Comments on: “All moms lie about their children”… Really?!

By: K

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:13:33 +0000

“She goes to sleep at 9:30pm and wakes up around 6am. Tarzan and I must have had a look of sympathy on our faces because the parents looked at us funny and said “What?” We said something like that’s not too much time for them alone without the baby, which prompted them to ask us about Monkey.”

This probably made them feel defensive – to me, nearly nine hours sounds like a ton of fantastic quiet time for parents of a newborn! They get the whole evening to themselves every night? Dream!”

Ditto. I would kill for that amount of sleep lol. 9:30 to 6 am sounds great!

By: Mindykoob

Mindykoob — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:13:11 +0000

P.S. Meghan R..I’m your misery )

Sorry for the typos. Lack of sleep shows!

By: Mindykoob

Mindykoob — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:04:39 +0000

I wish people were more forthcoming with all experiences. Life i’ve said before, I had a very rough pregnancy, a traumatic labor, and his first two months have been challenging to say the least. NO ONE told me how HARD it could be!! And boy I wish they would have so I could have at least been a little bit prepared!

All of your wonderful mommies of sleepers, PLEASE tell me what you do/did to get your little one to sleep?! My almost 8 week old fights his sleep all day (while fussing. We’ve been dealing with colic too), has a really long nap around 6 or 7 p.m. (which i don’t try ot keep him awake considering he isn’t sleeping during the day) and then is up every 2 to 3 hours at night. *le sigh* Mommy is seriously sleep deprived lol

jane, keep telling your tales. People will realize that you aren’t trying to one them up. You are just truly blessed )

By: Tracylynne

Tracylynne — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:14:16 +0000

I don’t lie about my guy not sleeping through the night. It is fairly obvious when I get to work whether I had a good nights sleep or not-I don’t complain about it to coworkers but they can judge my night by how much coffee it takes for me to wake up in the morning. We all go to bed alot earlier now than we ever have.He does wake up a couple times every night, I imagine he will outgrow this soon enough. He has his 4 month appointment next week-I am anxious to see what the dr has to say about his development. Like Lozzie, we have started feeding him cereal early and he seems to really like it-he had some sweet potatoes from the garden the other night and loved them. Yes I know your supposed to wait to feed solids until 6 months or a year some people say. We all know that every child is different especially babies so I hate to compare my little guy to someone else.

By: Lozzi84

Lozzi84 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:34 +0000

My little Samuel started sleeping through the night at 4 weeks old. He is 19weeks now. Until the last couple of weeks he was going from 7.30pm till 6am when my partner gets up for works and feeds him and then he’d sleep till 10am.
However he has had a bit of a chest infection and has had a growth spurt so has been waking up crying a 5.30am and not settling easily after a feed and waking by 8am! He has 3 daytime naps of about 45mins – hour.
I don’t think I have lied about him although I did withold the fact that I started weaning him onto baby rice etc at 16wks from the health visitor who were expecting me to wait till he was 6months!!!
I’d say make the most of Monkey sleeping like that whilst it continues, it might change. Also people tell me that easy babies make nightmare todlers! Im praying thats not true lol

By: peta

peta — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:21:37 +0000

my baby is 11 weeks and i normally have to get up once during the night this is working out fine for us but i would totally love for her to sleep from 7 till 7 but I am not complaining about the amount i do get as it is more then i expected to get

I think some mum might lie but hey as long as you know you are being honest that is all that matters

By: cristylo

cristylo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:12:43 +0000

I won’t lie – my son is a HORRIBLE sleeper. LOL. And like you said – I’m always looking for tips, but a pet peeve of mine is someone who forces their advice on me. It puts me on the defensive a bit…as a lot of times I’ve already tried what they’re suggestions and/or I feel like we’re actually making a little progress until they insinuate otherwise!! So I understand you n0t wanting to elaborate to your friend on Monkey’s sleeping habits. It’s a tough line to walk. I don’t know that everyone lies about their children, but it is natural to want to boast and have pride when they are doing well (and there’s nothing wrong with that!) I just wish it wasn’t so hard for me to hear at times Eventually we’ll get there though. I hope!

By: "little" one

"little" one — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:46:23 +0000

Congrats!!!! My mother told me that my brother and I were both 12 hour babies since we were 6 weeks old. We also took a 3-4 hour nap, so I believe you!!!! I hope that my child is as good but I’m not holding my breath lol. I have officially hit 17 weeks and I feel very accomplished in the pregnancy, but I’m starting to feel like everything is wrong, or going wrong. I dont feel like I’m in the right place right now. My fiance can’t stand the crying anymore…. any advice?

By: Happy Mommy

Happy Mommy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:19:41 +0000

I can definitely see where mommies would lie about their child. There is so much pressure to have the smartest, most advance, best at everything baby that when your child is just “normal,” you’re looked down upon. And what’s wrong with normal? Nothing!

I think, too, the mommies that go on and on about how their baby is just so great at everything are vicariously living through their baby. I have a great baby and feel incredibly blessed, but I don’t go on and on about it. If we were to have a second child, they could be the complete opposite of our little munchkin man.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:50:48 +0000

You shouldn’t feel bad about bragging, it’s all true! It seems like everyone with children should know that every child is different. And it’s not necessarily a result of what you are or are not doing.

I think it’s awesome that you have Monkey on such a fabulous scheduled. I wonder why people can’t just be happy for you?

And about all the lying — that is ridiculous! I don’t have a baby yet, but when I do, I plan to keep it honest.