Sleepless Baby, Cranky Parents

This has been the story of my life since my son was born. When I was pregnant many people would tell me the same thing “sleep all that you can, now, while you have the chance.” I would listen but I didn’t really take the advice seriously. Today I can say that I should have taken their advice. When the baby was first born, he would wake up every two hours for milk. After a few weeks, he started to wake up every three hours for milk. When he turned two months, he would sometimes sleep until 6:00 a.m., but other times he would wake up several times during the night. Sometimes you just feel like you haven’t slept at all, and obviously you tend to get very cranky. The hardest part for me was having to go back to work, knowing that I would not be able to wake up rested in the morning, but luckily it hasn’t been that bad. Many people advised me to let the baby cry during the whole night for a couple of nights until he got used to not waking up, but I read that the baby would grow out of it on his own and I really couldn’t get myself to do it. When he turned four months he stopped waking up all on his own, which means that they do in fact grow out of it even though it does requiere some sacrifice on your behalf.