Rock-a-by-baby

I have a question:

How does creating a timed routine of eating and sleeping for your baby (particularly throughout the day) produce a baby that sleeps through the night, i.e. - 10-12 hours, by, say, 3 to 4 months of age?

Seriously, how does it work?  I'm not being facetious or sarcastic.  I know moms who swear that is why Junior was going from 7-7 with nary a peep by the time they were 3 months old, and that's great for them and there are plenty of popular how-to books out there that advocate this.

I just don't get how it works.  Any one know?


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shush now
No clue. Neither one of my kids slept on their own through the night before they were totally weaned.
Empress Nasi Goreng
No idea. My kids both started sleeping through the night at about 8-9wo but they were both breastfed on demand. I think I just had loads of milk and managed to fill them up so they could sleep longer.
Tryphaena
Ha! My kids eat on demand, too, and then some!, but it still hasn't 'filled them up' for longer sleeps, anyway.

But your experience kind of (anecdotally) proves what I've been thinking: some babies will just sleep through the night whenever, no matter what you do!
Libertine
I don't think there's any way to train them. Some kids just want to sleep more than others. As I remember, my son started sleeping through the night when he was a couple of months old and now as a grown man, he still loves to sleep.
Empress Nasi Goreng
I think that's true. My son is a champion sleeper even at 5yo. We used to have trouble getting my daughter to sleep initially but she would then sleep through and even sleep in and she is still like that at 9yo.
Anya's Mom
The breakthrough for me was when I realized that I was waking her up to feed her right in the middle of her REM cycle (the most important stage of sleep). The little grunts and rolling that I was seeing and hearing I interpreted as her waking up when really it was her dreaming. Also the more sleep they get the more they will sleep. I found the earlier I put her down to sleep the longer she would sleep.

Good luck!
Tryphaena
Yeah, those grunts can be cute! I usually wait until they really start to rail before picking them up. And I totally work on the 'sleep begets sleep' thing - sadly, Peaches is not a great day sleeper, no matter how long she's in her cradle.

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