grrr to colleagues with 'perfect' babies

[mummy2isla]

Me: My LO is not good at sleeping. Up most mornings at 4 / 5. Very tired!Coming back to work (a month ago) meaning I am shattered! Never mind ..

Her: Oh I can honestly say I have never, ever had a sleepless night with my LO. She's great, she bf easily and has slept through from a few weeks old. I did Gina Ford and it was great. And because she bf so well I lost loads of weight and now weigh less than I did before I was pregnant!

Me: Oh. (thinking thoughts of big pans hitting her on the head)

Don't worry, if she's anything like me, her second will be an absolute nightmare and will show no sign of sleeping through the night (or indeed at any other time) even at 14 months old. My first was an angel by comparison.

More likely than not she is lying. Many new mums do it. It's sad but a lot of people feel there is an ideal to live up to and that they will have somehow failed if they don't have a 'perfect' baby. Like kitbit says, the questions are purely competitive.

Regarding the weight thing - I weigh less now than before I had DD. That's because I was a lager guzzling, takeaway eating lard arse before but now I don't drink and eat much better. Having said that, all it means is I am not as FAT as I was, but I am still FAT .