When does your baby sleeps through the night?

Hi! Can i ask when does your baby sleeps through the night? Mine is 9 months old and stills wakes up once or twice for milk isit normal?

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Super Mom

Some babies do it naturally, some need to be trained. My baby was sleep trained to fall asleep on her own at about 5 months, then we weaned off night feeds at 11+ months. Since then, she slept through the night

3y trước

First step is to disconnect the association between feeding and sleeping. So we kept her awake during feeds, and only put her to bed at least 15 minutes after. Secondly, we trained her to fall asleep on her own. There are many methods, but my husband believes cry-it-out (for an older baby) is effective and has no long term consequences (which is true, for my older kid), so he did that. Gave her her friend (soft toy), turned on white noise and closed the door. Both my kids could fall asleep without parental help and almost no more crying within 2 weeks. (And they’re still v happy kids). But of course, please choose a method you’re comfortable with. Anyway the most effective add on is to stop breastfeeding (at least the night feeds). Once you stop and they realise there’s no more breast, they’ll sleep through without screaming for it. Honestly, they also forget very quickly that they ever breastfed. The one who feels the greatest loss is us 😅 But we start showing them love in different w