You know, what you do with your child at night is a heated debate with people who do not live with you, or even know you. If you co-sleep (as we do), you ruffle feathers, if you don't, you upset someone else. If you nurse to put your baby to sleep, or use a swing, you get looks...using a paci, a noise machine...well, you get the picture...you always upset someone.
Why is it that how my baby sleeps, where, when, and how long is a subject worth discussing with everyone who looks at my child?
I will admit, that I have just started to tell people that he is a miracle baby who sleeps through the night, on his own, at 12 weeks old. It is no use to tell people that his stomach is not big enough to hold a full night's food in it, or that I really don't mind being woken up to nurse (since we are both only half awake and just doze off in the process anyway).
The piece of advice I hate the most: give him cereal. (Sorry if I offend anyone...or if the person who keeps giving me that advice reads this). He is not ready for cereal. No matter how many times I repeat that the doctor says no solids (including runny cereal) until six months...the advice is repeated like a broken record.
So next time that advice or any other little gem is given to me I will smile and say "I'll give that a try" and hope they don't see through the veneer of a smile or the notice the sarcasm. So mommas...goodnight...and send your baby to dreamland in any way you wish...you won't get advice from me.
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