Night. I work all day so I don't care about option 2.
My kid is 4 and I haven't gotten a decent night's sleep since she was 1. She actually was one of those rare infants that STTN fairly early, and did so until she hit a year old. It all went completely to hell after that and hasn't gotten much better, three years later.
the 8 people who voted for B must have never experienced a year+ of a child not once sleeping through the night .... preceded by 9 months of pregnancy night-peeing
Post by Ohhmm(bligo) on May 29, 2015 13:28:44 GMT -5
I am a WRECK from one night of poor sleep.
A baby who allows me to sleep through the night and then is awake all day, allowing me to have a handy excuse to not do shit, is my dream baby. Luckily, this is what I got both times.
"You. You and your crazy life. You and your geographic anomaly. You and your drunken lesbianic ways and terrible navigational skills." - ProfArt and her holy baby
Post by hopecounts on May 29, 2015 15:24:56 GMT -5
STTN no question. It's easy to put the baby in a carrier (ergo/moby/tula) and get stuff done during the day, or you have an excuse for not getting anything done, and can outsource the cleaning or have you/your partner do it on the weekend while the other tends the baby. A lot easier then dealing with wake ups all night.
Post by Shreddingbetty on May 29, 2015 16:48:14 GMT -5
Mine did neither. 30 minute naps and frequent wake ups at night. Around 15 months she went down to one naps and that was better because she would nap for 1.5 hours
My 3 year old was a terrible sleeper and napper until around 30 months. It's nice to get more things done during the day now that she naps well. My quality of life is PROFOUNDLY better now that I can get a decent night's sleep. I would gladly run after her all day in a disorganized house as long as I can keep my night sleep.
Post by EmilieMadison on May 29, 2015 20:27:51 GMT -5
At night, no question. Getting shit done ranks very low to me compared to getting sleep , and there are lots of ways to deal with a baby during the day.
As soon as DS started STTN (at fourteen months) he tried to stop napping. Napping has been a battle since and I really, really miss that down time and chance to get things done since he's also the kid you have to watch carefully or he'll unscrew all the knobs on your cabinets.
The solid hours of sleep at night have been good and were very missed, but as someone who had two non sleepy newborns that later gave up naps early, I am tempted to know how the other side lives.
ETA I SAH so it does matter to me how he sleeps during the day and I could nap too.