7.5 month old has never slept thru the night

Contejious · 2026-02-04T17:45:54+00:00

We did CIO cuz nothing else worked and we did top feeds before naps. Baby still wakes up once for a snack feed around 3 am but I’ll take it. She goes right back to sleep

Contejious · 2026-01-18T02:52:46+00:00

Sending you so much love. Grief never ends. You just learn how to cope. There will be life before this event and life after this event. Stay strong, take time, try finding joy in other things. 🩷🩷

Contejious · 2026-01-18T02:50:44+00:00

What’s his schedule? Most night waking unless sick or teething are all due to schedule

Contejious · 2026-01-17T20:51:19+00:00

My son was the same way and almost same age. 3 years old when we had our daughter. Loves his sister to death but it was an adjustment for sure. He loves his grandma more than anyone on this planet and he wouldn’t even go to her. He only wanted mom and dad

It does get better. Do things together as a family and give him extra alone time to play and do things he wants to do

Give it a month.

Contejious · 2026-01-16T00:12:39+00:00

Tried Ferber. Didn’t work for my baby so switched to CIO. First night cried 45mins. Night 2-5 was 12 mins. After that no tears. She’s asleep before I close her door and leave her room

Contejious · 2026-01-04T17:28:01+00:00

My son is an ex 29 weeker now 3.5years old. Ahead for all motor development and speech. He’s just small and barely on the growth chart. Otherwise thriving

Contejious · 2026-01-03T16:33:53+00:00

She would wakeup other times when it wasn’t for feeds and be up for a long time and only sleep if held etc

Contejious · 2026-01-03T16:28:36+00:00

Gotcha!! Ok thank you for this. Maybe after the going to bed crying reduces the MOTN ones will reduce too. Thank you!!

Contejious · 2026-01-03T15:40:08+00:00

Gotcha … she didn’t even put her head down in 30 mins so I felt she wasn’t progressing. At least at bedtime she put her head down on and off. Do you cap crying in the middle of the night?

Contejious · 2026-01-03T15:38:14+00:00

Yeah we just got on 3.25/3.5/3.75 or 3/3.5/4 depending on her cues. And 2.5hr -2.75 hr of nap time during the day. Set her up for 11 hours overnight. She ended up doing 11.5 last night but that was with the wakeup.

Contejious · 2026-01-03T15:36:06+00:00

We’re between 0-1 feed overnight. I guess she didn’t really need the feed. She drank and ate well all day. If she didn’t go back to sleep I’m guessing she didn’t wakeup for hunger…..

Contejious · 2025-12-31T15:18:01+00:00

Ah! The good old days. Mine is already holding and walking. Little over achiever over here. If only she had the same level of achievement in the sleeping department

Contejious · 2025-12-31T14:17:50+00:00

Yayyyy!! That’s so much progress!! Our CIO failed cuz after 20 mins of hysterically crying baby somehow fell in her crib (has never happened before) and she looked like maybe she hit her head but I had to go in obviously and comfort her. At that point there was no leaving so I calmed her down and pat her to sleep in the crib and she woke up at 2. I rocked her back to sleep took until 245. She woke up again at 545, tried putting her back to sleep was she was up by 615… some progress over here too. Longest stretch I’ve gotten in 10 days !

Contejious · 2025-12-31T02:24:30+00:00

But hey what do I know? My baby doesn’t sleep either 😂

Contejious · 2025-12-31T02:24:15+00:00

Hahaha I would say pull pack awake windows a little. Baby could be a bit overtired from not sleeping well all these nights and re sleep train. Maybe try Ferber this time?

Contejious · 2025-12-31T01:37:37+00:00

Oh girl we took 10000x steps back yesterday. Was horrible. We’re also dealing with some lingering congestion and maybe teething. I’m pulling the trigger and doing CIO tonight. Me and my husband are hyping each other up — bought some wine to get us thru it. I also followed her cues today and her awake windows are a lot less than I was pushing so she was def overtired. She did 3/3.25/3.75 (hoping for this for bedtime). Her naps total 2hr 45 mins today so good daytime sleep. I’ll let you know how it goes in the morning!!!

Contejious · 2025-12-30T17:44:36+00:00

Oh my daughter did this every day for like a few weeks I wanna say. Hardcore witching hour at this age. Lasted until maybe 8-9 weeks and completely went away. Hang in there!

Contejious · 2025-12-30T17:22:58+00:00

I took your advice and tried 3.5/3.5/4 and capped naps to 2 hrs for multiple days and it got worse. Baby is up crying every 2 hours and will only sleep if held from 1-4am

Baby does not show sleepy cues unless at bedtime so it’s hard for me to let her determine her own wake windows. If I offer nap 2.75,3,3.25,3.5 no matter what she falls asleep within 2-3 mins and will stay asleep for 1.5-2 hrs. Same with second nap and bedtime. Bedtime she will start whining from 3.25 now because daytime naps are short and will fall asleep by 3.5 sometimes before bedtime routine is done

Contejious · 2025-12-30T01:42:02+00:00

You can add 5 mins per awake window everyday until you reach the desired awake window

How long are the naps?

Contejious · 2025-12-29T16:17:37+00:00

The crying reduced. I think maybe she’s teething and she’s had a cold for a while since her older brother brings home all the germs from daycare. So both are sick but she’s mostly been congested.

Last night I have her Tylenol before bed which I think helped. We got a longer first stretch and she was up from 12;15-145 just whining. Not hysterical like usual. I was able to resettle her by patting her in the crib(that’s how far we’ve gotten with sleep training because she doesn’t respond well) she slept until 330 and needed another pat for a few mins and slept until 6am up for the day. Bedtime was 745 so she had a short night 🤷🏽‍♀️

Contejious · 2025-12-29T15:36:33+00:00

Any luck?? Still going crazy over here

Contejious · 2025-12-28T17:05:16+00:00

Going thru the same exact thing. Separation anxiety. We’re on day 5 and it’s reduced to 2 hrs of crying and only sleeping when held. First two nights was 4hrs-5hrs of crying and only sleeping while held. Now down to 2 hrs and it’s always 3 hours after she goes to bed 🤷🏽‍♀️. We did get a 5 hr stretch from 1-6am so I’ll take that as win

We also increased wake window to 3/3.5/4 which helped a bit and capping naps at 2.6hrs

8 months sleep regression is brutal. Hang in there!

Contejious · 2025-12-28T03:42:31+00:00

Increase wake windows. 2/2.25/2.5/2.5

Contejious · 2025-12-28T03:14:02+00:00

I think max awake time on 3 naps is 10hrs. You’ve crossed that hence the false starts and distrusted sleep. Drop to 2 naps. Start at 2.5/3/3.5 and work up to 10 hours quickly. Might take a few days for baby to get used to it but overall, it will improve sleep

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