C&T Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I've never understood this saying. Can anyone shed any light on it?? I am sitting here, in the midst of chaos, as a 7wk and 25 month old are both refusing to sleep - despite being so obviously tired! Oh well... Only 5.5 hrs before ED bedtime and their father comes home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I feel for you and remember it well I now just have to put up with tired grumpy teens who go to sleep to late at night and then don't want to get up in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goosey Lucy Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 I remember it too. Once mine were asleep it meant sleeping on your back, arms and legs akimbo and not even a bomb would wake them up. Or my eyes closing. That was usually noise enough to wake them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekarin Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 My three were 14 months apart in age and I remember one time, yes ONE time when all three were asleep during the daytime nap At The Same Time! It was hard work but it really doesn't last forever - honest! They are now almost 16, 14 and 13. Actually, it's almost as hard to get them off to bed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&T Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 I think God got a lot of things right - but he forgot that pause button on the back of babies/toddlers necks! Oh well. We got to the end of the day! And the eldest is at nursery today - so a bit more peaceful! And I don't want think about them being teenagers! And Goosey - you are right - they do wake with the sound of my eyes closing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 IMHO whoever coined the phrase 'sleeping like a baby' clearly didn't have one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Worry not when they are teens they sleep for Britain and the Commonwealth - I now have lie ins - bliss. However at 51 I am now so used to early mornings for work I sometimes find I cant sleep in. cant win can u. i spent many a morning at 5am eyes propped open with mug of tea and toddler watching teletubbies or Post man Pat - know all the characters and all the Thomas the tank trains. good luck - time flies you'll be waving them off to uni before you know it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I am one of those fortunate ladies who had a text book first baby . Please note i said First Baby. ED from moment of birth fed and slept 4 hrly and was a pleasant little soul in between , slept all night from just a few weeks old . Nice i hear the sarcasm ED was the most difficult and head strong young lady i have ever known , trying to keep one step ahead of her took all my wits. She did sleep like a baby. Along came YD, this was one challenging child . This bundle of joy was no joy at all. She never slept,even in hospital, they took her away so i could sleep. She cried ALL the time. She was tested and examined and she was hyperactive. She slept at 5 wks old all of 10 mins at 2pm and an hour at midnight till 1am. It felt like she screamed all the rest of the time, she ate little and often and at six weeks refused to drink milk, early weaning began.Needless to say she never slept like a baby. YD is 32 yrs now and moans when she only sleeps for 3 hrs a night ( her usual) wishing she slept for at least 5 hrs. Having her own babies was a smooth ride for her as she coped with the Lack Of Sleep perfectly and couldn't understand her sister or friends moaning over the sleep deprivation they were going through, needless to say her life was in peril often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 I agree; Rosie (at 15) is now making up for the sleep she didn't get when she was a baby I'm still suffering from 3 years of sleep deprivation, not to mention that I was driving an hour to work on just 4-5 hours of sleep a night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
