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Before we can talk about when a child will sleep through the night, we need to know what I mean when I say sleeping through the night.
How long is sleeping through the night?
If you search around you'll find anywhere from 5 -12 hours considered sleeping through the night for a baby. I have no idea where the 5 hour definition came from but it seems to be the more scientific definition. I think it is insane. What baby only needs 5 hours sleep? They need closer to 12 hours (well, 10-13, depending on the child). The only reason I can think people use this definition is to make people feel better sooner about their baby sleeping through the night.
Then there's the common 8 hour definition you'll find. I think this has come about because this is how much sleep most adults need. Babies are not miniature adults--they need more than 8 hours. Yes, it is great if they are sleeping at the same time as you and as long as you, but it is not how much sleep they need.
So how do I define a baby sleeping through the night for the purpose of this blog? 10-13 hours, or 12 hours for children over a few months of age, 11-12 hours before that. AND this is consolidated sleep without any feeds. That means no wakings outside of the
that all people have during which baby can put himself back to sleep. And maybe some wakings that pop up now and again during developmental and environmental changes.
When will my child start sleeping through the night?
This is such a hard question to answer because so much of it depends on how you do things (yes, I do think you can do something about it. I don't think the only thing you can do is sit back and wait for it to happen, whether it takes 2 months or 6 years.) as well as your child's own personal characteristics. Some children, despite what you do will sleep through the night almost as soon as they are home from the hospital. Other children will take much longer, even if you do "everything right". They are their own little people. The sooner you decide to be OK with this the sooner things will be easier, I promise.
Even though every child varies in how they do things, it is still nice for many people to have some sort of average to look at. It is nice to know when to expect sleep to lengthen and it is nice to know if your child is possibly waking more than he really needs at a certain age.
Depending on where you look and what parenting method you look at you'll get all kinds of different averages. Some will tell you that 12 hours by 12 weeks is very possibly and healthy while other people will tell you it is normal for your child to wake multiple times at night for years. I am more for having children () sleep through the night at an early age. I need my sleep to function like a half decent human being and I know many other people are the same. I feel that a child can sleep through the night at a relatively early age and be healthy and happy so I encourage them to do so.
When does the average child sleep through the night?
From my experience, people who do not actively encourage longer periods of sleep in babies are more likely to have a child sleeping through the night at a later age. So, I believe the average age for all children sleeping through the night is somewhat above what it is for those babies whose parents are encouraging longer sleep periods at night.
Here are some statistics from a study at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand:
*Most babies start to consolidate sleep around 3 months
*Over 50% sleep
5 hours at 3 months&
*Over 50% sleep 8 hours at 5 months&
*1/3 aren't
sleeping 8 hours by 12 months
What do I aim for?
I work to have a child sleep as long as he is capable (assuming ). I like to see at least 8 hours (or one night feed) by 12 weeks (it often comes sooner though) and progress from there. There may be one feed at night until 7/8 months, but usually this is dropped sooner.
How many Night Wakings/Feeds and for &how long? &&&&&&&&&&
How many hours
straight at night (longest stretch—others may be shorter)?
many night feeds? (from 7pm-7am, not including the 7 am/7pm feeds)
Birth - 6 weeks
Baby eats every 2-5
Lots! Baby eats every
5 + (fingers crossed!)
5-10 hours (some
babies will sleep more)
8-12 hours
8-12 hours
8-12 hours
8-12 hours
8-12 hours
11-12 hours
11-12 hours
11-12 hours
11-12 hours
12-18 months
It’s time to stop
feeding at night J
18-24 months
It’s REALLY time to
stop feeding at night J
How many and how long to do
night feeds is VERY debatable. Some people suggest stopping all night feeds by
12 weeks and others suggest keeping multiple night feeds for years. I’ve come
up with this list after working with hundreds of parents (possibly thousands at
this point) over the years and after talking to some pediatricians.& I haven’t met a healthy, well growing baby
yet that can’t happily have all night feeds dropped by 9 months (often before)
so I feel confident drawing the line here.&
Average time children sleep through the night from various "experts" while using their methods (when applicable)
states by 3-4 months most six month old babies should be able to sleep through the night. He doesn't say how long sleeping through the night is (at least I couldn't find it) but my guess is that he's going by 5 hours.
