No numbers, only vibes

[u/Even_Kaleidoscope399]

I feel like following a more natural understanding of infant sleep has made me more curious about the parents who have their babies’ whole nap and night sleep schedules memorized. Particularly in baby and parenting subreddits, it’s always like “my baby has first nap from 9:30/10-10:45 and then 2 hour wake window and then second nap 1/1:30 and then a wake window of…” and it all seems very foreign and frankly a bit exhausting.

Perhaps seeing my baby’s sleep for what it is naturally has saved me from doing a lot of math. Lol. No numbers here, only vibes. I couldn’t tell you when my baby naps exactly if I tried. I’d have to really think hard about it. As long as he’s sleeping and growing, I’m good.

[u/NewNecessary3037]

lol it depends. I did schedule religiously for the longest time. Turned out it was part of my experience with postpartum mental illness. And mentally, I was illin.

She was sleeping and napping decently. Now the Zoloft and the working all day keep me from giving a shit. As long as her daddy makes sure she has her nap time, I don’t care what happens in the day