Yes. Word on the street is that I was a terrible sleeper as a baby and that DH was awesome and slept 12 hours a night from the time he was 6 weeks old - thank goodness DS didn't take after me.
Absolutely. My older daughter was a champion sleeper - I never had problems getting her down for the night, and she would nap for 1 1/2 to 2 hours 3 times a day. She's 16 and will STILL nap every afternoon!
Chloe is the exact opposite. Naps are only a half hour unless I lay down with her in my bed - then she'll sleep 1 1/2 to 2 hours, but I get nothing done. Bedtime requires 10 minutes or so of crying many nights, and no matter what time I put her down for the night, she is awake between 5:45 and 6:30.
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Yes but I think it is a combination of child's personality being more apt to sleep + consistent parenting and finding a good/right routine.
Grant was sleeping 3-4 hour stretches from the first day we brought him home from the hospital. At six weeks we decided to start a routine with infant massage/oils plus an earlier bedtime (like three hours earlier than he had been 'going to bed').
The first time we did that, he slept 6 hours straight, then 8, then 10, then 12. So ... if we hadn't done that, I don't think he would have started STTN as quickly as he did. Had he fallen into a shorter sleeping cycle or an over-tired domino effect - maybe we would have never got to that point.
Re: Do you think some babies are just better sleepers?
According to what I read and hear other moms in real life say, most definitely.
DD can easily sleep for 12hrs without waking up, and I Know not everyone can say this.
Absolutely. My older daughter was a champion sleeper - I never had problems getting her down for the night, and she would nap for 1 1/2 to 2 hours 3 times a day. She's 16 and will STILL nap every afternoon!
Chloe is the exact opposite. Naps are only a half hour unless I lay down with her in my bed - then she'll sleep 1 1/2 to 2 hours, but I get nothing done. Bedtime requires 10 minutes or so of crying many nights, and no matter what time I put her down for the night, she is awake between 5:45 and 6:30.
Yes but I think it is a combination of child's personality being more apt to sleep + consistent parenting and finding a good/right routine.
Grant was sleeping 3-4 hour stretches from the first day we brought him home from the hospital. At six weeks we decided to start a routine with infant massage/oils plus an earlier bedtime (like three hours earlier than he had been 'going to bed').
The first time we did that, he slept 6 hours straight, then 8, then 10, then 12. So ... if we hadn't done that, I don't think he would have started STTN as quickly as he did. Had he fallen into a shorter sleeping cycle or an over-tired domino effect - maybe we would have never got to that point.
For sure.
Just like some adults are better sleeper than others.