. A newborn's longest period of sleep (which is hopefully at night) is usually around 4-5 hours. "After three or four months of age, all children can begin to learn to sleep well" (p 11). Sleep extends to 9 hours around 4 months (research shows this does not have to do with introduction of solids). There is usually a disappearance of night wakings for a feeding around 9 months of age (p 14). Long sleep periods (reasonable of course and with a healthy baby) do not deprive baby of adequate breast milk but you should always be keeping tabs with your doctor on baby's health (p 17).
says that most babies will wake twice a night for a feed for the first six weeks (or three times if you include the ). By 4-6 months most babies can make it from dreamfeed (10-11 pm) to morning. Babies usually start sleeping aproximately 12 hours when you drop the dreamfeed around 7-8 months.
says most babies still need 5th feeding until weaned at 6 months, some until around 7 months (p 43). After the 5th feeding is dropped, they will have 4 during the day and none at night.
states that on average babies sleep 7-8 hours at night by 7-9
weeks and 9-12 hours by 3-5 months. It encourages you to not let our child go
longer than 5 hours at night without a feeding before 4 weeks and your baby under 9 weeks go no longer than 9-10 hours at night without a
feeding if you are breastfeeding, or 11 hours at night if he is
bottle-fed.
: Pantley considers sleeping through the night to be 5 hours. She is more for the attachment parenting approach which generally is fine with, even encourages, babies to continue to wake at night for feeds or comfort for several months to years. Pantley says that waking up once or twice at night for the first two years of life is totally normal and that a child up to nine months of age may need these feedings (rather than just want them for food) and that some children up to a year will still feed hungry every 4 hours and want a feed (p 49).& She also states that
babies awaken two to three times a night up to six months, and once or
some awaken once a night from one to two
years old" (p 50).
"The rule of thumb is that by six
months all babies are physically capable of sleeping through the night,
with most being able to do so at a younger age" (p 22). She says that babies usually
start to sleep through the night around 8 weeks old but she doesn't say how long sleeping through the night is (although I'm guessing she means 5 hours).
- She considers sleeping through the night in healthy children as twelve hours by twelve weeks (using her methods, of course).
If your baby isn't sleeping through the night by the "expected" times, you can consider doing the following:
Wait a few weeks. The above "expected times" are averages, that's all. Every baby is different. Some simply take longer to sleep through the night.
Help your baby .&
Have a good sleep environment (see
for multiple posts on this)
Consider doing the .
Help your baby drop a night time feed. Check with your pediatrician before trying this to make sure your baby is old enough and healthy enough to do this. First off, keep track of your child's awakenings. Often if he is waking up at the same time each night he is waking up
and doesn't really need the feed. If he is waking up at various times, there could be multiple reasons, needing or wanting to eat being one of them. See the .
Teach your child to fall asleep and put himself back to sleep following awakenings all by himself. See
and various sleep training tips in the
for more on this.
Some Extra Stuff
Breastfeeding moms need to be mindful of their milk supply. Some moms
are able to go longer at night than others without compromising their
milk supply.
Always be mindful of your baby's healthy status by monitoring his weight, input and out put and by following the directions of your Pediatrician.
Once again, although I believe you can help encourage a child to sleep through the night, they are their own little selves and will still vary when they are capable of doing this.
Some children take some time to sleep through the night consistently. It isn't uncommon for a child's sleep to go back and forth for a while before it settles on the longer sleeping period.
Please don't connect being a good parent with having a child sleep through the night at an early age. They are not one in the same.
What about my kids?
Knowing what my kids have done is only so helpful because they are such a small sample group but I will mention it anyway since a lot of people ask. I used the &and& along with some gentle ST methods (offered a pacifier if baby had recently eaten or if baby didn't seem very hungry,
to see if baby would fully wake for a feed or go back to sleep in a minute) to encourage longer sleep at night with my kids. One thing to note is that my boys were big babies and my daughter was a small baby and that I have exclusively breastfed each of them past a year with no supply issues--see
for more on this. I got all the dates from the journal I keep for my kids that I mentioned . There is no way I'd be able to remember this! Remember not to compare your kids to mine! I am just mentioning these specifics because people as me about them all the time.
My oldest, Joshua, slept 8 hours for the first time at 7 weeks old. By 10 weeks he consistently slept 8 hours. Within a week he had moved to consistently sleeping 10-11 hours at night. He slept 12 hours right before turning 4 months old but not consistently until 5 months old when I dropped the
for good (I was too nervous to completely drop )
I didn't do a
with Jacob. He slept 8 hours for the first time at 5 weeks old. But this didn't get consistent for several weeks. He slept 12 hours for the first time at 3.5 months. At 4.5 months he slept 11-12 hours most of the time but he wasn't totally consistent with 12 hours until around 8 months of age.
