https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:01:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me/page/2#post-1151347 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:02:07 +0000 JoJoGirl 1151347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rainbow Sprinkles: Sweet lord! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me/page/2#post-1151335 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:55:01 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1151335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 17-month old has never slept through the night.<br /> Last night I only got 45 minutes of sleep because she would only sleep on me sitting up in the glider!</p> <p>So... umm... I feel your pain. And then some.</p> <p>FWIW, my LO started sleeping much better when she became a belly sleeper. Went from waking up every 2 hours to waking every 3-4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me/page/2#post-1151245 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:07:44 +0000 Periwinkle 1151245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am so sorry that you're dealing with this! We were in the exact same boat up until about 8 months and I know how exhausting it can be.</p> <p>We turned a corner when LO was about 8 months old and finally, finally swaddle weaned. We did this very late because he could not seem to get comfy before that time (he was not rolling in his crib so we were not concerned about the late weaning). At 8 months, we swaddle weaned and LO turned over on his tummy and was so much comfier! He started waking only 2-3 times per night (down from 5-6!).</p> <p>Hang in there, mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me/page/2#post-1150988 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:48:48 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twoofeverything: Not recently... I used to try a lot in the 9-12 week time frame and it never worked. Now i'd definitely be terrified to wake her or add another feed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150985 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:47:23 +0000 twoofeverything 1150985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh. Have you tried Dream Feeding? I was scared to do it, but it's the ONLY thing that got our twins to STTN. They weaned themselves off of it at about 8 months...<br /> Hang in there! It is SO HARD to function without sleep :-( Hugs, Mama! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150980 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:45:59 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gah. I keep saying "I'll be able to start this new project once she STTN.. I'm too tired now..." maybe I need to reconsider :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150897 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:19:56 +0000 lamariniere 1150897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS never once STTN until after he turned one. It sucks, but if you try to roll with it instead of battle it, it is slightly easier. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150892 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:19:00 +0000 MsMini 1150892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>S was 16 months before he started to STTN, even now at almost 18 months there are nights where he still wakes and needs help going back to sleep. Some babies are just crap sleepers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150722 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:20:09 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150722@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: TOTALLY. I'm sorry but if I didn't go through 12 weeks of colic followed by 2.5 more months of crap sleep (and counting), things would be a lot different! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150715 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:18:15 +0000 mrskc 1150715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: haha yeah, I was totally against #2 when we were in the trenches of his sleep. Now that things have gotten better, I'm starting to get baby fever. lol I think wanting another baby is correlated to how well sleep is going. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150681 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:08:23 +0000 immabeetoo 1150681@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: oh and do you have a two sided mattress? Not sure f you're comfortable with her being that young but switching sides also seemed to help for us with the softer top! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150658 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 11:01:05 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all :) How have any of you with bad sleepers decided on baby #2?! I can't imagine...</p> <p>@scg00387: Ooh so maybe there is hope. And yep it's cold here but her room is always mid-70s...weird inconsistent thermostats, etc. Either way we have her in footed PJs and a swaddle around her chest. May try a sleep sack in a few days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150610 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:46:31 +0000 Freckles 1150610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Oh i hear you. I was so disappointed when i found out what "STTN" really means. Just hang in there...6 months from now you'll look back and not even remember the horrible sleep deprivation! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150606 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:45:21 +0000 mrskc 1150606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw I'm sorry. Hugs. I've been there and still dealing with a now 1 year old who still wakes throughout the night. Things got easier for me mentally when I just accepted I had a crappy sleeper and lowered my expectations. We ended up co-bedding because that was the only way I could get any sleep. Around 10-11 months, his sleep finally improved and by improved I mean only waking up a couple of times and going back to sleep easily. Hang in there. Sometimes all you can do is wait it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150602 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:43:49 +0000 petunia354 1150602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm SO sorry!! We are at 9.5 months with not a single STTN. I can totally commiserate. I feel like a zombie and definitely not my best self. Hang in there. I wish I could say from experience that it gets better, but you'll have to take other peoples words for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150589 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:40:49 +0000 immabeetoo 1150589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Belly sleeping took a few days to make a difference for us FWIW. Has it gotten colder where you are? We swapped to a warmer sleep sack and he's been sleeping in lately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150586 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:40:21 +0000 runsyellowlites 1150586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just commiserating. P has only sttn a handful of times &amp; we're going on 18 mths. *yawn*</p> <p>I promise it does end though.... G sttn just fine. lol. