I’m jealous

I know, I KNOW it’s normal for a baby to not sleep through the night before the age of 1, I KNOW. Yet I can’t help but feel jealous and a bit of rage honestly that at least 8 of my friends around me who have all had babies in 24 and 25 are so thrilled that their babies sleep through the night. Some are even on baby #2 because of how easy it’s been and here I am thinking to myself how hard this is and how I don’t think I’d ever want to do this again. Mine wakes up so many times at night I think I’m going crazy. When I tell them that my almost 10 month old still doesn’t sleep through the night their responses are, “I couldn’t imagine that omg”. I love being with her during the day, LOVE IT. But when it comes close to bedtime I just know how it’s going to be and I dread it with every ounce in my body. Truly don’t know if I could ever do this again. And before you say “comparison is the thief of joy” believe me, I KNOW. I still can’t help but feel jealous.

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It’s not unusual to feel jealous in your situation. Sleep deprivation was literally used as a torture. No one wants to be up multiple times a night so I don’t blame you. And many people are really lucky with their babies and how smooth those babies are.

I'm right there with you 🩷 This is not easy

I’m in the same boat! My 10 month old son has never slept through the night, we’re up every 2.5/3hours and 5am starts! It’s hard as hell but I’ve started putting in my headphones when he wakes up to give myself a little bit of sanity

My girl was awful too and I felt the same way! She eventually started sleeping better and we just had our second baby and it feels easier this time

It om for you to feel jealous. Any Dr will say a baby under 6 months should not be sleeping through the night. Any parent who let's their child under 6 months sleep more than 5 hours at a time need to go to parenting classes

I would be too, and at the same time, mine is almost a month, and the doctor said, "Let him sleep if he sleeps through the night. But I'm waking up every 2-3 hours myself, scared that he is still sleeping, lol.

Here to say I feel the exact same. I can’t help but feel like I’m doing something wrong.

Do you happen to co sleep? My son is 8 months and wakes up several times a night to comfort nurse. My doctor mentioned when we co sleep we end up waking each other up throughout the night. I just started sleep training/night weaning and it's only night 4 but I already see a difference. He's staying a sleep for longer stretches last night he woke up around 2 am and 5 am.