How old does a child stay sleeping through the night. I have an 11 month old and he has his nights when he will slep until around 3 or 4 am and then until like 7am. I just want to know what helps babies sleep through the night. I don't understand why some nights he will slep through the night then he ill be up 2 to 3 times the next night, is it his mattress? I was givien the mattress and I do think it's old but I don't know what to do. I have taken a fleece blanket and folded it up and put it under his crib sheet thinking he wanted more comfort. and ideas or advice??

All babies are different when it comes to them sleeping through the night. Are you keeping the same schedule and routine every night for your baby? If not, that could be what's causing his inconsistent sleeping. If he has a favorite stuffed animal or blanket you may try putting it in the crib with him. If this waking up during the night has just started recently, it may just be a stage he's going through. I hope you find something that works! 

I've been trying to keep the same schedule but since the time change he's ready for bed around 6:30 instead of 7 pm. I have been putting his bedtime 7pm since he was a few months old. He has a seahorse that play lullibies and he loves that I put that to bed with him everynight. thanks so much for the advice.

I have a 3 month old baby, and she is sleeping more through the night, but sometimes, she wakes up at 3:00 am or 4:00 am in the morning.  I know how you feel.  It takes a lot of work raising a baby.

All babies are different but if your still brestfeeding that could be the reason. I had to do the cry it out (ferber) method with my son for 2 weeks before he started sleeping through the night. My son is now 15 months and has been sleeping through the night since September, so not that long. But he sleeps from 9 pm bedtime till 830am wakeup time. Now all I have to do is say night night time and put him in the bed and turn on the music and he sits there plays with his toys for a bit or just lays down and goes to bed. Good luck I knwo its not easy but it does get better you just haveto be consiant on whatever you do. If you do the cry it out (ferber) method you have to do it every time he/she wakes up at night. After that is going in and making sure he/she does not need diaper change or anything like that. If you are still feeding through out the nights you have to cut that out slowly 1stbefore trying to do the cry it out method.

Here is one of the best ideas my son's pediatrician ever gave me. He was 9 months old at the time and would wake up twice at night for the bottle, every other night I could not put him back to sleep till seven in the morning. (and he'd get up about 4). She suggested to wait for 10 minutes before going into the room. Two nights after I was so exhausted I put a pillow over my head and kept watching the clock. In about 6 minutes he went back to sleep. The same week I put him in his crib without rocking him to sleep and after 10 minutes of fussing he fell asleep.

To be clear we tried "no tears" approach for two weeks and it was almost successful but he got sick and we had to stop the training. He was around 6 months old then.

Around 8 months we tried "cry-it-out" technique, I could not do it. My heart was breaking!

So yes, every baby is special and unique, keep it CALM, and you'll get there. You and I did learn to sleep through the night somehow, right?