why do people say they slept like a baby, when babies wake up every 2-3 hours?

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thats how i sleep, lol

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i sleep like a baby every night, i wake up every few hrs, i wet myself and poo me trollies, just like a baby !!!

good question. The English Language is a very compex one i'm afraid

babies after 2-3 months usually sleep all night totally peaceful... At least my kids did

because babies sleep with no worries

dont take it literally. its just another term of saying they can sleep for a longer hours.

they are weirdos!!!... its just an expression like saying i know my best friend like the back of my hand i obviously dont know her very well cause i havent't got a clue what my hand looks like ha.

Because when a baby is sleeping, it sleeps very deeply and doesn't wake up at many sounds.

Cause babies sleep peacefully and look like angels.

It's not the length of time it's the quality of the sleep.

i hav no idea why ppl say it

good question i think it's b/c of how sweet and adorable it looks when it's sleeping

Good question. I don't know why people say that.

I've often wondered the same because in my experience, most babies sleep in diapers and wake up wet(or worse).

I think it's because of the amount of time they spend sleeping, even if they do wake up every few hours. They need sleep and food to grow, so they sleep, wake up and eat, then sleep again. Growth hormone is released when they sleep, as it is when we sleep but not in the quantities as babies do.

THEY SAY IT BECAUSE THEY THINK BABIES SLEEP REALLY PEACEFULLY.....(IF THEY EVER GO TO SLEEP...) ;)

It's not the length of the sleep but the quality.Babies sleep the sleep of the innocent...

It's to do with sleeping without any worries or stresses not the time they sleep. Babies are able to sleep without their minds driving them nuts worrying.

lol - that made me smile. It is right what you say.

it just a figure of speach.

Even though a young baby may wake frequently they can sleep very deeply in between - especially if they are breastfed and the mother avoids dairy and caffeine in her own diet. This saying comes from times when we all had more natural diets and less pollution and chemicals in our lives.

I think originally the saying was sleep like a babe. A babe can be older than a baby. My son has sleept like a freaking dead person since he turned 1.

I believe it's talking about babies innocence and having no real cares or worries in the world, to make them toss about and stare up the ceiling for most part of the night. Sometimes i just wish to be like that...who wouldn't..?

Because people tend to repeat cliches without really giving it much thought. Scary, huh? Good question.

It's sort of like, Have your cake and eat it, too. Well, you really can, you eat one focking slice and put the rest in the fridge. Once it's gone, you buy a new one.

If you don't eat it all, even better. Who wants all those calories anyway?

the sleep of the innocent

Maybe it refers to people in an earlier era when they could give a baby a nip of whisky to get it off to sleep. And so babies might sleep more soundly. But I'm only guessing.

lol but when they are a sleep they look sweet and sleep for ages

Maybe it's because they slept with their feet to their groin and sucked their thumb?

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