5 month old baby not sleeping through the night

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1. paafamily
   

   Your child is old enough to start sleeping through the night. The key to making this happen is establishing a consistent bedtime routine and developing positive sleep associations. Five-month-olds should nap two or three times a day at about the same time and go to bed between 7.30pm and 8.30pm at night. Babies love routine, especially ones that happen around bedtime.
   
   You can first bathe her and change her into pyjamas, then breastfeed or give her a bottle. You can top the night off by reading a bedtime story (pick one or two stories that you'll read every night) or sing a few songs (choose a set of tunes for bedtime). By doing the same thing night after night, you will be letting your baby know that it's time for sleep.
   
   To teach your baby how to fall asleep on her own, put her down in her cot while she's still awake and periodically check on her. Within a few nights, she will be falling asleep quickly and easily at bedtime. Once she is able to soothe herself to slumber, she will inevitably begin sleeping for longer stretches, and eventually, all night.
   
   Hope it will help.

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2. Guest3597
   

   Mine neither, in fact he is getting worse - waking every 90 mins - 3 hourly, we have a good bedtime routine est. but this hasnt helped him going through the night or for longer without feeds. ?

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