If you're thinking about night weaning, read on for our step-by-step guide, covering when to wean from night feedings, signs your baby is ready, and tips for success.
devastating it was sort of like this out of body experience. it was almost hard to digest. it was just really mind blowing. everything froze. we this 24 hours of bliss with this new edition, this new baby and that just got erased by that moment. it was kind of like a nuclear bomb went off in that hospital room. and from then on, we had to figure out how to deal with it it. you know, your whole pregnancy you dream for your child and think about taking him to soccer practice and what it is going to be like to hold him and driving him home from the hospital and holding him in this nursery that you have decorated and those middle of the night feedings and all of this and all of the sudden in that moment i didn t know if we were going to have a baby we were bringing home from the hospital. i didn t know if he was going to survive. this and so it was like all your dreams just sort of crashed and you didn t know if you could dream for him
it was absolutely devastating it was sort of like this out of body experience. it was almost hard to digest. it was just really mind blowing. everything froze. we this 24 hours of bliss with this new edition, this new baby and that just got erased by that moment. it was kind of like a nuclear bomb went off in that hospital room. and from then on, we had to figure out how to deal with it it. you know, your whole pregnancy you dream for your child and think about taking him to soccer practice and what it is going to be like to hold him and driving him home from the hospital and holding him in this nursery that you have decorated and those middle of the night feedings and all of this and all of the sudden in that moment i didn t know if we were going to have a baby we were bringing home from the hospital. i didn t know if he was going to survive. this and so it was like all your dreams just sort of crashed and you didn t know
steve: time for news by the numbers. two cents. that s how much you could be charged for a plastic bag at grocery stores in pennsylvania. state senators in pen he pen are pennsylvania are encouraging the tax to force people to opt for dirty bags. 44 days, that s how much sleep new parents will lose the first year with the new baby. crying babies, night feedings and waking up with worry were the top three reasons cited for lost sleep. finally, 10.03. that s how much a ten-year-old wisconsin boy donated to a police department in milwaukee after learning about the heroic actions of police officers and firefighters during 9-11. get this, he tried to make his donation anonymous by dropping
don t know how you are awake? she is not alone in the fight to get some better rest. apparently not. millions of women longing for a good night s rest. a shocking number have turned to sleeping pills despite the risks. here abc s andrea canning. reporter: a part of motherhood as regular as late-night feedings. sleep deprivation. increasing it is not just new moms, older mothers can t seem to get enough sleep either. i will wake up in the middle of the night. my thought will start racing. reporter: family stress and anxiety has moms like tina more dependent on sleep aids. she is hooked on tylenol p.m. nearly three in ten american women confess to taking pills at least a few nights a week. i know it is a crutch. i know. i can t stop taking it. reporter: the biggest consumers of sleep aids, women aged 40 to 59. last year over 15 million women in the age category were prescribed ambien, twice the number of men. why so many women? women today have a dual role