Parenting?

I really don't think that it should be called parenting in the first few months of having a baby. It should be known as 'surviving'. I have a feeling that western society expects that having children should not interfere with the real world, and then we become so shocked that these creatures need so much attention.

There is always a question of getting enough sleep, 'how much is she sleeping?' 'are you getting enough sleep?' Babies need to sleep a lot, but they also initially need to eat, and often! we shouldn't be pushing them to conform to our rules just yet. They eventually understand that darkness means nighttime and longer sleep time and like adults they can survive longer periods without constant eating.

I think there are also too many very vocally opinionated people, who all believe they know best for your child and your family. I'm sure there are some questionable decisions with regard to what works i.e. heavy metal music might be the only thing that soothes one baby and the next can't have any noise what-so-ever, but most people pull through and everyone eventually learns how to sleep.

Go here for more discussion on co-sleeping, which triggered off my rant about babies sleep!
http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/future/Transcripts/s1058920.htm