Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

vsmack t1_jdv9p85 wrote

Reply to comment by MrRoundtree17 in Why are nonhuman erect bipedal animals so rare? by violetmammal4694

They're also helpless potatoes at 5 months, but a lot more pulled together. Perhaps coincidentally that's also around when they start not being a complete nightmare wrt sleep.

13

MrRoundtree17 t1_jdvcxl5 wrote

Yeah, they’re definitely still helpless. But anyone who’s been around a newborn can attest to how shockingly fragile and vulnerable they are. At 6-7 months babies can crawl, sleep through the night, have more weight on their bones, etc.

6

vsmack t1_jdve42t wrote

Totally, like many of them can't even hold their necks up. We're expecting our second in a few months, and I can't even imagine how much easier it would be (lol as a parent, not as a pregnant mother) if the baby was 5 months older when it was born. You'd avoid the first sleep regression - I do wonder if the first sleep regression happening around 4 months means they're "supposed" to have gone through it before they're born.

7

MrRoundtree17 t1_jdvhy35 wrote

Haha, yeah not for mothers lol. Those first 3 months are rough with a newborn. I have two myself (second is now 8 months) and it was almost like clockwork that at 3 months old they started sleeping through the night and it felt like we got past the super vulnerable phase. Best of luck to you and family.

3

BeforeTime t1_jdzs2nt wrote

A 5 month old has a significantly higher tolerance to siblings than a newborn.

2