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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Other people’s babies always seem easier than your own.[/quote]

Also, I remember my husband being amazed when other parents said that their babies were sleeping through the night.  Then he would learn that, in fact, those babies were waking up to feed during the night, but the parents didn't count that because the babies went right back to sleep or something.  So always take what other people tell you with a grain of salt.

And so much of it is innate temperament.  I mean, you can make it worse--if the baby wakes up to eat, don't turn on the lights and start playing with the baby.  Keep the lights low, don't talk, basically do whatever you can to demonstrate that nighttime is boring and no fun and not worth waking up for.  You can provide a dark, quiet place to sleep.  And you can try to create a consistent routine to help the baby settle down.  But you can't make a baby sleep.  And different babies fall asleep more or less easily.  Comparing your baby to others will never end well, regardless of the metric.  [/quote]

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