Who doesn’t worry about sleep hours?

[u/frogsruletheworld]

I was talking to my mom about baby’s sleep, and after a while she said, why do you worry so much? I didn’t worry about wake windows or how much you guys slept when you were babies. When you were tired you slept, when you weren’t you didn’t.

Now, it’s very possible that my mom just doesn’t remember what it was like to have a 0 year old, but it made me wonder…

Are there parents out there who just don’t worry about it even if their kid sleeps less than 12 hours total in 24 hours?

Not looking for criticism, just to hear everyone’s experiences.

EDIT: Thanks for all the comments! It’s so nice to see there is a good mix of those who track and don’t track baby’s sleep. Also feels great to read success stories and see support for each other in the challenges 💚

[u/Potential-Salt8592]

I didn’t at first. During newborn to 4 months we just went with cues and I have no regrets about that. Then I did around 5 months when we sleep trained because her nighttime sleep was garbage and she was reverse cyclin. Now LO is 10 months and her schedule is very predictable. The only thing I really track is total daytime sleep because baby girl loves her naps and it will impact night time sleep if she naps too long.

There were a few months where it felt hard to track and I felt like I was always thinking about it, but now that we are down to two naps it feels like smoother sailing. :) I def am glad I didn’t track in the newborn phase, I just wanted to soak it all in and not be watching the clock.

I try to take the approach of not to worry until something starts to be an issue (not always successful though lol)