Ok so I have to say that I really get irritated when I hear new mums complain that their 3-6 week old baby is waking up several times and that they do not understand why. That's probably because THEY ARE NEWBORNS and *big shocker* that's what they do! For someone to EXPECT their newborn to sleep through the night is nuts. And to think that you are going to avoid the sleepless nights that the rest of the population goes through is too funny.
Here is some helpful informartion if you happen to be one of these people I am speaking of:
http://www.kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/sleep.html
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/baby-sleep/FL00118
http://www.babycenter.com/408_when-can-my-baby-start-sleeping-through-the-night_1368534.bc
Allow me to quote one of these resources: By age 3 months, many babies sleep up to five hours during the night. By age 6 months, nighttime stretches of nine to 12 hours are possible.
So don't mind me if I roll my eyes when I hear of a mother complaining about this. This is what you signed up for when you got pregnant. I went through it, still am! we all go through.
So please, don't jump to sleep training/cry it out techniques before experts recommend (if you have done any research on this, you will see that it's not recommended until at least 6 months old).
OK vent over. =)
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