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God, I hope this is true! Wife and I just had our first kid a month ago, and I can tell ya it's hard to find (or justify) time for side projects with that litt

God, I hope this is true! Wife and I just had our first kid a month ago, and I can tell ya it's hard to find (or justify) time for side projects with that little bugger* wreaking havoc on my shut-eye! :) * I do so love him It's totally worth it

FourthProtocol 14y ago
Congratulations - mine's a year old. It gets easier :-)
- joshrotenberg 14y ago
  But then it gets harder again. And then easier. Etc.
  - bjhoops1 14y ago
    Ha yes, I've noticed that - my 13-year old brother is giving my parents hell right now. I would not trade places with them.
- bjhoops1 14y ago
  Thanks!
tankbot 14y ago
Congrats! Mine just passed 3 months so I'm right there with you.
- bjhoops1 14y ago
  sleeping through the night? Please say yes. 3 months is my "If I can just... make it..." mark. Apparently that's when you can start letting them cry it out?
  - tankbot 14y ago
    Nope, still gets up about twice in the night to eat. Totally normal though. Got some good advice recently to not change him in the middle of the night. Less stimulation so he goes back to sleep faster which means you get more sleep too. Felt weird about it at first but it's totally fine. That morning diaper will be a heavy one though! We don't just let him cry yet, but we're also lucky because the kid doesn't cry unless he needs something so YMMV...
timjahn 14y ago
Congrats! You're in for some of the most amazing moments of your life (if your experience is anything like mine thus far with our 2.5 year old).
rayiner 14y ago
Don't worry, your baby's sleep cycle will stabilize soon, even before he or she is sleeping through the night. Pro-tip: go to bed when your baby does. Mine (5 months) tends to sleep from 10 to 6, waking up around 2 to feed. If I followed my pre-baby sleep schedule (1 to 8), I'd get up after just an hour of sleep to feed her, then get another 3 hours until she woke up again. Bad news bears. But if I go to sleep when she does, and wake up when she does, I'm pretty well-rested even with the feeding in the middle. Also: you can use feedings to get a bit of work done (I save stuff I can do in 45 min to 1 hr for night). Just learn to feed the baby while typing.

FourthProtocol 14y ago

Congratulations - mine's a year old. It gets easier :-)

joshrotenberg 14y ago
But then it gets harder again. And then easier. Etc.
- bjhoops1 14y ago
  Ha yes, I've noticed that - my 13-year old brother is giving my parents hell right now. I would not trade places with them.
bjhoops1 14y ago
Thanks!

tankbot 14y ago

Congrats! Mine just passed 3 months so I'm right there with you.

bjhoops1 14y ago
sleeping through the night? Please say yes. 3 months is my "If I can just... make it..." mark. Apparently that's when you can start letting them cry it out?
- tankbot 14y ago
  Nope, still gets up about twice in the night to eat. Totally normal though. Got some good advice recently to not change him in the middle of the night. Less stimulation so he goes back to sleep faster which means you get more sleep too. Felt weird about it at first but it's totally fine. That morning diaper will be a heavy one though! We don't just let him cry yet, but we're also lucky because the kid doesn't cry unless he needs something so YMMV...

timjahn 14y ago

Congrats! You're in for some of the most amazing moments of your life (if your experience is anything like mine thus far with our 2.5 year old).

rayiner 14y ago

Don't worry, your baby's sleep cycle will stabilize soon, even before he or she is sleeping through the night. Pro-tip: go to bed when your baby does. Mine (5 months) tends to sleep from 10 to 6, waking up around 2 to feed. If I followed my pre-baby sleep schedule (1 to 8), I'd get up after just an hour of sleep to feed her, then get another 3 hours until she woke up again. Bad news bears. But if I go to sleep when she does, and wake up when she does, I'm pretty well-rested even with the feeding in the middle. Also: you can use feedings to get a bit of work done (I save stuff I can do in 45 min to 1 hr for night). Just learn to feed the baby while typing.