Stella started sleeping 12 hours at night, consistently, just before 4 months of age. I never did a dreamfeed with her. She is a very good sleeper, especially since she started sucking her thumb around 6 months of age. She even sleeps better than her older brother Jacob!
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Insomnia Is Ruining My Life...
Let's just say - it's 2:30 am and I'm not even a bit tired.
I have been a severe insomniac for the last 2.5 years of my life.
When I was younger, I always had a hard time getting to bed on time, but it never really affected my ability to function during the days, as I was still getting around 5 to 8 hours of sleep at night.
Then, my sleep took a huge turn.
After several life traumas in a row, my brain decided it was in "fight or flight" mode all the damn time.
And has been for over 2 years now.
I have tried over 9 different sleeping medications and nothing has worked.
If it did work, it was only short term (3 days or so) and then I was back to my normal non-sleeping self.
I am completely functional at zero to 4 hours of sleep at night for about 5 days straight.
But after that 5 day mark, I start to get crazy.
It's not like I haven't tried anything - I've done it all - from medications, to hypnosis, to counseling, to relaxation tapes, to exercising so hard I thought my legs would fall off - and nothing, body gets tired, but my mind does not.Insomnia is ruining my life because when I can't sleep, I can't focus in class.
I can't remember important things, like test dates.
I have missed school and work several times in the past year because of my sleep problems! (not because I need time off to sleep, but because it's been so long that I've
slept that I cannot walk or even function!)
It's to a ridiculous point, obviously.
And it's not like I crash for the next week either to "catch up".
I might sleep 7 hours on the 5th
night or something, but then after that, it's back to the average of 1 to 4 hours.
When I get 5 hours of sleep at night, I am like a new person!
It is pure bliss! :)
Just think of the things I could do if I got the normal 7 hours of sleep A NIGHT!?! I'd be on top of the world.
And that is a small part of my sleep story. Good Night, for some of us. :)Kevin: I empathize with your struggles, and thanks for sharing your story. "...body gets tired, but my mind does not." This makes me think that maybe it's an issue of your biological clock (brain area in charge of your body's schedule for releasing sleep-inducing hormones) being a bit off schedule. Something you didn't mention for things you've tried is shifting your biological clock, through bright light therapy for something of the sort. Not sure if it will help you, but it is what comes to my mind. I'm working on articles that will be of relevance to this, but in the meantime maybe give a look to the
to see if any of the information there is relatable.All the best! I hope you do reach on top of the world status with a little more sleep! In the meantime, stay safe, and keep learning. You'll conquer this thing.Warmly,
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雅思阅读模拟题INSOMNIACTHE ENEMY OF SLEEP
这篇阅读模拟题的主要内容是讨论了对于睡眠来说最重要的敌人，就是失眠的现象。这篇文章从各种方面讨论了失眠对于人类睡眠和身体的影响。我们一起来看看吧。
It is not unusual to have sleep troubles from time to time. But, if you feel you do not get enough sleep or satisfying sleep, you may have insomnia, a sleep disorder. People with insomnia have one or more of the following: difficulty falling asleep, waking up often during the night and having trouble going back to sleep, waking up too early in the morning and unrefreshing sleep. Insomnia is not defined by the number of hours you sleep every night. The amount of sleep a person needs varies. While most people need between 7 and 8 hours of sleep a night, some people do well with less, and some need more.
Insomnia occurs most frequently in people over age 60, in people with a history of depression, and in women, especially after menopause. Severe emotional trauma can also cause insomnia with divorced, widowed and separated people being the most likely to suffer from this sleep disorder.
Stress, anxiety, illness and other sleep disorders such as restless legs syndrome are the most common causes of insomnia. An irregular work schedule, jet lag or brain damage from a stroke or Alzeimer&s disease can also cause insomnia as well as excessive use of alcohol or illicit drugs. It can also accompany a variety of mental illnesses.
The mechanism that induces sleep is not known. When it becomes dark, the pineal gland in the brain secretes a hormone called melatonin, which is thought to induce sleep. Exactly why sleep is necessary for good health and efficient mental functioning is unknown. We do know that sleep consists of two very different states: rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and non-REM sleep. In REM sleep, dreams occur, the eyes move under the closed lids and there is an increase in oxygen consumption, blood flow and neural activity. REM sleep occurs four or five times during a night.
