For those who do not use CIO/CC...

I could have written the same post about my DS (17months)!
We think he was doing awesome to quite often be sleeping through or only need a quick cuddle to get back to sleep in the night - hes waking several times at the mo cos hes been teething again for 3 weeks then got ear infection- hes bf again in the night too- was night weaned at 11 1/2 months.
We are definatly not worried that he will be like this forever tho, cos DD was a shocker of a sleeper- had not slept longer than about 2-3 hrs in a row by this age, but now sleeps perfectly and has done for ages now.

Shes never slept 12 hrs tho. Not every kid sleeps 7pm-7am. Both my kids have always been early rises too- up by 6am, when other peoples kids sleep longer and later.
Not every adult goes to bed at the same time every night, wakes at the same time every morning and always sleeps through either!!

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I'm sure he will get there eventually - especially if he does sleep through occasionally when there is nothing bothering him.

My 16 month old is getting more and more consistent with sleeping through (around 11 hrs) and we have never done CIO or CC and always pick her up for a cuddle in the night if she needs it. We have to be in the room for her to go to sleep at night but it doesn't take very long and it doesn't mean that she wakes during the night looking for us - now she only wakes if teething or ill (which unfortunately is fairly frequent as shes only just started getting teeth and gets a cold with every one!).

She has never been a real nightmare sleeper but was waking 2-4 times a night every_single_night from about 5.5 months to 1 year old. When she was nearly 1 her sleep just started to improve by itself (soon after I stopped bfing but I don't know if that had anything to do with it). I have a friend who's kids are terrible sleepers and they were sleeping through by around 2.5 yrs with no sleep training.

I reckon youre doing the right thing making him feel secure while he's sick (i would want someone to give me a cuddle in the night if I felt sick!), and you'll eventually end up with a good sleeper!     

Ella never slept through the night until she was 2 and now is a brilliant sleeper. Up until then she was waking once or twice a night for a feed and then as once I weaned her she started sleeping through staight away

 

I live in hope that the same thing will happen with Tom....

Thank you so much for this thread, DD is 7 months old and waking once sometimes twice in the night for a feed and a cuddle. No two nights are the same and she had slept 10 hours on occasion.
I don't want to do any CC/CIO as to me it doesn't make any sense. My one attempt at VR was a classic fail.

It's nice to know that she will eventually sort her sleep out herself and its ok to continue to feed her if she wakes in the night and demands it.

When and how did you ladies manage to wean off night feeds?

lol at watching Foo Fighters DVDs!
It's good to know its ok to continue to night feed DD for now, sometimes I feel pressured to make her sleep at night when the reality is she's still very young and expecting her to consistently is unrealistic.

hils10 how old was she when she stopped?

Typically after thinking sleep was a rare thing, DD slept 7 hours between 10.30pm and 5.30am! I feel like a million bucks.

Emma, Lily was still waking about 1.5-2 hourly during the night at 15 months. I personally would never have done CIO, we did do a 'mini' version of CC but it was on my terms. In the end, what with my operation and everything, MIL and DP DID CIO with DD and I was very upset by this as I had asked them not to but they saw no other choice! Pissed me off tbh because I spent 15 months of having 2 hourly or less broken sleep and they couldn't do it for 2 days! She's a fantastic sleeper now but I guess before I lived in hope that one day she would sort it out herself. I didn't mind the night waking. I have always found that the more sleep I have - the worse I feel.

I'm not sure about the feeding as Lily reduced her feeds around 9-10mo but by 1yo she had picked them all up again and then some and we were having about 16 feeds during 24 hours! I think separation anxiety may have had something to do with it... The first day I was gone apparently Lily signed for milk constantly. And then stopped until I came back and she was very upset I couldn't pick her up etc and couldn't really 'cuddle up' to feed... She'd often just give up and go to sleep

I myself didn't sleep through until I was about 2.5-3 and my mum attempted CIO without success but my grandma never allowed it!

Emma, I am sure they will eventually but I think the whole 'knowing' how to settle without help - helps... We are still cosleeping with DD but now instead of a feed she just crawls over, cuddles up and puts her arm around me, gives me a kiss and goes back to sleep then rolls away once asleep... So she still needs some reassurance but not a feed... Some nights she doesn't come over for a cuddle and kiss but some nights she does. I still wake about 2x a night anyway - always have!

This really probably doesn't help but answering the question - my kids slept through without CC/CIO - DS had heart surgery at 6 weeks so slept like a prem for a while after that (he was still at his birth weight due to the heart failure) then he slept through from 12wks. DD slept through consistently by 5wks. So some kids just like their sleep I think! DS is 4 in less than 2 weeks and still has a day nap any day we're home!

But both had phases of waking -- DS around 6months when he'd been really sick and gone back to night feeds for comfort, and we did do 2 nights of crying after that. It worked well for him and didn't take much crying. Same thing around 16/17mths. The only times hes ever come into our room before 6am is a few nights when he's been throwing up (been in a bed since 19mths). DD rarely woke before 12 months but has had a few patches since then, I end up cuddling her or sleeping in her room and after a couple of nights she goes back to normal - her waking is due to teething / being sick usually. Crying would not work so well with her as she has a very different personality and was waking only when something really bothered her (not just habit).

Glad to hear C is sleeping so well Rach, esp with the new arrival and all that!! Must be good to not have to worry about her getting up in the night (and nice if they both nap at teh same time!!)