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[quote=Anonymous]Like you, I was really worried about this.  Personally, I did not find it to be as bad as everyone said; seems like it is one of those things people love to say to scare expectant parents.  My baby has always been a really good sleeper.  He's 8 months old and has been sleeping through the night consistently for months now.  But I think it really depends on your kid, and I'm sure there are people on here who have had awful experiences.

One of the things that probably helped us is that we do formula.  I know that can be controversial, but if sleep is your top priority, you should consider it.  It allowed us to share the responsibility of feeding him and get him on a schedule.  Even in the newborn stage, when babies have to eat every 2-3 hours, we were able to work it so that we each only had to get up once in the middle of the night to feed him.  Formula takes longer to digest, so he wouldn't wake up hungry between feedings.  I think by around 4 months we had dropped the overnight bottles entirely.

Depending on how much money you want to spend, there are lots of other solutions out there.  Night nurse, sleep consultants, the Snoo...I'm sure there are more.

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