> Under no circumstances have your phone by your bed. Buy an alarm clock if need be. Disrupting sleep is the best way to get depressed quickly.
I hope a lot of people are making a correlation between their friends who have recently had young children, and why they often tend to look tired, miserable and depressed.
Which is caused by the western notion that it makes sense for a helpless infant to sleep away from its mother. We got rid of our bed frame (to prevent falling accidents) and cosleep. We all (including our daughter, who is now three with another on the way) sleep happily through the night.
No, it's caused by the fact that most very young children wake up regularly no matter where they sleep, since they usually need to eat fairly often. As they get older, they tend to start sleeping through the night - some with co-sleeping, some in their own room - but some will wake up repeatedly until they're much older no matter what you do with 'em.
I'm glad your specific approach with your specific child worked out great.
I hope a lot of people are making a correlation between their friends who have recently had young children, and why they often tend to look tired, miserable and depressed.