For most of her life, Iris has made her parents very happy with her sleep habits. Once we got over that hump of the first few weeks, she was actually letting us get several hour stretches of blissful snoozing. For many months, we could count on her to stay in bed – seemingly contentedly – for nine to 12 hours.
Then, I got to learn about sleep regression. I’d heard about it, and pitied the poor parents that experienced it at the four month mark. Our baby slept peacefully through that age.
But now she’s 10 months old. She can sit, crawl, pull herself to standing, move around a bit on her fat feet, find her grandma’s nose and dance to music. Obviously, sleep is not the priority. I think that little brain is working really hard, and that’s awesome. I’d much rather have her be mentally active than the opposite.