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I was one of the last of my friends to have children. I saw what the work level was when you added children, and how the lack of sleep took its toll. I saw how many marriages were on shaky ground because of this.

So I made a commitment to do it differently. First, I started sleep training my child two weeks after I brought him home. People say you can't do this, but in actuality, there's a lot of things you can do to get your child to sleep better, including making sure they're eating enough during the day.  By 6 weeks old, in spite of having reflux, my child was sleeping from 11 to about 5 in the morning. I had my husband do the 11 feeding and I went to bed by 10, so actually I was getting good sleep by two months in.

All my friends marveled at how well my child slept. The truth was they just never made it a priority or took the steps to make their children good sleepers.

We also had a date night once a week and a monthly maid service.  We kept our relationship a priority.  To tell the truth, other than a few weeks at the beginning, we cruised through having children because we didn't make the mistakes of all my friends. (I also married a great guy, which made all the difference.)

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