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@washedinhisblood Our girl was 98th and 99th percentile in weight and height for gals (9 pounds 7 oz weight, 22 inches height), born a week early. They vastly underestimated her size and didn’t make my c section incision long enough…had a debate while I was on the operating table about how to...

@mybrokenlessthenthree Yah, ours dropped about 8 percentile points and what I learned is that birth weight isn’t always the weight they should be at, so in the first few weeks after birth they might gain or lose a lot to ‘reach their genetic potential’. And then as long as they stay on that...

@instrument150 Not sure, to be honest I didn’t look too closely at the study design, just pulled it as an example of the parameters that researchers tend to use when defining ‘sleeping through the night’ in infant sleep research. Here’s another, there are lots I could have pulled!

@sass Most research defines sleeping through the night as 6-8 hour uninterrupted stretch for infants. So, if going by the literature, depending on when your friend put their baby down and when their baby did the night feeds, your friend could be correct in their statement.

@revstockton HG gals unite! I am pretty sure I had 6 weeks of postpartum euphoria lol. They pulled her out and I suddenly stopped feeling nauseous like someone flipped a light switch and it was a miracle (I also had BP issues and an ulcer and it all just kinda went away!). I think every mom’s...