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You say that. I too believed as you did. I looked for the joyous day when I could sleep through the night with our first and second and third. But it turns out
by hpoe 5y ago
You say that. I too believed as you did. I looked for the joyous day when I could sleep through the night with our first and second and third.
But it turns out toddlers will get up in the night and ask you to tuck them back in, they will get up because they had a scary dream, because they can't find their stuffed animal, and don't get me started on night terrors.
The point is I don't think this tracks.
I don't think I've had a solid week of uninterrupted sleep since our first came home.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoNight terrors are not remotely normal. They are a fairly uncommon and extreme sleep issue. My experience/understanding: Very bright kids get night terrors when you make sure they are physically tired enough to sleep but fail to make sure they are mentally tired enough to sleep. You need both to sleep deeply and bright kids who can't yet read have trouble reaching a state of being adequately mentally tired. I suggest you join some parenting lists for people suffering from having made the mistake if giving birth to bright kids. Tagfam.org is probably still a good place to begin trying to find support resources and reliable info. Edit: Bright kids are known to be prone to a variety of sleep issues. I spent twelve years arranging every minute of every day to make sleep feasible for one of my kids.