Are you happy to get up with your infant in the middle of the night?

I have often been called a ‘false mom’ because of my frank take on this. I just HATE(D) getting up from sleep when my baby wailed. And I made no effort to hide it. When he was just a new-born baby, he would never sleep at night. I rejoined office 1 ½ months after my caesarian, and my baby used to stay with my in-laws. During the day he slept like a good boy and my mom-in-law was really proud of her grandson. But at night, he would just not shut his eye-lids. I did not put him in diapers coz India is a summer country so as it is the heat and humidity factor is very high. And he is a July baby and during the monsoons, its really not good to use diapers on very small babies. They suffer too much from nappy rashes. So I used to sit up with my baby on my lap and cry and curse my luck. Just imagine, next day again I would have to go to office and after spending a hectic day outside, I had no sleep at night. In the morning when I nagged to my mom-in-law (I did nag, expecting some verbal sympathy) I was rudely told that mothers have to tolerate so many things, this is just the beginning. I found it in very crude taste. There was nobody whom I could turn to for help and sympathy. I felt very irritated and frustrated. My husband chipped in a lot, like he used to take over from 3/3:30am. Now I have passed those days and like every mother, my son is my source of life to me, but I will certainly understand every mother who ever complains about the pains and sacrifices of bringing up a baby. We are not false moms, we are just candid or maybe the threshold of our tolerance level is low.

i have four kids, they are 16, 15, 13 and 11. you can imagine the age gaps. when my first born is just 5 the rest are 4, 2 and 1. it is a lot of sacrifices. but when you teach them how to be a hand in the house it will make a big difference. being a mom is not really easy, you can give evrything and still it is not enough. a hard work with no salary and no day off. but it is still very fun and very achieving and inspirational at the same time.

I am a father of a 5 years son . This is 15 minutes to midnight here in my place ( India) . My son is playing . This is hos normal routine . He sleeps after midnight . This is his habit from his infancy . May be the reason behind this is his colicky during his first 3 months after birth . During that period he never slept at night due to colick pain . And along with him remained awake my wife - his mother . A prolonged period of sleepless night was really nightmarish for her . Her health also suffered . And what did I do ? I als tried to remain awake , take the baby to my lap . But I admit I could do not much help .

It's just part of being a parent isn't it - just one of those things you really have to do. My daughter is an adult now with a baby of her own but I remember when she was a baby everyone used to tell me to make the most of it because they weren't babies for long. At the time I thought - yeah whatever! but really it's true. The time just flies past. Enjoy your little ones while you can. So sad about the video of the other baby but sometimes it takes something tragic like that to make us appreciate what we have.

Getting up in the middle of the night with an infant is hard. You are sleep deprived and most of the time we think of trying to hurry and get the baby fed and back to sleep as soon as possible. My husband and I would take turns getting up with my son. But he really started sleeping throughout the night or most of it when I would mix cereal with his bottle. I would keep him up until about 11pm and give him a bottle filled with milk and rice cereal and get him full then he would sleep so good. I would be glad for him to sleep until 5 or 6 then it wasn't long until he was sleeping until 8am. Between keeping him up late and filling his little belly with substantial food, not just milk but something filling, it should work.

Oh my goodness, it dosnt worry me in the slightest if I have to get up, I have gone days with out sleep and I wouldnt get agitated at all, as a mother its just something that you have to do..I cherish every moment with my baby and nothing will come in the way of that..

My first child was a large baby, and I did demand feeding, but as he got older, I think it was also a companionship issue. I always said that God sent him to the right house, though, because I would get up with him as long as he needed me, because we would never have that time together again. Other than waking up a lot, and eating a lot, he was an easy baby though, and in good health, and I was very thankful. He never slept through the night consistently until we gave him a baby sister for his third birthday. He was delighted. He was telling me we needed a girl, before we even were planning a pregnancy. I am grateful for my two children.

Thank you for the wonderful staory that you have narrated and it is so moving that hearing to this i just cryiued and i can understand what you felt and a really moving story and after this even i found myself not to get irritate with tis creativity of the kids that do in the middle of the nights.

I think getting up in the middle of the night for an infant may be irritating at times, but I got used to it. When I gave birth to my eldest child, I even cry over my broken sleeps, and I think the infant feels how we do, so the more he cries. But as I grew older and became more mature, my younger children are calmer as I became more patient with getting up at midnight just to feed them or change their diapers. And you're right. That video is a wake up call for all of us so we may change our perspectives in attending to the needs of our loved ones, not only the infants. Thank you for sharing.

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Hi, thats a nice video for those parents who do feel agitated and frustrated to get u p at night for their kids, but no one realises that our parents have done it for us too, and this is a passing phase and will not last long, these are what we call the bitter sweet mothering pains we all have to under go. If we are positive and think positively, this will mean nothing to us, getting up at night. Of course easier said than done and each one of us loves our interrupted sleep, but when you think of the child crying for you, automatically our heart melts and we reach for our child trying to comfort them, thats an instict i think. Another thing you can try is making sure your childs last meal is heavy, so that he or she wont get up at all at night. I tried this with my kids and they slept and got up with me mostly, except when they were unwell.

I think when you are deprived of sleep it can get really frustrating and it is easy to begin to resent your child. My 3yr old son nine times out of ten will get up in the early hours and creep into my bed. I found it really frustrating that I would be the one to get up and put him back in his own room as sometimes he would just keep getting up and start crying which would wake up my 2 girls. Sometimes I would not wake up until later to find him there as he always cuddles right up to me and I suddenly felt so happy that he wanted to cuddle me that if I heard him I would just let him in so he would cuddle me. Now every time I hear a story on the news of a child that is sick I am so grateful that my children are healthy that I don't mind getting up in the night to deal with them. Children are such a blessing that we really should try and appreciate them and accept these little problems as a small price for such little miracles.

I didn't mind the getting up when I had my first son as he would only wake about 2 to 3 times a night. But, then I had twins! I was feeding them myself and they were being fed two hourly. Unfortunately it was mainly alternate hours. The first would wake at 9pm then the second at 10pm, and this would go on all night. It would take me at least half an hour to get each back to sleep. So, for the first 8 weeks I was surviving on around 2 hours sleep each night. It is difficult not to start feeling resentful when you're so tired, but at least you know it will end eventually. It

Children are a gift. My husband and I would share the chance to hold our baby. He would change the baby, and I would feed him. My sons doctor asked if I was a flathead indian, only because I held my baby so much the back of his head was flat. I have had seven children, and I have found that every one of my children have added another gift to our family. Stinkypoo

I do admit I am at my worst when i have to wake up in the middle of the night. I suddenly turn into a selfish person who wants to sleep from a mother who adores her baby. My husband is the one who doesn't mind it all and patiently does whatever is required. I turn cranky and irritated and keep telling my baby why she has to wake up in the middle of the night, as if she would understand !!