Before children used to need 8 hours.
Shortly after first baby born, needed 8 hours, but only managed variations of 2 to 4 hours.
Sleep deprivation became the norm.
Baby number two arrived, coped much better with the limited sleep.
Sleep pattern ruined. Now delighted with 6 hours, can easily cope with 4. On the upside, this has given me more hours in the day. On the downside I NEED all those hours just to keep up.
Still feel pathological hatred for people whose children sleep 'through the night', whatever that means.
Am nursing a vague unfulfilled hope that someday soon the children will start to sleep later than 5.30 or 6 am ( at least on the weekends) AND sleep through the night.