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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You cannot sleep train a newborn. In fact, you wake a newborn every few hours to eat, so they gain weight. Beyond that, there is not much scheduling to do and I have seen some parents be extremely cruel because their kid inevitably needs them at an unscheduled time. Please adjust your expectations. Please be there for your kid.

There is plenty for your partner to do, even if you are feeding - bring you the baby, change the baby, get the baby back to sleep. Many people find breastfeeding easier than making up a bottle. I enjoyed it and loved the closeness I felt with my baby. If it doesn't work for you, that's fine. Some people can't or don't want to, and as long as baby is fed and loved it doesn't matter.

But -- having a baby is hard. It will disrupt your sleep. It will change your roles in your marriage, at least temporarily. I am more worried about your expectations than about whether you breastfeed.[/quote]

OP here. I disagree about sleep training a newborn. I know they wake up every 2-3 hours in the beginning, but they should be sleeping through the night by 6 months old. You can still do things to teach good sleep habits. It’s not cruel to sleep train or put your child on a schedule.

I don’t really see the point of my husband waking up if I’m getting up. Not trying to be rude but why have two sleep deprived parents? He also works and needs his sleep. [/quote]

OP, I hope that you take the time to read some infant sleep books to get a better sense of reality.

“The Happiest Baby Guide to Sleep” by Dr. Harvey Karp is excellent, as is “The Sleep Lady’s Goodnight, Sleep Tight” by Kim West, RN.[/quote]

OP here. I have read that book along with several others. I still don’t think it’s wrong to sleep train a newborn. I’m not talking about letting a newborn CIO. I’m talking about having him sleep on his own as much as possible and not having him get used to being held for naps, sleeping in crib from day 1, putting him down and letting him fuss for 5-10 minutes. This won’t happen right away but I think at at 2+ months it’s possible. I do plan to sleep train and put him on a flexible schedule at 4 months old. I have friends who sleep trained with CIO at 2 months old and their babies are fine. [/quote]

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