What does “sleeping through the night” mean?

I have a 2 month old and I keep reading babies “sleeping through the night” are we talking sleeping 5 hours? Like from 9pm to 2am? Or 12 hours from 9-9? My baby will have his days where he’ll wake up every 3 hours to eat & other nights where he only wakes up once at like 4am. Is that “sleeping through the night”? My husband and I are late sleepers, we sleep around midnight / 1am. So it’s hard to tell when his last feeding is for the night.

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My LO started sleeping through the night at 3 months and she is currently 8 months. We have a routine where we shower her at 7pm or 8pm and she falls asleep usually within 30 mins. For example she will sleep from 8:30pm to 7/8am. We also started dream feeding her at almost four months so that allowed her to sleep through the night.

@Alejandra around what time is your dream feed? Also is your baby breast feed or formula fed?

Sleeping through the night at that age is considered anything that’s 4+ hours stretch.

Hi Fahima! My husband and I are also late sleepers so it’s hard to tell when his last feeding is. My baby is pretty consistent in eating every 2 hours however during night time like after midnight/1am he either wakes up every hour or every 2-3. I’m actuslly struggling with him wanting to sleep after night timr feedings or for his stretches to be longer. Is your baby formula fed? Do you swaddle your baby?

The huckleberry app congratulated me when my son first had a stretch of 7 hours at 2 months old. The message read that a 6 hour stretch of sleep is considered sleeping through the night.

My baby didn’t sleep through the night till probably 3 months old his bed time was 10pm id shower him around 8:30 give him a good feed when he gets out then around 9:40 I’ll change him nd since I breast feed I’ll feed him again while he goes to sleep 10pm he’s out till probably 8am or 9am he’ll wake up once sometimes at 4am or 5am that’s about it

@Yalila we combo fed but I would pump and leave bottles for my husband to dream feed her when he would take the night shift. So dream feed around 12:30am to 1am. He’s a night owl and can handle being up later. I no longer breastfeed. I have an autoimmune so being off medication for four months was all my body could handle.

I considered it "sleeping through the night" once my son would sleep from 9pm-6am and go back to bed immediately after feeds. He'd usually only wake up briefly once or twice and he'd need diaper changes anyways

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