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[quote=Anonymous]I was quite sleep deprived but honestly it was more about my own sleep issues than the baby himself. I've always struggled with insomnia, am a very light sleeper, so I struggled to adjust, not to just watch him all night, hearing all his noises etc.

I highly recommend learning about sleep training before baby is born if you have time. Even if you never plan to do it, or won't until baby is much older, the basics I learned about sleep training helped me to provide 'sleep foundations' to baby from day one and once I addressed my own issues (eventually) - he was sleeping 10 hours a night from 9 weeks onward. And I have not been sleep deprived since he was about 12 weeks. Perhaps I am lucky with one of those magical sleepers, but I would credit the immense research I did on how babies sleep for much of that. There are several books, but my favorite, quick go to is the fb group 'Respectful Sleep Training/Learning'. They have a file on newborns that was amazing. Also, it's nearly 400k people, imagine how many lessons learned are being shared!

One more note: when I had insomnia pre-baby, things got REALLY bad. I would get really sick and feel mentally shot and just lose it all day and night long. But I found once baby was born that I was much calmer and handled less sleep better somehow.

Best wishes[/quote]

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