Does your 5 month old baby sleep through the night?

Leah - posted on 02/19/2013

My daughter started sleeping thru the night at 2.5 months old when the Dr. said it was ok to lay her on her stomach to sleep since she had good neck control. now she is 4 months old and sleeps 10-13 hours a night.

Erin - posted on 10/11/2009

all the people who's bubbas have slept through fom early on you guys are blessed. liam only just started sleeping from 7pm to 7am. woo hoo

Jorrie Lee - posted on 10/11/2009

Quoting Marnie:

Wow there are some really lucky mothers out there...10-12 hours? I wish. My daughter wakes up at least once a night and tosses and turns alot. She starts by sleeping in her cot in our room but after she wakes up in the night she wants to be in bed with us. If anyone has any tips PLEASE share.

just like my baby.. tosses and turns most of the time all night.. by the time 4:00 comes around we give in and bring her on the bed then she sleeps til 8

Steph Sara - posted on 10/09/2009

My daughter slept through the night right from the start

Corinne - posted on 10/08/2009

Sophie was waking 1-2 times at night until 4.5 months when we started to introduce solids (cereal). From that first day she had cereal at lunch, she was sleeping through the night, from 9:00-6:30! Now she sleeps 9-8-ish. She's both breast and formula fed (I BF her just morning and night now. At 4.5 months I was also BF'ing the middle of the night feeds)

Mary Lynn - posted on 10/07/2009

my almost 6 month old is still not sleeping through the night. The longest stretch we've gotten is 7 hours and only twice has he done that. Some nights he'll wake up once or twice for a feeding and go back to sleep. Other nights he'll wake up more frequently and just want to be held--Mommy is tired! I have a hard time letting him cry it out.

Susie - posted on 10/07/2009

Yes my almost 6mth old has slept thru the nite since we got home from the hospital, she goes down at 8.30 til 8am sometimes 9am. about a month ago she started waking up a couple of times during the night and when i spoke to the plunket nurse about this she suggested that we give her 2x solid feeds a day so she has lunch at 11 and dinner at 4ish and then a bottle before bed and she has taken to it, and not woken in the night since. My 5 year old also slept thru the night from about 7days old.Both me and their dad love our sleep so maybe it has rubbed off on them.

Stina - posted on 10/06/2009

Mostly. She had been pretty consistent about sleeping from 8:pm through till 5 or 6 am. But now, she's waking to eat about 1:00. She's BF so I figure she's just hitting another growth spurt and needs to eat. Right now, she sleeps all the way through maybe half the time.



I work a swing shift so it's not a big deal to feed her at 1:00am before I go to bed. My DH brings her in to me when she wakes up later in the morning so I can get some more sleep while she eats.

Shawnte' - posted on 10/06/2009

I finally got my 5 month old daughter to sleep throught the night. I have to admit though I used prayer, but also when she wakes up at night I don't run in immediately and soothe her anymore. Now she's learned to put herself right back to sleep. I also started setting her down for naps when she's sleepy but still awake. She's learned how to feel comfortable on her own now. A great book for these issues is "Happy Baby Healthy Sleep Habits", you can find it just about anywhere. Good luck and don't give up when baby keeps crying. It took an hour of crying once for her to finally fall asleep on her own. Now she takes longer naps too., I'll be praying for you and baby-Tiffany : )

Lucy - posted on 10/06/2009

Amelia's 6months now and usually sleeps 9pm-3am ish then wakes up for a feed (she's brestfed) then goes straight back to sleep until around 6am ish, i then take her into bed with me where she feeds again and has another hour or two sleep.

Linzi-Jane - posted on 10/06/2009

No! My LO slept well from birth only waking every 4 hours and then progressed to drop the 10pm feed and slept from 6:30 till 2am, had a quick feed and then back to sleep till around 6ish when we get up ... the 2am feed started moving towards 3 or 4 and then suddenly she started waking more and more until eventually she was waking almost every 2hrs! Eventually figured out that I had created a bottle/breast sleep association starting a few weeks ago and she now couldn't got back to sleep on her own! Luckily I hae started rectifying this since last night and managed to get her to go to sleep by herself while I patted her in her own cot. She woke at 10pm for a feed and then only woke again in the morning! 7hrs of pure sleep bliss!

