@beaconpostpartum: 11 months postpartum and apparently nobody told my baby that sleeping through the night was supposed to be a thing by now. 🙃 Seriously. ELEVEN MONTHS. I remember being pregnant and thinking, “Okay, the newborn stage will be rough, but by six months we’ll have a routine.” HAHA. Cute. Love that for pregnant me. 🤡 Last night I was up at 12:40, 2:15, and 3:06. And at 3:06 I just sat on the edge of the bed for a minute, staring at the monitor like maybe if I ignored it, the baby would negotiate with herself and go back to sleep. She did not. 😂 So there I was, shuffling down the hallway in a shirt with mystery stains, trying to remember whether I’d brushed my teeth before bed. My husband was asleep. The house was quiet. And I was doing that thing where you calculate how many hours until morning, then immediately regret doing the math. You know what makes it worse? People asking, “Is she a good sleeper yet?” YET??? Ma’am, I don’t know. Ask her. I’m just the unpaid overnight employee. 😭 And then come the suggestions. Have you tried white noise? A bedtime routine? Putting her down awake? YES, KAREN. WE HAVE A SOUND MACHINE. WE HAVE A ROUTINE. WE HAVE PURCHASED EVERY SLEEP SACK KNOWN TO HUMANITY. At this point I’m considering offering the baby a tiny mortgage payment if she’ll give me five uninterrupted hours. But underneath the jokes, some nights are really hard. Because at 3am you start wondering whether you’re the only mom still doing this. Everyone else’s babies seem to be sleeping twelve hours, at least according to Instagram. Meanwhile I’m eating dry cereal in the kitchen with the refrigerator door open because I can’t be bothered to turn on a light. A few nights ago I opened Beacon while I was waiting for my daughter to settle. There’s this map with little yellow lights showing other moms who are awake. And there were SO MANY. Some nearby. Some across the country. Moms feeding, pumping, rocking babies, or probably wondering why the crib mattress suddenly becomes lava the second their baby touches it. Then I noticed a few moms had sent me hugs. From complete strangers. One from Australia. Another from Virginia. I know it’s just a little notification on a phone. But after a long day of being needed by everyone, it felt surprisingly nice to have someone acknowledge me for once. 🥹 Nobody asked if I’d tried a different bedtime. Nobody told me to enjoy it because it goes so fast. Just a tiny “hey, I’m here too.” And honestly? That’s sometimes more helpful than another 47-minute podcast about wake windows. The baby still woke up again, obviously. Beacon did not magically fix my child’s sleep. 😂 But I felt less like the last woman awake on earth. So if you’re nine months postpartum, eleven months postpartum, eighteen months postpartum, and still waking up multiple times a night, hi. 👋 You are absolutely not the only one. And if your baby sleeps twelve hours straight, congratulations, genuinely. Please don’t tell me about it until I’ve had coffee. ❤️ Now I need to know: how old was your baby when they FINALLY started sleeping through the night? And if your answer is “still waiting,” please come sit by me. I’ll bring the stale cereal. 💜 #mom #baby #MomsofTikTok #momlife #newborn

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Tuesday 10 November 2026 17:14:43 GMT