To NOT want to tell people our 2month old pfb sleeps through the night (and has done since 3 days old)?

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I just think there's no way you can win with this. You look smug no matter what, and other parents will just hate us.

I KNOW it's just sheer luck and not any amazing thing we've done.

I think we should just lie about it.

DS slept like a log. He would go down after an 11.30 feed and be flat out til 7. I couldn't believe my luck, but very quickly learned nt to breathe a word. Especially as he was partial to a 3 hour lunchtime nap.

Then at 3 yo he didn't sleep for a whole year.

I understand OP, my DS has slept through from 8 weeks and he's now 18 months. He's had stomach bugs, bad colds, teething - none of which have affected his sleep in a way which has made me sleep deprived. He sleeps in his own cot and does not cry hysterically for anything when he wakes up.

I hate that people think I'm smug because of this.

Parenting is difficult and judgements don't help, ever. I just used to say 'yeah, so-so' when asked about sleep, it's a shame it's not acceptable to tell the truth in this situation because it was one of the few things I found manageable! Don't be scared that it'll come to an end. At 18 months my LO is still a great sleeper although my biggest fear is that he'll decide otherwise!.

Mine mostly sleeps through but I keep saying "at the moment, touch wood, I'm sure it'll change" if anyone asks, as I don't want to jinx it

My DS has slept through consistently since 11 weeks old, and is now almost a year old.

It's impossible to tell people this without sounding smug - there simply is no way. So I don't tell anyone. Except Mumsnet.

DD2 was the same fed at 11 slept between 12ish and 1ish woke at 6-7 or later, DD1 was not to bad slept from about 7 weeks until 17 weeks and then again from about 22 weeks on. DS well he is an active bundle of joy, sleep you monster sleep

I had 2 very poor sleepers first - they didn't sleep through til they were at least 2 years old. Then I had my third who slept through from birth. Honestly. I felt very smug!
However, I've done my fair share of sleepless nights many times over. I made a point of saying this whenever I met other tired mums with newborns! It's just luck.

DD is 7.5 and doesn't sleep

I wouldn't say it out loud if I were you, babies have a habit of suddenly changing their sleep habits. Do come back and start a thread when that happens

OP what do you class as sleeping thru? As I call it 7-7 or similar, and I'm not sure a 3 day old baby would have really gone that long..?
If you mean the shortened 12-5 definition then yes, my dd did that too until 12 weeks at which point it stopped and it's never happened since!

I'd be really worried if a few day old baby slept 12 hours!

Enjoy the next 2 months then. Before the 4 month regression sets in, closely followed by continuous teething from 6-18 months. Happy days!

sleeping through means parents not woken in the night initially so from 11pm-6am my DD did this from 8 weeks even though tiny baby at 5lb from birth she slept 3-4 hour stretches she is 4.5 now needs less sleep but goes to sleep easily and stays asleep, we have had odd night when not well but i would say she has slept well, she is an only child but I kept quiet about it, she is contented but part of it is temperament not me being the best mother ever

some things you can shout about others you can't, if your child is good at sport or music fine or climbing walking before 12 months but don't mention it if they eat anything especially when old enough to refuse, they sleep through or are very good at maths or free reading in Y1 or they win a scholarship

I agree with TheScience that a 3day old baby should not be sleeping 12hours in a row and would make me worried. Obviously op's baby is now a few months old and presumably very well but if anyone else is reading this and their newborn is sleeping that much in a row, my advice would be to get the baby seen by a medical person.

FanjoForTheMammaries It's good to here of another mum going through this.

Everything is a phase. The good and the bad. Phases end and new ones begin. You're time will come op and your next thread will be 'AIBU to want my sleeping pfb back' written at 3am on your third wake up call! But then that will pass too....

you pro ably should have told someone your 3 day old baby qas sleeping through. it could be really dangerous!

tbh i would just assume you were a really heavy sleeper and didnt wake up.

YANBU - my mother recently informed me that I slept through from a week old. This never changed - I am still lazy and love my sleep. I could sleep for 12 hours a day if I let myself, but can also operate fine on 5 hours.

Well, what can I say except BLOODY WELL ENJOY IT!!! I mean that in a really nice way it gives hope to others who are about to drop and who may have read the lack of sleep horror stories (I have many,many to tell...) We have had two good sleepers and one who has elastic eyelids. A tiny hint of noise,that's it goodbye slumber. Two years down the line I have yet to experience one full nights sleep let alone anything else if you see what I mean. So go forth and stealth boast you absolutely have my green eyed blessing! Still being really nice not a whiff of sarcasm I genuinely know where you are coming from as we once had that too. Sob.

My dd was a great sleeper right away and we had to wake her to feed her at night.
I was told to wake her to feed her by the midwife as it would be too long between feeds when she was a newborn.
Our eldest DC had awful reflux and colic so dd was a godsend.
Boast away and enjoy your sleep and long may it last.

Mine slept like hell for the first five months, and then became a dream sleeper. Still is at 2.5.

My twins slept through from a week old, my 2 yr old from the day she was born. Particularly with the twins I felt such a fraud. People tend to think you are a bit heroic with twins and wondered how I coped/ did the house work/had my make up on..........it was a peace of piss I had 8 hours sleep evey night. Could have been longer but I felt I had to wake them for a morning bottle!

I just took the credit and did my best to look frazzled.

Good.I'm glad.
Hope it stays that way.
Genuinely.

My 2nd was as nocturnal as a bat.
It was tricky.

montysma - twins sleeping through, that top trumps me

'sleeping through' meant 5-6 hours at less than a week old... we were so shocked and almost scared... wanted to wake him but every parent we knew said 'are you mad? sod what the books say, NEVER wake a sleeping baby'

Now averaging 10 hours a night... and we are quietly thanking our stars for this (wholly undeserved) blessing.

If you tell people but say how lucky you are, they will love to hear that you don't think it was all down to superb parenting

We have a terrible sleeper, and I'm always thrilled for friends when they have great sleepers, unless they then smile helpfully and say 'have you tried swaddling / letting them cry / a rocker / actually loving them?' Besides, everyone has some sort of challenge somewhere along the way, sleep is only one of those.

montysma love the idea of you faking frazzled!! How amazing to have had twins and sleep. A mum at school last Friday said to me 'ooh you look tired' I could have rammed my YSL touché éclat up her nose. I look knackered and this I know but can cope if everyone pretends they haven't noticed!!!