I don't need to train my baby to sleep

By Marisa Mackle © Herald.ie 2008
New mothers are obsessed with sleep. The lack of it takes over your life and you start measuring your existence by how many hours you manage to get by on. At the beginning, four hours in a row is a bonus. But, thankfully, the sleepless nights do eventually end. For some.
I'm lucky. I feel guilty even admitting this, but my baby, at half-a-year-old now (yes, we celebrated his birthday with half a candle on a cake!), is now sleeping 10 hours a night without waking me up.
My bed has become my favourite place in the world -- my little sanctuary. I love disappearing under the duvet at night once I've put Gary to bed in his room.
I cannot understand parents who keep their babies in the same room as them. It's tempting, but it's also torture, especially if your baby likes to play with his toys at 5am. He chats away and laughs to himself, which is cute, but also very annoying if you've been writing until 1am.
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