why do people say that they slept like a baby if babies are always wakeing up and only sleep for a little bit?
410713
GOOD QUESTION! I think the saying relates to babies' lives as opposed to their sleeping habits.  Babies have a care free, peaceful life and don't have to worry about anything.  When you "sleep like a baby" you are sleeping very nicely and not waking up or tossing and turning, basically not worrying about anything.  I guess it depends on how you interpret the quote.
878477
You are comparing a normal condition to an abnormal state. Yes, body temperature drops slightly during sleep, but that happens after the person falls asleep. Feverish conditions, when the body temperature is above normal, aren an abnormal state, and you can't expect a normal reaction from an abnormal condition. \nCooling down significantly, like splashing or cold showers, is again, an external stimulus, which jolts the body into a state of awakeness and awareness. \nThe one question you forgot to ask is how come when you are very cold, you shiver, and if you go past that stage into hypothermia, you may never wake up?\nAnd the answer to that is that the body lowers its temperature only slightly during sleep. When you go below that slight threshhold, shivering is the body's attempt to raise the temperature and return to a safe and normal state. If you slip into hypothermia, you may well die as it is all but impossible to rouse yourself from that state. External assistance is required. \nNot all humans experience a drop in temperature when they sleep. \nA baby is very warm when it sleeps. Much warmer than normal.
29995
There is no way to force a newborn to sleep through the night (sorry!) It's a physiological issue; the child is simply not developed enough to be able to sleep that long continuously. They NEED to eat more often than sleeping through the night would allow, for starters. A newborn's sleep-wake cycle is designed to ensure survival; for many reasons, it's not even desireable for a newborn to sleep for more than three or four hours at a stretch. I know, sleep deprivation is not one of those reasons. :)\n\nHang in there - it WILL pass. The time will fly unbelieveably quickly, I assure you. Meanwhile, check out The No Cry Sleep Solution (Elizabeth Pantley) or any parenting books by Dr. Sears for gentle methods of instilling good sleep habits in your precious little one.
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How old is the baby? Check with Doc. The best way is to let them grow naturally and slowly. Babies are very delicate, you need to be extra careful with them. They always want to get up, but it might be dangerous for them.\n\nKeep a cushion alongside and underneath their head/neck.
864567
I'd think they don't have TVs, so when the night falls, they have nothing to do but make more babies...Besides in very poor countries doesn't matter how many babies you have, since all of them go hungry and undressed...
442264
sorry to tell you dear but after a certain point in the pregnancy you don't. but i found that you can try the always famous on your side with a pillow between your legs for support, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. i found that sitting slightly up and propping your head up isn't very comfortable but u are able to breathe and you do sleep and it's not like you won't be able to sleep once the baby comes and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
1137342
It's usually a mixture of both excitement for themselves and terror for their children. Many parents go through what is called "empty nest syndrome", which is uneasiness now that there are no diapers to change or soccer games to remember to attend. Depending on how troublesome the kids were to their parents, or how close their relationship...parents feel depression, worry, but relief that 18 years of raising kids is over with. Why don't you ask your parents if you don't believe me.
252127
Because most of us get too little sleep - maybe it's a subconscious reaction.
1132341
If your having a baby you have just step into the grow-up world and let me tell you something that child needs both parents. \n\nThat baby did not ask to come into the world but this is happen, so therefore the responsibility is you both give that baby the best life possible no matter what people think.
149319
Yes.  Newborns do it all the time.
52390
I just had a baby five months ago.  Hun, there is no way you can prevent yourself from rolling over in your sleep.  Even when I was nine months along, I'd wake up on my back.  I'd roll over when I caught myself, but I wouldn't worry excessively.\n\nThey say when you sleep on your back, it can cut off the flow of nutrients to your child.  I would try to lie on your (left) side, but don't go all out.  My baby is perfectly normal.
365287
Scientologists believe that a silent birth is less traumatic for the baby. I think it's crap. A baby doesn't need silence when it is born. Think about how many children were born without a silent birth...don't you think that everyone would be in a crazy house if babies NEEDED a silent birth? That should tell them something. I can almost guarantee that not a one of them were born in silence. Did you know that they believe in aliens, too......
761910
Honestly I don't know how they sleep. Maybe they just turn off their conscience or ignore it. Who knows.
549759
just remember when you were a baby
40733
If you mean how do we wake up.\n Before we go to sleep, we tell ourselves, consciously or not when we need to wake up, added to the usal or needed amount of sleep, plus the condition in which we are sleeping (eg intermittent loud noise, moving surface, soft-comfortable, hard surface, cold or hot environment...), how tired we are...all that is computed by the brain and we automaticlally wake up when the 'due' (computed total) time arrives.\n    Note that it has nothing to do with quality of sleep!
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I think it begins in infancy, when babies learn to calm themselves when they are alone just before going to sleep.
407603
HA! Yes, yes, very common.\n\nI don't do it much anymore, but when my son was VERY tiny, he had night and day mixed up. I used to drive around until he went to sleep, then slip him into his crib (still in the car seat). It worked pretty well.\n\nWhat can I say... extreme exhaustion will make a mommy do just about anything to get baby to sleep.