Jocelyn - posted on 10/05/2009

My twin boys have been sleeping through the night since they were about 4 months. They go to bed between 8 & 8:30 and get up between 7 & 8. Occasionally one or the other will wake and most of the time fall back asleep on their own. I don't think I'm lucky. I read a couple of books that gave some great tips on sleep training.

Baby Wise and Healthy Sleep Habits Healthy Child. Anyone who has problems with their children sleeping at night should read them. My boys are great nappers too. 3 times a day, usually a 2 hour and 2 1-1 1/2 hours.

Kristina - posted on 10/05/2009

Baby sleeps from about 8:30pm to 4:30-5:00 am. Just started this about a month ago when he started eating cereal at night.

Kelsey - posted on 10/05/2009

My Daughter started sleeping through the night from 2 weeks old. Some say it was too early, but i don't believe in waking up every four hours. If your baby's hungry they will let you know. She's slept from 2 weeks onwards the only time iv ever not had a full nights sleep is when she's not well. She's five months now and slept from half 6 to 9:30 the other morning!

Louise - posted on 10/05/2009

My 6 month old sleeps through most nights, has done since 6 weeks, 7.30pm till 7am!Although sometimes wakes up for a play & singing session at about 2am but never cries for a feed!

She loves her solids so she has her main dinner about 6pm, bath at 6.30, bottle at 7 then bed, having a nice full belly always knocks her out completely!

Deborah - posted on 10/05/2009

my 6 month old is just getting worst. He now is waking every 2-3 hours and its killing me.... Anyone have any ideas what I should try???

Angela - posted on 10/04/2009

Yes, Ashlynn sleeps right through the night and if she doesn't and is having a bad night I will put some rice cereal in her bottle and she is out for the rest of the night right up to 10:30 am!!!

Jorrie Lee - posted on 10/04/2009

yes.. do you feed your baby cereal at night?? i feed mine cereal like an hour before bed.. with a bottle of course.. :-)

Nielie - posted on 10/04/2009

No! In fact after 1 am she's usually up every hour, will drink 4-5 oz and fall back to sleep.

Edel - posted on 10/04/2009

No, she wakes a few times for a tiny sup of breastmilk and then goes bback to sleep

Kami - posted on 10/03/2009

Not really, but it's a HUGE improvement. He goes to bed around 8:30/9:00 and will wake up around 4 for his paci. Then back to sleep until 7. So I'm not complaining! :-)

Serenity - posted on 10/03/2009

Yes, my son is down before 10pm and up by 7am.

Nicole - posted on 10/03/2009

yes at least for 10 hrs a night but doesnt go to sleep until about 2am..has been on this schedule since he was about a month and a half.

Kerry - posted on 10/03/2009

Noooo! My daughter wakes up around 2am and 5am for a feed in bed with me. We both fall back to sleep during feeding so it doesn't bother me too much. She'll do it when she's ready.

Joanne - posted on 10/02/2009

I have found with both of my babies and my friends that when they are breastfed they don't sleep through, but as soon as they are bottle fed they do!! Anyone else?

Joanne - posted on 10/02/2009

My 5 month old sleeps for 12 hours a night - has done ever since i put her on the bottle at 2 months old, she just starting to wake for one feed in the night the past few days then straight back to sleep. In the day she has two one hour naps and one 4 hour nap also. x

Amanda - posted on 10/02/2009

wow, it sounds like the majority of the babies on here sleep through the night......not mine!!! we're up every 3 hours for feedings (she's breastfed) and we finally just got over very very restless sleeping for probably a month or more I was up constantly!!!! i never thought I would be able to function with no sleep for 5 months!!

Meg - posted on 10/02/2009

This is my third baby. 1st son never slept through the night till he was 8-9 mo. 2nd son at about 5 mo. 3rd son sleeps from 8-430ish and nurses then goes back to sleep for 3 to 4 hours. We have good and bad nights. More good though. Since he rolls over he has woken up crying..not wanting to eat but cause hes stuck. He goes through growth spurts and wants to eat more..plus he is teething. He does the cat naps durning the day.

Marie - posted on 10/02/2009

Yes, thanks God since the day i brought him home from the hospital.

Caitlin - posted on 10/02/2009

No my son is almost 6 months and still has not slept through the night. He is BF and still wakes up for feedings and I have been working on weaning him off the nightly feedings since 4 months. He also doesn't really nap during the day!

