTN milestone is the one I remember with the most clarity, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633952 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:57:38 +0000 skipra 2633952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Neither of my boys STTN by a year. They both always woke up to nurse and sleep in our bed at some point in the night. We moved them out of the crib and it hasn't really been a problem with getting up MOTN. At first with LO1 we would wake up to him just standing by our bed staring at us. SUPER creepy but it was very short lived. He started STTN more consistently once he was in a bed. LO2 was STTN most nights before we moved him but he has been waking up recently. He has not once gotten out of bed at night. He just calls for us. Same with LO1 now. We make sure to keep the bathroom door shut and close the gate at the top of the stairs so even if they did get up they couldn't get in too much trouble.<br /> We never sleep trained. They started STTN when they were ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633945 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:49:20 +0000 MrsADS 2633945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So glad to read all this. My son is 13 months. His sleep is very hit or miss. He actually STTN last night. He will STTN maybe once a week/once every 2 weeks. Sometimes only 1 wake up, sometimes 2. It is what it is. My greater issue is that he can't fall asleep on his own - we have to nurse, then do a lot of rocking/bouncing/walking - and it's exhausting. </p> <p>CIO is not for us. We are sleep training dropouts and for various reasons don't feel comfortable with it. We are still BF as well but I don't think it's really impacting his sleep that much. </p> <p>I feel like sleep is developmental, like walking or talking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633931 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:28:42 +0000 GoGoSnoGirl 2633931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is ~16 mos &amp; doesn't usually sttn. She had for several nights at a time, but then goes back to waking 1x per night. She is very random about when she wakes up (11pm, 1am, 4am), but she nurses with gusto &amp; usually goes right back to sleep. I just don't feel like doing CIO at this point &amp; believe she will get there (more consistently) since she has sttn before. I have wondered if I'll need to get more serious about helping her get there, but probably won't make a decision until/unless we have a second baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633910 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:52:32 +0000 avivoca 2633910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started sleeping through the night when we night weaned at 13 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633899 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:28:03 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2633899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We waited it out. My first slept through the night for the first time at 22 months.<br /> My second starting sleeping through the night at 15 months.<br /> My third is 12 months and currently waking 5+ times, every single night. I can't do CIO so I just have to deal until she does it on her own.... which will be likely when she weans off breastfeeding. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633882 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:06:35 +0000 Mama Bird 2633882@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm waiting it out. My 14 month old seems to be really sensitive to teething, and also really likes to nurse. She almost slept through the night last night, but a coughing fit woke her up and then she just had to have milk... I have seen her STTN a handful of times though, so I'm hoping she can do it and will be a much better sleeper when nothing is bothering her.</p> <p>That said, she's handling day care much better (health wise and emotionally) than her big brother did at that age. Maybe it's all the nursing. It's so tiring, but if it keeps her happy and healthy, I can live with it a little while longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633879 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:04:03 +0000 MrsA 2633879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine was still waking up once a night to nurse. We night weaned around 13 months, and it took one night of CIO in the middle of the night (she already went down easily) and she's slept through since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633873 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:57:06 +0000 hony bologna 2633873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter started STTN at 16 months. Didn't wean or push the issue, but she was only waking up once a night at that point. Her metabolism is crazy fast and she was genuinely hungry in the middle of the night for way longer than all the books say. We still have to stuff her with tons of food and protein up until right before she goes to sleep.</p> <p>She started climbing out of her crib around 19 months so we had to switch to a bed way earlier than I had anticipated, but it went great! We do lie with her until she falls asleep, though (she's in a full-size bed in her own room). Maybe you could try gradually weaning and seeing how it goes? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633858 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:30:07 +0000 Mrsbells 2633858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: i dont think theres anything you can do to push the issue. you can put a gate at their door if you worry about them getting up ad roaming around </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633849 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:10:58 +0000 winniebee 2633849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He sttn at 14m, once we weaned. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-baby-didnt-sttn-at-one-year#post-2633847 Fri, 07 Oct 2016 16:09:52 +0000 birdofafeather 2633847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to night wean and CIO with checks at around 13 months and she started STTN after 3 nights. </p>