I’m with you I-dra.

I’m with i-dra, not sleeping through at 7 months to me is normal, I’d expect that and oddly to some I’d want that.
It’s not healthy for young babies to sleep through for too long (and alone). They need us nearby to regulate sleep. The SIDS risk is higher for babies who sleep too deeply without company.
Somewhere between 2 and 3 years is when I’d kind of expect some sleeping through.
Once I understood the physiology of it all, remember what a short time in your life this night waking bit is and discovered cosleeping the nights were far more enjoyable. Those quiet dark snuggles are the best!

Sarah (and others), feeding a baby a large meal before bed is not a surefire way to get them to sleep through the night.  Some people credit that for getting their kids to sleep through the night when actually it has more to do with their age development wise when foods are introduced.  Every baby is different.

Everyone tell me I’m pretty lucky. My son was 4 weeks old when he slept through the night, and now at 4 months he will sleep like 10 or 11 hrs straight. He always wakes up pretty hungry, but if he doesn’t get 10hrs of sleep he is the most moody little guy.

I couldn’t allow my third child to sleep more than two hours at a stretch for the first 2 months and no more than three hours the second 2 months becuase he was a slow weight gainer. He didn’t return to birth weight until 3 weeks.

Ya, I think this sleeping through the night thing is a fairy tale. My boy is almost 6 (as in years) and I’m still waiting for him to sleep through the night. Maybe once he goes to college. A couple years back I was tired, waiting, but now it’s just normal and it doesn’t even bother me anymore.

My son didn’t sleep all the way through until 10 months, and like some of you had said, it was because I had to get over just offering him a boob in the middle of the night because it was easier. He slept much sounder after I cut out our 2 am feeding.

My little guy wouldn’t sleep all the way through until 10 months old when I decided to cut off the 1am feeding. I think he was just waking up at that time because he was used to it and because he wanted to hang out with mommy. It was tough for a couple of days, but he got used to not breastfeeding at that time and was so much better rested afterwards.

None of my kids slept through the night before the age of 3. But then again we’ve never used a crib and I’m not a fan of CIO.