Comments on: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ Crunchy Freaks R Us Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Shrijnana http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4290 Shrijnana Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:26:56 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4290 OK, that was obvious. See what sleep deprivation will do! OK, that was obvious. See what sleep deprivation will do!

]]> By: Stacie http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4288 Stacie Thu, 09 Aug 2007 11:19:47 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4288 If you click on the link marked (study) after each statistic it will take you to the source material. If you click on the link marked (study) after each statistic it will take you to the source material.

]]> By: Shrijnana http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4268 Shrijnana Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:35:54 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-4268 Thanks for the stats. Where did they come from? I think so much of the stress about babies and sleep is feeling that they 'should' be sleeping longer than they are, and that we as parents are doing something wrong, or failing to do something right, if they wake up after a certain age. Add those feelings of inadequacy to sleep deprivation and you get one stressed out parent! Knowing that most babies will wake up at night, and that this is normal, can go a long way toward making the first couple of years go much more smoothly. Thanks for the stats. Where did they come from? I think so much of the stress about babies and sleep is feeling that they ’should’ be sleeping longer than they are, and that we as parents are doing something wrong, or failing to do something right, if they wake up after a certain age. Add those feelings of inadequacy to sleep deprivation and you get one stressed out parent! Knowing that most babies will wake up at night, and that this is normal, can go a long way toward making the first couple of years go much more smoothly.

]]> By: Twinbearz http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1923 Twinbearz Wed, 23 May 2007 23:13:24 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1923 Fellow AP mom of twins here - saw your link to your blog on the AP Multiples listserv... Thanks for the stats. I quoted your post on my blog. Mine are 2+ now and just getting in the habit of sleeping through the night. :) It gets better. Fellow AP mom of twins here - saw your link to your blog on the AP Multiples listserv… Thanks for the stats. I quoted your post on my blog. Mine are 2+ now and just getting in the habit of sleeping through the night. :) It gets better.

]]> By: Carnival Of Family Life - May 21st, 2007 - Be A Good Dad http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1827 Carnival Of Family Life - May 21st, 2007 - Be A Good Dad Mon, 21 May 2007 04:47:06 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1827 [...] presents Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics posted at The [...] […] presents Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics posted at The […]

]]> By: Jen http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1763 Jen Thu, 17 May 2007 19:04:13 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1763 My guys STILL wake me up all night. (not to scare you...) I don't really notice too much and I do get loads of sleep, but it seems like they're latched on all night long. Luckily, though they get a solid 12 hours per night so I do wake up rested. But, yeah, if I didn't co-sleep I'd be a wreck. I shudder to think of having to actually leave bed to go nurse someone. My guys STILL wake me up all night. (not to scare you…) I don’t really notice too much and I do get loads of sleep, but it seems like they’re latched on all night long. Luckily, though they get a solid 12 hours per night so I do wake up rested. But, yeah, if I didn’t co-sleep I’d be a wreck. I shudder to think of having to actually leave bed to go nurse someone.

]]> By: Cindi http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1715 Cindi Wed, 16 May 2007 14:18:01 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1715 My Little girl was one of those mythical ones who slept through the night early. By 8 weeks, she'd sleep from 10-8. She did this til she was about 9 or 10 months old. Then she got her first cold and the night-waking started. She didn't start sleeping through again until she was about 15 months and now at almost 19, we still have some issues. Honestly I hope my next doesn't sleep through early on because it's so awful to have something so good and lose it! My Little girl was one of those mythical ones who slept through the night early. By 8 weeks, she’d sleep from 10-8. She did this til she was about 9 or 10 months old. Then she got her first cold and the night-waking started. She didn’t start sleeping through again until she was about 15 months and now at almost 19, we still have some issues. Honestly I hope my next doesn’t sleep through early on because it’s so awful to have something so good and lose it!

]]> By: Emma B http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1714 Emma B Wed, 16 May 2007 14:11:57 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1714 I have the mythical good sleepers, who started sleeping for 10 hours straight at about 12 weeks. Even so, it's not uncommon for me to get woken in the middle of the night, especially in the last couple of weeks. I was up at 2:30 with Claire, and Katherine was up at 4 and 6 the previous night, and so on. If asked, I would certainly say that they sleep through the night, and you may all hate me for it, but we do still have plenty of sleep regressions. (And just so you know that there is justice in the universe, they are crappy nappers.) I have the mythical good sleepers, who started sleeping for 10 hours straight at about 12 weeks. Even so, it’s not uncommon for me to get woken in the middle of the night, especially in the last couple of weeks. I was up at 2:30 with Claire, and Katherine was up at 4 and 6 the previous night, and so on.

If asked, I would certainly say that they sleep through the night, and you may all hate me for it, but we do still have plenty of sleep regressions. (And just so you know that there is justice in the universe, they are crappy nappers.)

]]> By: Melanie http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1708 Melanie Wed, 16 May 2007 11:04:10 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1708 It's so good to know I am not alone in the whole lacking sleep thing. I only have one (7 months old), so I can't imagine what it's like with two babies! I have heard that sleeping through the night actually means about 5 hours for a baby. 5 hours of straight sleep sounds like heaven to me Crying it out does not work for me- I can't take it and she will not go to sleep that way. It will get better.... it HAS to! It’s so good to know I am not alone in the whole lacking sleep thing. I only have one (7 months old), so I can’t imagine what it’s like with two babies! I have heard that sleeping through the night actually means about 5 hours for a baby. 5 hours of straight sleep sounds like heaven to me Crying it out does not work for me- I can’t take it and she will not go to sleep that way.
It will get better…. it HAS to!

]]> By: Simone's Butterfly http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1700 Simone's Butterfly Wed, 16 May 2007 04:25:55 +0000 http://twinkies.bastetweb.com/2007/05/15/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/#comment-1700 Sleeping through the night is sometimes a relative term used. My daughter stopped her midnight feed after about a month and a half - and for me that felt like sleeping through the night. Night waking for her after year - was 4am - getting into our bed. Which some parents think is the worse thing ever. We consciously decided to share our bed with her- move over to her own room was amazingingly painless (we had really prepared ourselves for the worse - like a few days of sleepless nights- personally I think we just got really lucky)- she stills tries to talk/negotiate her back into our bed - ha-ha. Sleeping through the night is sometimes a relative term used. My daughter stopped her midnight feed after about a month and a half - and for me that felt like sleeping through the night.

Night waking for her after year - was 4am - getting into our bed. Which some parents think is the worse thing ever.

We consciously decided to share our bed with her- move over to her own room was amazingingly painless (we had really prepared ourselves for the worse - like a few days of sleepless nights- personally I think we just got really lucky)- she stills tries to talk/negotiate her back into our bed - ha-ha.

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