Zzzzz....Zzzzzz.....The issue that no one told you !

There are approximately eight bazillion things that I can't cover in this post, but hopefully what I can cover about SLEEP does help someone out there somewhat.

Common Baby Myths about Sleep :

You are legally permitted to slap anyone who tries to convince you of any of the following myths:

"You can sleep when the baby sleeps" - This is utter nonsense because as every woman discovers, this is the only time you can actually get some fundamental things done...like shovelling a sandwich into your face before the baby wakes up or get the ironing done or wash up all the used bottles and then sterilise them all over again and prepare more feeds once the bottles are ready and if you're breastfeeding, you'll take the time to pump out the extra milk. Additionally, if you do try to sleep, you do so with one eye and both ears open, anxiously awaiting the sound of your little one's cries. Which leads nicely to the next myth...

"You get used to sleep deprivation" - No, you don't. You just learn to cope with it, eventually.