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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents who think that every "good" thing their kid does is because THEY did the right thing.  News flash: some kids are good eaters, some are good sleepers, some listen well.

Not all of these things are related to your natural childbirth, crying/not crying it out, sleep training/not sleep training.

Sometimes you just get lucky, and if you get too cocky and think your prenatal yoga ensured a good-natured baby, I'm going to laugh all day long when #2 is a high needs basket case. [/quote]

I agree with this to a point.  I do think my kids are good sleepers partially by nature and partially because we were, and continue to be, devoted to them sleeping.  My almost 4.5 year old still naps and goes to bed for 12 hours at 7:30.  22 month old does the same schedule and we have a two blissful hours of a quiet house every day.  People have rolled their eyes about our devotion to naptime - grandparents were annoyed when we wouldn't "just stay another hour!" etc, but we both have time to work out, have sex, on and on.  Yes, we lucked out to a degree, but we pushed it consciously.

That said, I do agree that the parents with the naturally easy, well behaved kid who take full credit and blame others with more complicated kids for their "crappy parenting" are a joke.  And mine are pretty easy.[/quote]

That's great but if you didn't have nappers, there would be no nap to be devoted to.  You are lucky.  Enjoy![/quote]

Totally lucky to a degree, but the friends who laughed at us when we took our kids home to nap last year are now like "we can't believe Johnny still sleeps so well!"[/quote]

Lady, you are exactly that person -- who credits themselves for their child's good sleeping/eating habits. Trust me, it's not because you are devoted to nap time. It's because you have good sleepers. The end.[/quote]

No, she is right. It is part luck, part nature, AND part priorities, especially for sleep habits.[/quote]

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