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I'm resisting the urge to not get upset at the comment about how you expect this before-hand and you figure something out.

I also completely relate to the person who said she inwardly cringes when people think FOUR MONTHS was a long time.

There's never a moment when I regret bringing my daughter into this world, but I will say that those first couple of years included some of the darkest days of my life.

It's not because I didn't work out the right kind of sleep schedule. It's because my daughter struggled to nurse, was extremely colicky, hardly ever slept (sure is hard to sleep with a screaming baby in the background, even if you're not the one in charge), and so on and so forth. After awhile I was too sleep-deprived to think straight.

I definitely think I was on the extreme side, but 6 whole months of sleep seems about right to me ... if not on the low side.

I highly recommend the book, which others have recommended, The No-Cry Sleep Solution. That said, all kids are different and some kids will cry no matter what. My child cried if I comforted her, cried if I didn't. We definitely tried gentle techniques and never let her "cry it out" in the sense that we just left her and cried and cried and cried. But we did (and even now that she's nearly 4, still do on occasion), disturb the neighbors.

I do regret the fact that I ran to her every single time she made a peep. Half the time, she was crying out in her sleep and my presence in the room only woke her up more fully.

Good luck to you! I don't miss this time in my child's life and don't look forward to it with future children. :-)

The princess's mother thanks you.