Hi. Perhaps we haven't met. We have a three-month old, you see, and haven't been as regular on the blog as we'd like. Or really, as regular in our life as we'd like. We show up to places late, we look haggard when you see us, we keep forgetting things or mis-stating things, we just aren't ourselves these days.
But, like many of you with children, we kept hearing how everything changes at 3 months. "Just wait and see," the experts proclaim, "between three and four months most kids start sleeping through the night."
What the experts don't bother to tell you is that "sleeping through the night" really means a 5 hour stretch of sleep.
5 HOURS?!?!?
That means, after you put your baby down, get ready for bed yourself, read a bit to settle down, and finally drift off yourself, you're getting 4 1/2 hours at the most, usually more like 4 hours. Who calls four hours at a time "sleeping through the night?"
So experts, please call me when you revise your definition to one most people understand - 8 hours at a time would be nice. Sure it may not happen until he's at least 9 months old, but at least I have a realistic goal instead of feeling cursed that my baby isn't sleeping more at 3 months. So call me, but understand that I may not know what you're talking about when you do. I'm only sleeping through the night and still a little forgetful.
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2 comments:
Yeah, I was bitter by that comment, too. A friend of mine was putting down her baby at 10pm, so her five-hour stretch was actually nice for her. I was putting down mine at 7pm, so I was up in the middle of the night, growling.
Yeah, and putting them to bed at 7:00 is better for them, so say all the sleep books and experts. At least after 3 years, Sam is finally sleeping through the night as we all understand the term!
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