Pressure to get babies to sleep (IMO)

[christy]

I get heaps from neighbours & old people asking me if she's a "good baby and sleeps through for mummy" I always say "she's a good baby and wakes when she needs her mummy".

I had a neighbour horrified that I hadn't started solids at 5 months and DH chimed in "Well the WHO says not to start solids before 6 months and because Jovie has food intolerances we don't think its something thats worthwhile for us" I kissed him

[blackbird]

I get heaps from neighbours & old people asking me if she's a "good baby and sleeps through for mummy" I always say "she's a good baby and wakes when she needs her mummy".

Love that Christy. I'll be using that one.

I completely agree, Bath. My SiLs seem to have unrealistic expectations about sleeping through, especially around whether babies need to feed in the night. If more mums were honest about this sort of stuff, including how hard it all can be at times, I think we'd all feel a lot better, not to mention get support. Yay for BB I say! I've given up (well, almost) on what people think of my nipple shield-using, cloth bottomed, fed/rocked to sleep,baby and scandalous parenting ways.