As anew parent, brace yourself, in between the congratulations from friends and family, you’ll hear the same warning again and again, “Good luck, guys, you’ll never sleep again.”
It’s a pity, says Petro Thamm, a sleep expert and director of the sleep consultancy Good Night.
“Good sleep habits are normal for babies, just like the ability to walk and eat – as long as parents know from the get-go how to create the right environment for fostering sleeping habits.”
However, you can expect a period of little sleep and perhaps tiredness at first, and no-one can really prepare you for that, says Meg Faure, a Cape Town based occupational therapist and co-author of Baby Sense. But if you have the right expectations from the beginning, it will be easier to…