Tiffany - posted on 10/02/2009

That is great ! Congrats on your new bundle of joy.

Tiffany - posted on 10/02/2009

My daughter usually sleeps through the night but I noticed these last two days she has awakened around 4am with a very wet diaper. I use two different brands to compare them to see which diaper holds her better. I use Pampers and Huggies in the red pack. It seems as though huggies is doing the best job. I will be monitoring the two and will get back on that one.

CHRISTINA - posted on 10/02/2009

MY DAUGHTER DOES! SHE HAS SINCE 2 MONTHS OLD. AN THE BEST THING IS THAT SHE SLEEPS TO 11AM OR NOON EVERYDAY!

Lindsay - posted on 10/01/2009

My son goes to bed at 7, 7:30 and wakes up between 8 and 9

Jeanne - posted on 10/01/2009

yes thank god billy goes down about 8 wakes about 6 goes back to sleep

til 8am comes into mammy and daddys bed and sleeps til 9.30am know thats a bad habit but not complaining

Nancy - posted on 10/01/2009

u re lucky, i didn't have that at all... my baby was keeping me awake until recently, she is 5 months and half she still wakes up once or twice but, trust me that is so much better than before.........

Nicole - posted on 10/01/2009

My 5 month old twin girls have slept an average of 8hrs every night since they were about 2 months old. They catnap through the day and usually go to bed around 5pm after their bottles and don't wake for another feed until around 2am, but they have started waking around 12pm now.

Sile - posted on 10/01/2009

Absolutely not! and since my 3 yr old daughter is only sleeping through the noght now not holding out on it!

Ebony - posted on 10/01/2009

YES HE'LL SLEEP FROM ABOUT 8:30 OR 9:00 TO 7:30 OR 8:00 IN THE MORNING

Leslie - posted on 10/01/2009

I've been so lucky, he started sleeping from 2am to 8am about a week after he got out the hospital, about a month or so later he would go down at 11pm -12pm and wake up around 8am - 9am. He has stuck to this schedule since!

AniSurei - posted on 10/01/2009

I wish... I think she's teething right now so she went from waking once a night to waking 2-3 times. She also has started waking up crying like she's hurting and doesn't want to eat or a pacifier. The past week has been tiring. Any advice?

Carla - posted on 10/01/2009

yes. she started at 3 month's.

Clinetta - posted on 10/01/2009

yes my 5 month old sleep through the night he hs been doing it since he was 2 months old. All I do is feed him a cereal bottle and bath him night time bath and lotion him down with night time lotion and it calms him and helps him sleep well

Kimberly - posted on 10/01/2009

Thankfully!! Goes down at 9:30 and sleeps until 7:30.

Tiffany - posted on 10/01/2009

That is great news that she sleeps so well...You are probably right about your daughter becoming dependent on the pacifier and the need to replace that dependency with a more healthy option. I can't complain, my daughter will not even look at a pacifier. She has denied it since birth and now she is five months old and would not even think of it. She has this funny habit of sucking her tongue, something I think that she inherited from my husband. I think it's the cutest.

Keturah - posted on 10/01/2009

My daugther is only recently sleeping through the night. She started sleeping 11 hours at night around 2 months, but at 3.5 months started waking up more and more frequently. A couple of weeks ago she was waking up at least once an hour. I blame it on the paci because she had become completely dependent on it. We got rid of the paci, and then I turned into the paci. I know it's controversial, but we did Ferber, and it has worked wonders. She goes to bed without a fuss around 8 or 8:30. She wakes up once around 4, and we nurse at that time. She goes back to sleep until about 7:30. Naptime is a whole other story, but we haven't started Ferber at naptime, and her pedi wants us to wait until she's a little older for that.

Kristin - posted on 10/01/2009

Yes he has since 2 months old. He sleeps 11 hours straight its great!!

Meridith - posted on 10/01/2009

My son is almost 6 months old and he still wakes up in the middle of the night. Some nights, he sleeps from 10pm to 7am straight but otherwise he wakes up at about 4am and I have to help him sleep again.

Tiffany - posted on 10/01/2009

My daughter sleeps through the night and has been doing this since she was about 2.5 months.

Eden - posted on 10/01/2009

No, my little boy doesnt. He sleeps best from 7pm to 2am but he seems to always wake up at 2am for a whinge and then go back to sleep but then will need a feed at 430am.