Yes, I am bitter and jealous!

[Wugz22]

I think maybe people just share because they are excited, and not to brag? (although I do sometimes think people must be lying about their 5wk old babies sttn because I have 3 and not one has been close at that age!)
I have had two awful sleepers (dd1&3) and a great sleeper (dd2) and I remember posting on Facebook about how she slept from a-b (It actually came up on my memories a few days ago.) I wasnt bragging at all, and I certainly hopw nobody thought I was.
I also have three very advanced daughters (not bragging, but it is the truth) and quite often post pictures of my 4yr olds drawings, or videos of my other two doing stuff, but I am just excited to share and I have never had a negative comment about anything. I dont see why I should stop posting because someone elses child doesnt do something? (not having a go at all, and dont want to come across as a b****, but when I see posts of other children, I am always genuinely happy, regardless of if my child does it or not)

*runs and hides*

lol, I post things about my LO's as well, and 99.9% of the time I love seeing my friends kids/babies and their accomplishments! It's what facebook is for! It was just one of those moments where I got up from a god-awful, up-all-night kind of night to see that on Facebook and I wanted to punch something! Her first baby was an "amazing sleeper" and now so is her second baby?! I guess it's just the luck of the draw! As long as our new LO isn't nearly as bad as our first, I really won't have much to complain about!

 

[tallybee]

It's totally luck of the draw lol my three have been really different to each other right from day one. I suppose some folk feel the need to take credit for any small thing, parenting is hard after all and it's nice to feel as if you're getting something right.

 

[Mushymilkfor2]

I think maybe people just share because they are excited, and not to brag? (although I do sometimes think people must be lying about their 5wk old babies sttn because I have 3 and not one has been close at that age!)
I have had two awful sleepers (dd1&3) and a great sleeper (dd2) and I remember posting on Facebook about how she slept from a-b (It actually came up on my memories a few days ago.) I wasnt bragging at all, and I certainly hopw nobody thought I was.
I also have three very advanced daughters (not bragging, but it is the truth) and quite often post pictures of my 4yr olds drawings, or videos of my other two doing stuff, but I am just excited to share and I have never had a negative comment about anything. I dont see why I should stop posting because someone elses child doesnt do something? (not having a go at all, and dont want to come across as a b****, but when I see posts of other children, I am always genuinely happy, regardless of if my child does it or not)

*runs and hides*

I don't see that as bragging, just bring a proud mom. But then sometimes it's the way the mom says it or just when she says it.

One time with my sil I was taking about ds teething when he was around 3 months old she told me my nephew got his first teeth at 4 months. At first I believed her, but then I was looking back at pictures from his first easter, where he was around 8 months old and had zero teeth. Why lie about that?! I was simply asking for advice but she has to "one up" and make my nephew seem like the perfect child.

 

[Zephram]

I also know of people who claim their baby is sleeping through because they refuse to get up to them at night. Yep, my SIL did this. I was always in disbelief - just because you didn't get up when he cried, didn't mean he didn't wake up!!

I really think actual sttn is largely to do with personality. I'm on baby number two now. DS1 was a horrific sleeper. Absolutely terrible. I was up every 1-2 hours until he was nearly 18 months no matter what I did. But hey, he is 3 next week and he now does genuinely sttn 5 days out of 7.

DS2 is 3 months and will do a 6-8 hour stretch before waking once and going back to sleep for the rest of the night. I have done nothing different at night wakings between boys, it's totally the way they each handle it. I also know as a second time mum that kids change and go through phases so I better enjoy DS2's sleep now as it could all go to pot tomorrow.

 

[amelia26]

My first was a terrible sleeper. Just awful. My second is a brilliant sleeper by comparison (not sttn but miles miles better than my first).I keep it to myself though because I still feel the rage on behalf of all mums of bad sleepers when I hear people talking about their tiny babies sleeping all night. And yes, even worse is those who complain that their 6 week old so wakes for one night feed. It's hard not to wish a killer 4 month sleep regression on them!

 

[Septie]

My first was a terrible terrible sleeper. Started sleeping through the night just a couple of months before #2 arrived (he was almost 2 years old!). Kept comforting myself that smart kids sleep less (turns out he is really advanced not sure it is related of course). He still doesn't sleep much at 6 (maybe gets an hour more than us). #2 was normal, I think, had a few good weeks (where I thought I lucked out!) then several months of multiple wake-ups etc. #3 is so far in between the two. Haven't slept well in daaaays. Really feeling the sleep deprivation right now. Love 'em all. We'll have plenty of years for good sleep!

 

[Cattia]

my DD3 slept through 12 hours from 7 weeks to 5 months, now she wakes up two or three times per night. For me it's no big deal. It was great when she was sleeping through, but it doesn't bother me that she doesn't do it any more. When I tell people that she no longer sleeps through they sometimes seem pleased, like they're thinking' I told you it wouldn't last' which kind of annoys me, because I was never smug about it. She's my third child so I know sleep is one of those things that changes. It isn't down to anything you do, it's just their development. Of course I would rather she went back to sleeping 12 hours and it's a shame people are more happy about her waking up than they were about her sleeping, but at the end of the day I'm on baby 3 so I'm past caring about what anyone else thinks about any aspect of my parenting

 

[Zombers]

Don't worry about it too much. My baby slept through the night from 11-13 weeks and then started waking up 2-3 times a night again. People like that will say their baby is sleeping through the night still when in all reality they are pulling their own hair out every night with a baby who suddenly won't sleep.

 

[Perplexed]

My dd started sttn at 8 weeks old (stopped at 6 months). But I always have to add that she barely slept a wink during the day, only on the boob and would wake up as soon as I'd tried to move her into her cot. Settling her to sleep took 2 hours of constant crying. We did and still do whatever works. Rocking and humming and pushing in the stroller. Recently we found out that bed sharing and playing nursery rhymes settles her enough to sleep so we just do that till she falls asleep and then we take her to her toddler bed and slowly inch away.

it drove me crazy when people said it was our fault that we didn't teach her or didn't put her down drowsy (not possible!!).

I hope your lo's sleep improves.

 

[.Mrs.B.]

I blocked a girl on my facebook who wrote every morning about her DS sleeping through. After being woken every hour I just couldn't bare to read it.
One of my friends recently complained that her 3 year old DS woke up 3 nights last week and needed a cup of water to go back to sleep. Seriously.....