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150572 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:36:08 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Between 7:30 and 8. I'm asleep by 9 so a dreamfeed has never made much sense (and when we tried them when she was younger, they never helped - I just ended up shooting myself in the foot staying up til 10 to do it and she slept exactly the same amount). And perhaps 8-2 is 6 hrs but sure does't feel like STTN to me ;) By the time she wakes me up at 2, she's already crying pretty hard, so we haven't gone 10-15 mins. Sometimes 5 and often by that point she's hysterical. We're doing an Isis sleep consult this week and may try to CIO/wait 15 mins this weekend and see how she does, but I am super nervous. </p> <p>@looch: &lt;3</p> <p>@NovBaby1112: Yep we may try sleep training soon, I've been hesitant before now because she's always seemed genuinely hungry, not 'nursing for comfort'.. she tends to never nurse for comfort (ie if i stick the boob in her mouth and she's not hungry, she gets pissed.. also why dream feeds have never worked).</p> <p>@heartonastring: Haha yes! Since we swaddle-weaned the movement is insane! I keep finding her scrunched up into the corners. Installed the breathable bumper too because TWICE Sat night (ie first night with no swaddle) she woke up with her arm hanging out the crib slat. That just won't do. </p> <p>@MsLipGloss: Thanks dear. I'm trying to let go of the idea that I have any "control" over this. I'm all for sleep training but have come to realize that it just may not necessarily work for some babies. I was WILDLY optimistic that sleeping on her belly would be the magic fix, but obviously her hours have not budged a single minute. Maybe tonight.... night 3 on her belly.... I need to stop telling myself "maybe tonight" as the crushing disappointment and frustration at 2am is really getting old :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150565 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:34:07 +0000 dojo 1150565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorry! Our LO didn't STTN until probably around 6 months and then of course teeth started coming in so it has only happened occasionally. So I guess I've just gotten used to functioning on 5-6 hours of sleep :sad: I feel your pain. It sucks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150561 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:32:28 +0000 MsLipGloss 1150561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NovBaby1112: I did something similar, i.e., *re-framing* my expectations to expect to have repeated wakeups so that when there were only a couple/few wakeups, it made me feel like the night was (at least somewhat) successful, and that there was *hope.* Above all things with sleep training, holding fast to *hope* is vitally important! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150531 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:22:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 1150531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: ((Hugs)) and ((Hugs)) and ((Hugs)) doll. Just keep reminding yourself that it gets better. It really really does. Sometimes it is just so hard (both physically and emotionally/mentally) to accept that some things just have to be *grown* out of . . . that there is no training or fix for the situation, only coping. </p> <p>I am pretty sure we have chatted about this before, so I will spare you the gory details (again!). But caffeine and streamlining (paring down my daily obligations) were things that helped me the most. Mostly the streamlining . . . the caffeine was more like an *assist*. </p> <p>FWIW, my LO showed some improvement (it didn't have magical properties, but it seemed to help) when she was able to sleep on her belly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150506 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:15:35 +0000 heartonastring 1150506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have been wondering how things have be going for you.</p> <p>We got two nights of STTN when we upped her bedtime bottle to 5 oz. but then the last two nights she's been up at 12 and 5:30 (but she goes back down until about 7:45/8:00). I know she's not hungry at 12, but she keeps turning herself 90 degrees, so that she's laying width-wise,and then getting upset that her head is scrunched up against the side of the crib. Hmph.</p> <p>Glad to hear the swaddle weaning was no biggie. But sorry that you're still not getting much sleep. That sucks a lot :( I wish I had some magical advice I could give you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150498 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:13:08 +0000 NovBaby1112 1150498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>even after sleep training my LO at 6.5 months, she still woke around 1/2am and 5/6am to nurse, then gradually she just woke once a night. it sucks, but it got so much better as she got older. i remember reading in a sleep training book- i think it was weisbluth's- that until 9 months old, some babies still need to nurse up to 2x a night, so that made me feel better. </p> <p>some things that helped me get through it were realizing i wasn't alone, going to bed super early even if it meant less time with DH, and just trying to let go of the notion of STTN and expect frequent wake-ups, that way when she only woke up once or twice, my expectations were lower to begin with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150495 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:11:55 +0000 looch 1150495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know my story, my son is just not a sleepy kid. </p> <p>I am here if you need to vent. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150491 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:10:55 +0000 Freckles 1150491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What time does she go to sleep?<br /> If she's getting at least 6 hours of sleep, she's technically STTN. Her waking up 3-4 hours after the last wake-up is also pretty normal. 2 wake-ups were the norm in our house until about 8 months. I know that's probably not what you want to hear, but hang in there! </p> <p>How long do you wait before you get her at 2am? Do you go to her right away or wait about 10-15 minutes. Have you tried dream feeds to delay the first wake-up? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150476 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:06:57 +0000 JoJoGirl 1150476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks all :( Frustrating to say the least :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150473 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:06:38 +0000 winniebee 1150473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son didn't consistently sleep through until 8-9 months. It's sucky but normal. And he woke at 5:30 on he button even when he slept through until around 12 months. Good times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150471 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:06:00 +0000 sorrycharlie 1150471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dd is 1 and still hasn't actually slept night to morning ever. Just letting you know you aren't alone..sleep training doesn't always work for every baby unfortunately :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150468 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:04:55 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1150468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I could have written this same post except my LO is 7.5 months! Hugs!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ugh-my-55-mo-has-never-once-sttn-kill-me#post-1150466 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:04:40 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1150466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so sorry :-( I feel your pain. DD didn't *actually* STTN until she was a year old. I think I'll die if this baby follows in her footsteps. </p>