https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:48:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2045005 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:21:09 +0000 LuLu Mom 2045005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I'm only a light sleeper when it comes to her sounds, I wake up to her cough in the middle of the night, but a massive thunderstorm...nope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044913 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:28:24 +0000 Bubbles 2044913@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kind of... if I have the monitor by the bed I will wake up to most noises; even just a bit of cooing. But if DH is up with LO and I am lying in, I can sleep through all kinds of screeching, giggling, shouting etc.! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044891 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:05:16 +0000 raintreebee 2044891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes but it gets better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044661 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:40:16 +0000 blackbird 2044661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first! Now I sleep deeper than my husband </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044659 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:39:16 +0000 MrsF 2044659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was the same way, but it got so much better once DD consistently started STTN and I didn't have to be "on" all the time. Now that I have a newborn again I'm sleeping lightly again. We've kept the baby monitor on DH's side of the bed for the last 2 years because he can sleep through the little noises that don't mean anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044647 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:27:19 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 2044647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Being a resident turned me into a light sleeper. Being a mom made it 100xs worse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044644 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:25:42 +0000 Meridian 2044644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ellewoods84: I'm totally the same way, and it's SO frustrating to not be able to sleep when LO is actually sleeping, ha!</p> <p>@Pumpkin Pie: oh yes to the phantom cries!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044615 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 21:14:08 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2044615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. I even hear the phantom baby cries. It was really bad in the beginning, but I've started to relax a bit more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044458 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:38:18 +0000 ellewoods84 2044458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah. Even if she manages to have a good night, I am constantly waking up and checking the monitor. Then lay there and wonder hmm she will probably else up soon. Or not. Why isn't she waking up? Haha, it's really annoying. I'm hoping when she consistently starts sleeping better that I will feel less anxious about it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044436 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:28:04 +0000 Pumuckl 2044436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a light sleeper per se but I always hear my kids - sometimes even before the monitor picks up the noise. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-having-a-baby-turn-you-into-a-light-sleeper#post-2044427 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:23:18 +0000 Meridian 2044427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It has totally made me into an anxious, paranoid, light sleeper. I'm always awake at the first peep on the monitor... that's if I can manage to fall asleep at all during my "shift" (my husband and I take shifts each night sleeping on the couch on baby duty, so that the other can get a 4 - 4.5 hour stretch in our room). I'm always anxiously awaiting LO's next wake up. *sigh* </p>