No you're not alone Our youngest who is almost 17 months old adores his sleep. He nods off on his own and always has done, even when he was tiny. I would try to rock him to sleep but he would wriggle and fuss, so there was hardly any resettling issues overnight. He still had overnight feeds when he was newborn, but where my first would feed every 90 minutes, Buster would only wake a couple of times. It wasn't long before he started sleeping through, I can't remember the exact week though. He has only just cut down to one day sleep which is usually 3 hours. He sleeps about 14 hours at night.
In saying all this I was up last night for half the night with him He doesn't always sleep!
When he was newborn people would ask if he was waking overnight. I'd say 'of course, he's a baby!' Then when he started sleeping through I'd answer honestly. Everyone I know, knows how difficult our eldest was and still is overnight so I was stoked to have one that slept!
I can totally relate to your post FL when I had DD1...
She was, from the get-go one of those crazy kids that just loved to sleep. i could take her anywhere, do anything and be totally 100% confident that she would sleep well and long. She was easy to put down for naps and would do 2 or 3 2-3 hour naps until she was close to 18 months
At first i just assumed that it was because i was an awesome parent raising a totally confident and self-assured kid (which i am of course and she is of course pmsl!), but then DD2 came along and threw alll of that out the window. she was a shocker and only started to sleep through the night at around 20 months...and stopped all semblance of day sleeps at about a year.
DD3 is kind of inbetween. she was, for 2 months a fantastic easy kid to get to sleep and stay asleep and i had a blissful couple of months of full nights of sleep (without hassle put her down awake!). But then she hit the 4 month sleep regression and we are on a total rollercoaster. she is still easy enough during the day but nights are pretty rough at times (in that she wakes often...thankfully all it takes is a quick BF each time).
But yeah, with DD1 i quickly realised that one does not mention ones 'good' sleeper i think it makes all the sleep deprived people out there want to weep ('cause i think i feel like weeping thinking back to all that glorious sleep i had with DD1 hahahahaha).
Also, i reckon that (and this from my own experience) people with kids that sleep easily etc they just dont talk about sleep that much either...because, seriously, what's to discuss IYKWIM. i remember being gobsmacked at mothers group how each session was dominated by 'sleep' talk. i couldnt understand how people were so obsessed...i didnt get sleep deprivation back then: I was still a new mum and was still tired so thought they felt like me...i just didnt realise how catatonic sleep deprivation was ITMS.
As you know FL I am not blessed with a great sleeper, but I certainly don't mind hearing about good sleepers - it's nice to know that they exist and I hope and pray we get there soon
Our youngest who is almost 17 months old adores his sleep. He nods off on his own and always has done, even when he was tiny. I would try to rock him to sleep but he would wriggle and fuss, so there was hardly any resettling issues overnight. He still had overnight feeds when he was newborn, but where my first would feed every 90 minutes, Buster would only wake a couple of times. It wasn't long before he started sleeping through, I can't remember the exact week though. He has only just cut down to one day sleep which is usually 3 hours. He sleeps about 14 hours at night.
He doesn't always sleep!
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