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From: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: sleeping through the night
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 22:10:34 EST
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Summary: 

My first child did not sleep thru until 11 months.
Reason:  she didn;t like formula/bottles very much (and absolutely refused
breast milk in a bottle) so was very hungry at night!  At leasdt that was
my theory.  I didn't see it as a problem - i'm one of the lucky ones who
doesn't mind waking up two or three times a night, as long as I get 8 hours
total sleep.  But if you DO mind, try more food/formula - you might lose
the comfort/pleasure/convenience of nursing, but gain some uninterrupted
sleep.

Also, talk to more people - among the parents I know, it is not at all unusal
for a child to take 8 or 9 months to sleep through - but then again, I know
lots of working omothers who are trying to nurse...

One unfortunate friend has a second child who is STILL waking up at least
once a night - at the age of 1 1/2.  Guess the thing to remember is that
they are all different - I'm hoping, for example, that MY second one sleeps
through sooner - I do need the sleep more this time around...