Would you rather your baby sleep straight through the night, but wake up early, like 7 pm to 5 am, or wake up once or twice but sleep until 8 am?
Trick question-- you don't get a choice! 
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I'd rather one wake up and sleeping in until 7 or 8.
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I'd rather STTN with an early wakeup because I could always just go to bed earlier to get a full 8 hours, but most days I can't sleep in past 6:30 anyway because I have to work.
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I would be ok with ONE wake up and a later wake up time, but totally not ok with two wake ups! That makes a huge difference!
ETA: I'm also assuming the one wake up would be around 5am anyway (that's when my son's was). I'm not sure if I could handle a wake up between 2-4am though because I always had trouble falling back asleep.
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We wake up early, anyways, so the first option would be perfect for us.
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One wake up and a later wake time. Especially if the wake up is at like midnight, and then I can sleep from 12 to 8!!
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7:00 to 5:00 for sure. We go to bed early in this household!!! 9pm-5am is 8 hours for me!!!
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I'd rather wake up with him during the night. We still have at least one wake-up half the time now, at 18 months, and I can practically change a diaper in my sleep.
But my answer would probably change once I go back to work and have to get up earlier anyway.
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I'd rather have STTN; I don't go to bed until midnight usually so getting woken up around 2 is no bueno. I hate the morning no matter when it starts or how many hours of sleep I've gotten!
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My baby doesn't go to bed until 1030 or 11, wakes just for a few minutes at 1:30 and 3:30 and sleeps until 6, eats/plays for a until 7, and then sleeps again until 9ish..
I think I would pick sleeping through but waking up early if they also went to bed early enough that I could also go to bed early.
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Our DD1 slept 12 hour stretches through the night from 2.5 months old, BUT her wake up time was 5:30 every morning. We tried to keep her up later to see if we could push the 12 hours out, but nope, she liked waking at 5:30. I never minded - to get that long stretch of sleep was heavenly and as a result, waking up early wasn't a problem. I'd much rather have that than have to wake up during the night!
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@Sammyfab: I totally agree. C goes back and forth between one and two wake ups and it makes such a big difference. Last name she woke up at 5, then went back to sleep until after 8, and it was great. So much more well rested than the nights when it's 2 and 5. But I'm a night owl and getting up for the day before 7 is painful.
So I guess I choose the wake up sleep late, but that might be me just trying to see the glass as half full.
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Right now he wakes up three times a night and rarely sleeps past 630 am. I would love for him to sleep in! Having an hour or two of freedom in the mornings would be amazing!
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I won the sleep lottery because I have both the crazy early wake up time + the multiple wake ups
He's 9 months and I swear STTN is a myth.
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I get up at 5am so I'm fine with early wakeups!
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I would def rather have 1 wake up, either in the beginning of night or early morning and sleeping in until 8 rather than STTN and waking at 5. My LO has gone through several early rising periods, so me and 5 am do not get along!
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One million times sleeping through the night with an early wake-up...motn wake-ups kill me!
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I'm so used to waking up a handful of times, especially since he just nurses & falls back asleep, so that's my vote. Possibly, I have sleepless-induced Stockholm syndrome, though!
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If it's a quick, nurse-back-to-sleep wakeup, I choose one wakeup and sleeping in a little bit. That way I could either get a little extra sleep or enjoy a shower/coffee alone.
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@mrsbookworm: You poor thing - I've been there. I hope it gets better soon!
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Sttn!
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@rattles: @cmomma17: I never get up before her, no matter what time she wakes up! ONE time u did, after her six month shots she slept 11.5 hours straight and I woke up at 6 am feeling like I slept for a week, so I got up and had coffee before she woke up.
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@Foodnerd81: DD's sleep is weird right now (not complaining because there's a lot of it for once, but it's less predictable) and she slept in until almost 9am this weekend! It was crazy. I woke up, showered, had coffee, read a magazine... I have no idea how long it had been since I woke to something other than crying.
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I'm so tired
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Dang, she woke 6 times last night. 1 or 2 wakeups would be great.
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I picked 1-2 wake up and sleeping in later because that's what's happening with us now. But I can only handle the night wakings if she goes back down easily and quickly!
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ha, this was my concern with starting STing last week, since she had dropped her 2 MOTN waking and was just up once and was a late sleeper. but we committed to it, and she's waking up earlier, but luckily, not at 5.
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I picked sttn. When my lo would wake up randomly in the motn she was UP! Like 2-3 hours in a row.
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I get one wake up and a sleep in until 8am but that's useless now Im going back to work and I have to wake her at 7!! So I picked the first option!!
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Def sttn! I have to wake her up early anyway, and on the weekends dh and I can switch off.
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Def one wakeup and sleep until 8... I do NOT do 5am well!
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Sttn without a doubt! I wake up at 5:30 anyway though. I also believe that uninterrupted sleep if possible is better for kids (and parents!)
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What if your LO sleeps 7:00 - 5:00 and then wakes to eat and goes back to sleep until 8:00? Or am I the person you say STFU to?
(Despite my baby's awesome sleep, I do get up at 4:30 most days to get ready for work - so please don't hate me too much!)
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STTN with the early start for the day...but only because I'm sure LO wouldn't mind hanging out on her own in her cot for an extra 30mins or so, so it wouldn't be too early. If she woke at 5am and needed me straight away, I think I would pick the other option
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As the mother of a child that woke up at 5 am for a year, I'd take a night wakeup over that any day.
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@Adira: LOL!!!
Another mommy here with a LO that wakes up way too frequently during the night so I'm all for STTN!!
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STTN with an early wake up. That's what we have now and it's (semi) working for us. If he does wake up, he's up for hours, so I wouldn't chose that for anything!
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STTN! I often have trouble falling asleep after her wakeup even if her wakeup is short. I'd love to be able to sleep straight through.
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Since this is often me, I took STTN. She's waking up between 5:30 and 6am, but it allows me to spend some solid hours with her before going to work. We don't go in before 6am. I used to hate it, but I look on the bright side. I wish she'd learn to sleep in during the weekend mornings though.
I also love that when we put her down for the night, that's it. She's out.
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STTN with an early wake! DS used to do this and it's MUCH easier getting uninterrupted sleep!
He's 9 months and I swear STTN is a myth.
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