To want to block people on FB for bragging about how well their babies are sleeping?!

[LadySnapcase]

"Aww thanks to my little man for the 10 hours sleep, luv you so much!!!"

I swear to god, if I have to read another version of that status I'm going to go fucking postal. And yes, I am just jealous. Really, seriously, bone achingly tired jealous

Lucky Bastards.

(BTW, I know I'm BU, of course people want to brag about their babies...but shit, it's just really hitting hard today )

[BlueFrenchHorn]

Yanbu I secretly hope those people experience sleep deprivation and their babies all of a sudden stop sleeping.

I know it's mean and unfair but 2 non sleeping dc later I find it hard to "like" any status that brags how much sleep someone is getting.

[coralanne]

Friend is like that with her first DGS. Has slept 10 hours a night since he was 2 weeks old (Bull.........t).

Baby is now 11 weeks. Mum is sooooo bored. He's perfect. House is always spotless. Might go back to work early.

I was invited for dinner a few weeks ago. House looked like a tip. Baby is absolutely gorgeous but had to be attended"to all the time. Mum and Dad looked washed out.

Don't believe anything you read on facebook or anything a doting Grandma tells you.

[BabysNewName]

It's funny... I've been honest all along about how things are going. Some folk are shocked when they ask and I say how shit it is and how crap I feel. I don't think my situation is abnormal, just that most folk are not that truthful

[jaggythistle]

Mrs Mook how do they know? DS2 is fast approaching 2 years old and I can count on one hand the number of times he's slept more than 3 or 4 hours in a row.

DS1 has woken up almost all those times. :(

YANBU OP, I have a friend who only really posts boasts about anything. She's fine in rl, but her fb is a bit irritating. Luckily she's not a frequent poster.

[Wishihadabs]

I think it is genetic. To sleep through the night you need to produce enough melatonin. Yes you can do things to help melatonin production (quiet, dark room) but it's about those neurones (brain cells) maturing at the end of the day which is a developmental stage like walking, or toliet training ( both examples of largely genetically determined, developmental stages)

[GiraffesAndButterflies]

They're all fucking liars. I don't believe any baby can sleep through the night. It's all fucking lies.

AHAHA I KNEW IT
Thanks Jam.

Although I'll allow an exception for people like me whose DC sleep really well if they're being held. Them I believe.

[ShitOnAStick]

YABU, my friend "bragged" about her six week old sleeping through, I liked it, I'm really pleased that she's getting some rest. I have an almost two year old who still wakes several times a night and I wouldn't wish sleep deprivation on anyone.

[fryingpantoface]

giraffe my children sleep well being held all the time too!

ds1 is two and went from sleeping through at 1, so waking every night at around 3.30-5. He will only go back to bed after he's repeatedly been told to. That's with a gro-clock.

ds2 is only 4 weeks, so that's understandable. According to fb my friend's two week old has slept through all the time. Git

[LadySnapcase]

Yes, DS sleeps well whilst being held, only after I've basically restrained him into submission though. He's always needed swaddling but now he's too bit and can escape, so we basically have to wrestle him into lying still so he can drop off...

ShitOnAStick I think if it was the other way round though, and I knew a friend had really been struggling with sleep deprivation, I would probably be a little more considerate in what I posted? I wouldn't lie if I was asked, but to go out and broadcast it does just seem braggy and a bit tacky...

BabysNewName Yes, people really don't like it when you're honest do they? They just tend to ignore what I'm saying and keep repeating 'oh, but he's gorgeous, it's all worth it!' etc etc.

MrsMook The only times DS has slept through is when I was up every hour with a chest infection I got all excited and then as soon as I was better he went back to normal. It's a gift they have, really.

JoinYourplayFellows That is true, I can handle the nights where we just have a quick feed or stick the dummy back in, even if it's every hour, it's the 1-2 hours of pacing, jiggling, shushing, begging and pleading that really destroy you. DH does his share of the night wakings, but we usually tag the other one in if we've been up more than an hour, because that's the point when we start eyeballing the windows...

Dwerf I will take that theory and cling to it, thank you...!