I AM SO HAPPY, I JUST HAD TO SHARE...OUR DD IS 7 MONTHS OLD AND HAS NEVER SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT ALTHOUGH STOPPED GETTING UP TO BE FED AROUND THE 4 MONTH MARK AS WELL, JUST A RESTLESS BABY...SOOTHER CAME OUT ETC..
ANYWAY, BY ACCIDENT THE OTHER NIGHT, WE FORGOT TO PUT HER MONITOR ON AND SO OF COURSE DID NOT WAKE UP TO HEAR HER MOANS, GROANS, TALKING ETC AT ALL..SO WE ALL GOT A SOLID 10 HOURS SLEEP...AND SHE SEEMED TO WAKE UP JUST FINE..ALMOST AS THOUGH SHE HAD FINALLY HAD A GOOD NIGHTS REST..FROM THAT DAY ON, HER NAPS ARE NO LONGER 30 MINUTES..THEY ARE 2 A DAY LIKE CLOCK-WORK AND HOUR AND A HALF EACH..CONSISTENT BED TIME OF 745 AND SHE ACTUALLY SLEPT UNTIL 845 THIS MORNING ( I DO FEED HER AND ALWAYS HAVE AROUND 6AM AND SHE GOES BACK). PREVIOUSLY, I WOULD SAY WE WERE GOING INTO HER ROOM 10 TIMES A NIGHT TO SEE WHY SHE WAS MOANING, CRYING, TOOTING ETC AND TRY TO GET HER BACK TO SLEEP WHEN ALL THE WHILE SHE COULD DO IT HERSELF..SO WE DO NOT HAVE A MONITOR ON AT ALL ANYMORE AND IF SOMETHING IS THAT PRESSING, SHE WILL CRY QUITE LOUD I'M SURE AND WE'LL HERE HER REGARDLESS OF A MONITOR BEING ON OR OFF...SO IN ESSENCE, ELIMINATING THE MONITOR FOR US WAS THE ANSWER, AS NOT TO HEAR EVERY LITTLE PEEP!
WE ALSO DID NOT WANT HER TO STIR OUR 3 YEAR OLD BUT HE SEEMS TO BE MANAGING JUST FINE WITHOUT OUR INTERFERENCE ANYMORE. (HE HAS MUSIC IN HIS ROOM ALL NIGHT). HOPE THIS MIGHT WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM!!