some babies sleep through the night within a week or two of being born. but most have their days and nights backward at first sleeping more in the day and less at night. most babies will start sleeping at night at about 4 months of age. you won’t get an uninterrupted stretch of the baby sleeping 10 to 12 hours but you will get about five hours and then another good uninterrupted stretch after a night feeding. don’t worry if your baby is 4 months old and still isn’t sleeping that long. you can help her along by letting her sleep at night not waking her to feed and by keeping things dark and quiet. save the exciting fun things until daytime.
when should my baby start sleeping through the night?