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Why so Much Pressure on Babies Sleeping Through?

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EMC2022 · 29/07/2023 19:38

Every time we visit certain people we get asked if 9mo DS sleeps through.

He doesn't.

He usually wakes once and has a bottle of milk. An odd time he has slept through and sometimes he also has more wakes that don't involve any feeds. Sleep has been especially inconsistent since 8mo.

I just hate the amount of pressure people seem to put on baby sleep. It makes you feel like a failure if they aren't sleeping through. Even the Internet makes us believe that "all babies are capable of sleeping through at 6mo".

Most people I speak to dont seem to have babies who sleep through by 6mo so why do all my parents generation act like its a mortal sin?

This post is really more of a rant to see if other people have the same question all the time and feel the same pressure/failure I do when I get asked.

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LolaSmiles · 01/08/2023 10:41

EMC2022
It's true though. I think I'm past the point of caring now and mine are past the baby/toddler stage so I'm that annoying person who chips in that every baby/toddler is different and parents should ignore anyone who wants an award for Parent of the Year based on what sleep pattern their baby has.

It's like some people lose their mind when they become a parent and look to their infant to validate them as a human, which is silly. They're crying, milk-drinking poop-machines.

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