Recently I heard a saying of babies will sleep through the night at 4 months onwards. If after 4 months and they still wake up for milk, it is already a habit and hard to break this habit. How true it is? My boy who is 11 months old still wakes up 1-2 times every night and I truly believe my boy will eventually sleep through the night when the time comes.. Appreciate you can share your experience when your LO STTN?

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for my firstborn, my husband n i were v protective and anxious whenever she cried. We would rush to her when she woke up at night or whenever she whined a little. This resulted my firstborn to have the reinforcement that she cries, parents will come effect. A bit of manipulation there. It took her around 16 mths for her to be able to sleep through the night without any feeding in between. For my secondborn, we were smarter. When he cried or whined, we stood further to watch him. The cries didnt last more than 5 mins. He was able to sleep through at 3 mths old. At 5 mths, he would still whine or cry a little but then soothed himself back to sleep. the trick now is, offer water after ur 11 mths cried for milk. give him the signal that at night no milk milk. Also, dont jump up immediately when he cried unless he is not safe. Close your eyes and pretend to sleep. It will break his momentum.

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9y ago

wish I can do that, letting him whine or cry for a few mins before picking him up. been trying to implement this method so that baby can be trained, however my in laws will take matters into their own hands. now my baby will scream and yell to make sure his demands are met, he is only 29days old.