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LO1- below average
LO2- average to mayyybe slightly above average. She's not a super unicorn sleeper though.

Do her first 3 years of life cancel out the past few months? If so, she's an above average sleeper. If not, she's a below average sleeper, getting just 9 hours of sleep a night.

Below - always below. DD1 (4) now goes to bed around 8:30/9pm and will wake up anywhere from 5-6am. She takes a 1 hour nap during the week at daycare but none on the weekend. Which just means she falls asleep at 8pm and wakes up at 5.

DD2 (20m) average? - naps are great but overnight sucks. Right now she is sleeping at 8:20 and up for the day at 5am. With TWO Wake ups .WTF.

#ibreednonsleepers

@winniebee: definitely agree it throws her off. But at the same time I do think she still needs the nap right now. She is usually pretty grumpy by 4ish on the weekends and will crash if left to be quiet. But I also think it's because of the nap she sleeps less at night so she's tired and needs the nap. If nap stops hopefully that hour translate into extra overnight. LOL

I think they're pretty average although DD2 has always been a better than average sleeper (slept 4 hours at a time at a few days old)...but she hits every regression so I don't think she's above average.

Below average. Just like his dad!!! (And the exact opposite of me)

@delight: that's called a trick baby http://www.scarymommy.com/never-trust-a-trick-baby/

@Portboston: lol that's hilarious. I totally have a trick baby. I sent the article to DH for a laugh too!

I'd say he's probably above average. Not exactly magical, but pretty damn good. His night time sleep was tough until we sleep trained at 7m. Then he started sleeping longer and longer stretches, and we naturally night weaned and by 9m he was sleeping 12 hour stretches every night with only the occasional wake up for sickness.

His naps have always been pretty long and consistent too, which was great. But it is hard to get him down. Night time used to be really tough too, he'd get really upset when we left. But once he's asleep, he's fantastic.

DS1 was a terrible infant sleeper, but an amazing older baby and toddler sleeper. DS2... it's too soon to tell!

@winniebee: He was a below average sleeper as newborn and infant, probably above average now as a preschooler--he is making up for that first year maybe. Hah.

Dd1 below average. Not the worst ever but definitely below, even as a toddler.

Dd2 above average. Not the most amazing ever but compared to her sister way better. She has the typical regressions and stuff but generally easier.

Above average.
All three have STTN before three months.my oldest and youngest are currently rounding four hours on their naps. My oldest doesn't usually nap, but when she does its epic.

Oh I am afraid to put this in writing ... but DS is a wonderful sleeper and it's nothing we did! He is six months and sleeps about 10 hours overnight and takes two 1-2 hour naps during the days. He has been STTN since 8 weeks. He rocks.

Above ... I've been super lucky to have girls that STTN from a very young age and generally have not had any issues going to bed

DD1: Below average. Way below. Didn't sleep through at all until she was 25 months and, at almost 3, is still waking up once per night a few times a week. She was a terrible napper as a baby - 30 min naps at best, then grumpy all day from tiredness - and quit her last nap before she was 2.5. From 1-2, for an entire year, she screamed for 2hrs a night at bedtime - and was impossible to sleep train because screaming made her vomit. Seriously, the kid was a nightmare.

DD2: So far, she's an above average sleeper. At 6 weeks, she is sleeping well at night, giving us a good stretch of anywhere between 4 & 6 hours at a time, and goes down easily after her one night feed. She struggles to settle in the Moses basket during the day, but naps well in the sling, the pram and the car. I really, really hope she continues this,way.

Below average

I think he's average to slightly above average at night time. And above average for naps.
But some (maybe half) parents I talk to IRL can't believe how well he sleeps day and night.
His newborn sleeping was definrely average Id say. 3 hour stretches, maybe an occasional, blissful 4-5 hour stretch. We did minimal sleep training around 4.5 months and he's sttn ever since (now 20 months), except for the expected disruptions.
His napping has been great but I put in a lot of work up front for that (not holding, staying in for every single nap, connecting sleep cycles, etc). Since probably 2/3 months (it's shocking how much my memory of his infant days is starting to fade) he was napping for 1.5-2 hours for each nap. Now he takes 1 nap that's 2-3 hours.