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My 18 weeker is still waking up every 2-3 hours so no advice here. He was six weeks early though and is still trying to catch up with his weight gain. He also has no set bedtime, so we are probably not doing ourselves any favors. I'm interested to hear what others have to say! The only reason I'm not a zombie is that I pump so DH is able to give bottles during night wakings.

P is 13 months & still wakes occasionally through the night. But, it's totally NORMAL for babies, whether ebf or ff, to wake through the night by biological & physiological design, so don't fret. =)

As for longer stretches, P started probably around 6 months only waking 1, maybe 2 times on a normal night (no wonder week, teething, or sickness) & at 11 months she started sttn on her own most nights.

Since it's considered normal for infants & even toddlers to wake through the night we don't sleep train. My oldest is just a few months of 9 & sleeps fine on his own so I don't worry about it *always* being like this, I know P will sleep longer when she's ready. =)

It sounds really really normal for her age!! A LOT of babies are still waking up every 2-3 hours at 12 weeks...don't be disheartened by tales of amazing babies sleeping 12 hours at 2 weeks old (or 12 weeks old). Of course they exist, but I don't think they're the norm.

I would give it some time, especially if she's truly hungry when she wakes during the night. If she's NOT and just wants to play, or doesn't really eat, that's another story.

My LO is 6.5 months old and waking every 2-3 hours still....he's EBF. He goes to sleep at 6:30, but I'm debating even moving it up to 6!

I wish my LO slept longer stretches at night, but he was still eating every 2 hours during the day until he was 7 months old. I think that's also when he slept longer at night. He didn't actually sleep through the night until after he turned one.

DS started STTN at around 4 weeks old. The first 8 weeks of his life I pumped almost exclusively and would top him off by nursing.
His bedtime back then was around 8pm. Now he passes out at 6:30pm.
He gets a bath, eats and I put him down drowsy.
Have you tried giving your LO a bottle before bedtime to make sure she's full?

@Mrs. Lantern: PPs are right and it totally helps to remember that it's totally normal for babies to be up that often at night to eat! i had to continuously remind myself of that. once DD showed she was ready to sleep longer, if she had some weird night where she woke up way sooner than usual, i would try to get her to fall back asleep without nursing but sticking a paci in her mouth did nothing for us, so if she didn't go right back down, i would nurse her.

each kid will get there eventually. that's what i had to keep telling myself!

I have no advice because my daughter was EBF and is still BFed at twelve months and slept through the night for the first time in her life last night. Soo....it took a while.

@Mrs. Lantern: the only paci she will take are nuks! I certainly don't think it's the magical answer for everyone but even at close to 4 months, my LO's urge to suck remains strong so I think that's why it helped her. She refused every day and I just kept trying! I am also in the luck camp as well - some parents are just lucky to have good sleepers! No matter what, it will get better

@Smurfette: that's why LO did too - every time i put it in, she spit it out. anyone watching would get a kick out of it because she could spit it pretty far! but i just kept trying, day after day, because i really just felt like she would benefit from it due to her intense need to suck, and one day she just took it - it was shocking! so unfortunately nothing magical, just pure persistence.

@Smurfette: i should add she'll only take it when she's drowsy and she'll also initially cry when i pop it in, but i persist anyway and force her to keep it in there for a few seconds (like 3-4) and usually that's enough time for her to start sucking. if she's too awake, she'll spit it out. do i sound like an awful mom? haha, but again, i just really feel like she'd benefit from it and she has!

hope your LO will too!!

@oliviaoblivia: we have the elephant and she will sort of take it if I hold it in her mouth when we are in the car but that is the only spot. Annoying!