Beginning periods last about ten to fifteen minutes but the periods get longer as the night goes on. The periods of REM sleep alternate with longer periods of non-REM sleep, when body functions slow. Non-REM sleep has four stages. During the deepest stages (3 and 4) it is hard to rouse a sleeper. As the night goes on, the periods of non-REM sleep become progressively lighter.
Sleep in stages 1 and 2 are felt to be restorative as during this time the body repairs itself utilising a hormone called somatostatin. Lack of stage 4 sleep is believed to be important in chronically painful conditions such as fibromyalgia.
Healthcare providers diagnose insomnia in several ways. One way is to categorize insomnia by how often it occurs. Another way is to identify the insomnia by what is causing the sleep deprivation. The two main types of insomnia have been described as Primary Insomnia and Secondary Insomnia. Primary Insomnia is a chronic condition with little apparent association with stress or a medical problem. The most common form of primary insomnia is psychophysiological insomnia. Secondary insomnia is caused by symptoms that accompany a medical condition such as anxiety, depression or pain.
Improving one&s sleep hygiene helps improve insomnia in all patients. Relaxing during the hour before you go to sleep and creating a comfortable environment suited for sleep can be helpful. Older people who wake up earlier than normal or have trouble falling asleep may need less sleep than they used to. Changing one&s sleep pattern, either by going to bed later or waking up earlier, can be effective in dealing with insomnia in older people. Therapy also depends on the cause and severity of the insomnia. Transient and intermittent insomnia may not require any direct action since these conditions last only a few days at a time. However, if insomnia interferes with a person&s daily activities, something should be done. Usually the best method of dealing with insomnia is by attacking the underlying cause. For example, people who are depressed often have insomnia and looking at this problem may eliminate it.
Not getting enough sleep can make you less productive, irritable and unable to concentrate. Lack of sleep can make it seem as if you &got up out of the wrong side of the bed.& Early morning headaches and waking up feeling as if you never went to sleep can result in frustration. Stress can cause insomnia but insomnia also increases stress. Insomnia can make driving unsafe as well. Insomnia can result in missed work, which can cause you to become less productive and miss promotions. It can leave you feeling as if you just can&t get enough done. Insomnia can also mask serious mental disorders. People with insomnia may think that not getting enough sleep is their only problem, but the insomnia may actually be one symptom of a larger disorder, such as depression. Studies show that people with insomnia are four times more likely to be depressed than people with a healthy sleeping pattern. In addition, lack of sleep can tax the heart and lead to serious conditions like heart disease. All of these are important problems that can affect every part of your life.
Establishing certain set routines can help insomniacs get better sleep. Examples of these routines include: going to bed and getting up at the same time every day, avoiding napping, avoiding caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and eating heavily late in the day, exercising regularly and making your bedroom comfortable in terms of the bed, noise and temperature. Insomniacs should also only use their bedroom for sleep so that their bodies associate the room with sleep. Finally, if you can&t get to sleep, don&t toss and turn all night. Get up and read or do something that is not overly stimulating until you feel really sleepy again.
Questions 1 - 14
The reading passage on Insomnia has 7 paragraphs (A & G).
From the list of headings below choose the most suitable headings for paragraphs B & G.
Write the appropriate number (i & xi) in boxes 14 & 19 on your answer sheet.
NB There are more headings than paragraphs, so you will not use them all.
Example Answer
Paragraph A iv
i The Role of Sleep
ii Insomnia Medication
iii Habits to Promote a Good Night&s Sleep
iv What is Insomnia
v Complications for Insomniacs
vi Government Action
vii Available Treatment for Insomnia
viii The Causes of Insomnia
ix Therapy Solutions
x Types of Insomnia
xi Current Research
1.Paragraph B　　2.Paragraph C　　3.Paragraph D　　4.Paragraph E　　5.Paragraph F　　6.Paragraph G
Questions 7 - 14
Do the following statements agree with the views of the writer of the reading passage on Insomnia?
In Boxes 7 - 14 write:
YES if the statement agrees with the writer
NO if the statement doesn&t agree with the writer
NOT GIVEN if it is impossible to say what the writer thinks about this
7. Someone who only gets four hours of sleep a night must be suffering from insomnia.
8. Travelling can cause insomnia.
9. REM sleep is felt to be the most important for the body&s rest.
10.Secondary insomnia is far more common than primary insomnia.
11.Sufferers of insomnia can attend specialist sleep clinics.
12. Many people suffering from insomnia don&t realise that they suffer from it.
13.There is no actual correlation linking insomnia and depression.
14. Sleeping during the day can make insomnia worse.
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