> I'm glad this was said, but I can't help but be afraid that new parents
> seeing this statement will read it to mean that if they switch to
> formula, they'll start getting more sleep, which is maybe the highest
> priority during that foggy first month or two of parenting.  I never
> know what to say when people say that formula-fed babies sleep through
> the night sooner (except to say that my breastfed girls slept through
> at 6 weeks or so, but that's not exactly scientific).
>

Dear Christina,

I am with you!  It is sometimes so hard to be nice, when that which is nice
is not always the same as that which is kind or true.

So how do we be "nice", and still convey that sleeping through the night is
a wrong-thinking selfish grown-up desire, and it is absolutely not in the
best interest of the baby.  This entire "Brouhaha" is about babies who sleep
too deeply and never wake up.  The reason the pacifier thing is in the news,
is that pacifiers keep babies from sleeping as deeply.  It is time for
parents and advisors to "wake up" and grow up, and do what is best for baby.
Especially in the early months, baby needs parenting at all hours of the day
~and~ night.

Maybe we should print onesie tee-shirts that say, "WAKE UP!! Babies aren't
supposed to sleep through the night!"

Warmly,
Corrine
Las Vegas, NV

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