Comments on: Towel With Ears http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/ Raising Bernard Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Relly http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Relly Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:28:51 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/#comment-801 <p>Perhaps an amendment to</p> <p>'most (but not all) exclusively breast-fed babies will sleep for 5 hours at a stretch before waking, some will go less, some will go more. not only does this vary from child-to-child but also day-to-day. illness will be a factor but so will a change in estabilished routine (such as an interruption to daytime naps)'</p> <p>in fact its easier to say 'the average stretch a baby will sleep is 5 hours - it unlikely however your baby will have read up on the averages in the womb and so if he adheres it is by sheer statistical luck'. </p> <p>;)</p> Perhaps an amendment to

‘most (but not all) exclusively breast-fed babies will sleep for 5 hours at a stretch before waking, some will go less, some will go more. not only does this vary from child-to-child but also day-to-day. illness will be a factor but so will a change in estabilished routine (such as an interruption to daytime naps)’

in fact its easier to say ‘the average stretch a baby will sleep is 5 hours – it unlikely however your baby will have read up on the averages in the womb and so if he adheres it is by sheer statistical luck’.

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]]> By: Karen http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Karen Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:27:38 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/#comment-798 <p>I would amend Pete's bald statement to say that babies UNDER THREE MONTHS OLD RARELY sleep for more than a five hour stretch at night. And also add that formula-fed babies, or those given formula as a supplement just before bedtime, will sleep for longer because they generally won't digest it as quickly as breastmilk, so they won't get hungry again quite so soon.</p> <p>NB. The above comments re: formula/breastmilk are NOT intended as any form of moral statement or judgement, before anyone starts yelling "guilt trip!"</p> I would amend Pete’s bald statement to say that babies UNDER THREE MONTHS OLD RARELY sleep for more than a five hour stretch at night. And also add that formula-fed babies, or those given formula as a supplement just before bedtime, will sleep for longer because they generally won’t digest it as quickly as breastmilk, so they won’t get hungry again quite so soon.

NB. The above comments re: formula/breastmilk are NOT intended as any form of moral statement or judgement, before anyone starts yelling “guilt trip!”

]]> By: graybo http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/comment-page-1/#comment-796 graybo Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:16:14 +0000 http://www.uborka.nu/rise/2006/08/towel-with-ears/#comment-796 <p>Can I moan about your facts too? Tom has slept for, on average, 11 or 12 hours per night, without interruption, since the age of six weeks. We're lucky, I know. But he isn't ill. Unless he hides it very well. On the downside, getting him to nap during the day is often a problem.</p> <p>We have the same bath experience as you - Tom loves the bath but hates getting out. I think that he just feels cold when he gets out of the warm water, so we try to dry him and get him into cosy pyjamas as quickly as we can, but we still get tears. Besides, being in the bath is fun (soaking parents is particularly good value), so who would want to get out?</p> Can I moan about your facts too? Tom has slept for, on average, 11 or 12 hours per night, without interruption, since the age of six weeks. We’re lucky, I know. But he isn’t ill. Unless he hides it very well. On the downside, getting him to nap during the day is often a problem.

We have the same bath experience as you – Tom loves the bath but hates getting out. I think that he just feels cold when he gets out of the warm water, so we try to dry him and get him into cosy pyjamas as quickly as we can, but we still get tears. Besides, being in the bath is fun (soaking parents is particularly good value), so who would want to get out?

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