I’m a FTM to my soon-to-be 7 month old boy and my best friend doesn’t have kids herself but has become an aunty for the first time to a little boy who is nearly 9 months, so she often shares pictures and stories of him with me. My son has never been a great sleeper and I struggled a lot with this in the early days, which she is aware of. He’s a beautiful, happy (most of the time!), thriving boy but god I’m craving a full night sleep. Anyway my friend’s had a couple of weekends where her nephew has stayed at hers with his parents and when I’ve asked how it’s been, she’s replied ‘he’s such a good boy, slept 7-7.30’. I don’t know whether I’m just being over sensitive, but I find that response such a kick in the teeth, like a baby sleeping at night defines if they’re good or not. It’s making me doubt my ability as a mum (which has not come naturally to me but I’m trying every day) but it still p*sses me off that she knows how exhausted I’ve been from day one yet throws comments like that my way. My mum is also bad for suggesting their sleep is an indication of their progress as a baby...if I say we’ve had a rough night, she will question everything I’m doing in the day (suggesting baby rice before bed - classic mum comment). Anyway, don’t know what I’m hoping to achieve with this post other than a bit of a rant...do you think I’m being over sensitive with the comments from my best friend? And is anyone else sick of people obsessing over baby’s sleeping through as an indication of what they’re like as a baby? Course we’d love a full night but we’ve just accepted ours isn’t a brilliant sleeper but he’s great in the day