Not exact matches
Everyone expects
sleep deprivation during the newborn phase, but even after your
baby starts
sleeping through the
night (which, in my
experience, happens around three months for about three weeks and then goes to pot once teething starts) you won't
sleep the same as you did pre-kids.
* Your
experiences with
sleeping through the
night, naps,
night feedings, your feeling regarding letting your
baby cry... Of course you can use aliases for your child / children's names if you don't want them to appear online.
Your
experienced sleep specialist will take care of all your
baby's needs during the
night, allowing you to
sleep through undisturbed *.
If you can, bring home some library books or purchase some new additions to your
baby's library that focus on the
experience of
sleeping through the
night or getting a separate bedroom.
In my
experience, the habit of eating at
night really is an obstacle to learning to
sleep through the
night for older
babies and toddlers.
Having an extra person to stimulate the
baby can be a great bonding
experience for fathers so don't ever let them think they can
sleep through the first
night.
Through my own
experience and working with other mothers, I realized that co -
sleeping / breastfeeding
babies can
sleep all
night next to Mommy without waking to nurse, contrary to popular thinking.
However, getting your
baby to
sleep through the
night can be one of the hardest
experience of parenthood.
If mom and
baby have changed routines recently like going back to work or
sleeping through the
night then mom might
experience engorgement as her body adjusts to the changes in demand.