Bäärig!Jul 10
Natasha Jay

Why do we say 'slept like a baby'? Babies wake up every two hours crying.

I want to sleep like my cat. 14 hours, no responsibilities, zero regrets.

Jul 10 at 4:29amWeb
Show thread@iveylineJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Our cat is the same. A blissful life!
Show threadJoerg KnoerchenJul 10
@Natasha_Jay so true!
Show threadT. J. BombadilJul 10
@Natasha_Jay People who say “slept like a baby” have never had a baby.
Show threadNatasha JayJul 10
@c_dan4th
Totally!
Show thread🎮 Nerdherz 🧶Jul 10

@c_dan4th When someone says "slept like a baby" I always think of the typical baby sleeping position: on the back with the little fists to the right and left of the head and then imagine that person in that position 🤭

@Natasha_Jay

Show threadDave MuthJul 10
@c_dan4th @Natasha_Jay Slept like a baby, while both parents are awake. No airports, churches, etc., etc.
Show threadSuzanne Aldrich (she/her)Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay I love this so much! Adding to my inspirational quotes collection.
Show threadJ_PeregrineJul 10
@suzannealdrich
I especially love it when kittens look like they have partied hard before they fell asleep.
Show threadBeataJul 10
@Natasha_Jay I slept like a baby: woke up every two hours crying and shat myself.
Show threadnigeljohnwadeJul 10
@jalwelagi @Natasha_Jay Beat me to it
Show threadEduardo PinhoJul 10
@Natasha_Jay The cat is the real "baby" here.
Show threadFiJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Oh to be a cat!
Show thread√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ 🍜🦄Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay “It’ll be like taking candy from a cat!” would be shamefully easy, because cats don’t have sweet receptors on their highly-textured tongues, so they wouldn’t give a dried turd whether you took their candy… unless they were sleeping curled around it for some reason.
Show threadzaunkoenigJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Tigers sleep even up to 20 hours a day! I slept like a tiger sounds good.
Show threadselje 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇮🇪Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay
Ahem as a representative of the Feline Cathood I take great umbrage in tha… 🐈 💤
Show threadBenjamin BraatzJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Koalas! Up to 20 hours a day. And not doing much in the rest of the time, either. And no large brain to worry about the world.
Show threadCraig StewartJul 10
@HeptaSean @Natasha_Jay that reminds me of a BAHfest talk on mammal sleep patterns https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUw3s4evhTE
BAHFest West 2014 - Sarah Hird: Why do Mammals Sleep?

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Show threadzombiecideJul 10
@Natasha_Jay but like a hour here, get up, chatter at birds, an hour there, get up, check the markings etc
I'd rather sleep like a log, ie no moving and others can't tell if you're asleep or dead
Show thread花村日向Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay そんな眠り、今夜こそ欲しい…💤
Show threadthe coolest of beansJul 10
@Natasha_Jay slept like a baby (terribly)
Show threadSuzanne ‘bionic’ VeermanJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Funny thing, in Dutch we say "slept like an ox", and I have no idea how good oxen are at sleeping.
Show threadElin KorneliussenJul 10
@smveerman @Natasha_Jay In Norwegian the expression is "slept like a rock", but as far as I know rocks don't sleep at all 😄
Show threadSteve Ashmole-DayJul 11
@elinkorn @smveerman @Natasha_Jay ‘Sleep like a rock’ is common in English too. Or ‘log’.
Show threadIrinaJul 10
@smveerman @Natasha_Jay Or "slept like a rose" and ditto.
Show threadT.F.G.Jul 10

@Natasha_Jay

yeah.. so I sleep like a baby most of my nights

Show threadÖzgür KesimJul 10
@Natasha_Jay
The difference is: innocence.
Show threadSpace HoboJul 10
@Natasha_Jay Reporters asked Sen. John McCain how he was feeling after losing the election to Barack Obama in 2008. He said "Oh I sleep like a baby: a few hours, then I wake up and cry, then a couple more minutes and more crying..."
Show threadSome Kind Of GarfJul 10
@Natasha_Jay People who equate sleeping like a baby with sleeping well had one of those miracle babies I've only heard of from friends and relatives that very quickly moved to a sleep schedule that perfectly fit it's parents. I'm sorry, Madelene, I am very glad for you to be sleeping well because your baby somehow does 7 hours actually at night, I just nodded off because I've been awake 45 of the last 48 hours.
Show threadArnim Sommer 🇪🇺Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay
🎶Ev'rybody wants to be a cat🎵
Show threadMichael BJul 10
@Natasha_Jay It's old men who sleep like a baby. They wake up every two hours needing to pee. Fortunately, most of them do not cry.
Show threadMx VerdaJul 10
@MichaelB I feel sad if they don't cry when they want or need to. They're still human @Natasha_Jay
Show threadCyclesSmilesJul 10
@Natasha_Jay quite!
#SleepLikeACat
Show threadMx VerdaJul 10
@Natasha_Jay crepuscular? But yeah, they more nap and reset afaik
Show threadVictoria JoyeJul 10
@Natasha_Jay tbf, I slept like a rock as a baby. My mother thought something was wrong with me. Lol I've loved sleep since day 1 ✌️
Show threadStuart Longland (VK4MSL)Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay I slept like a log once, woke up with my head in a fireplace.
Show threadBig D, SuperstarJul 10
@Natasha_Jay maybe that is why my grandpa use to say he is going to take a snap < a short nap
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay maybe sleep like a child? My 4-year-old sleeps so deeply (for 12 hours) that even the loudest noises - I.e. explosive thunderstorms - do not wake her up
Show threadDrYakJul 11
@_elena similarly lucky with our 2yo.: once asleep, she could probably sleep through a nuclear war.
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Jul 12
@dryak 😂❤️
Show threadMiloshJul 10
@Natasha_Jay I'm french and I sleep like a dormouse (*dormir comme un loir*). As their name suggest, dormice sleep (hibernate) for six months. Better than cats who get up regularly to ask for food.
Show threadEnrique Comba Riepenhausen🇺🇦Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay or better yet, like an adult male lion! 20 hours of blissful sleep a day!
Show threadPlan A to YJul 10
@Natasha_Jay
"Oh I slept like a baby"
"Waking up every two hours screaming?"
"Internally, yeah."
Show thread.Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay It is kinda dumb. Tell any panda-eyed new Mom you've slept like a baby and she'll probably throw something at you.

My family have used 'Slept like a log' all our lives.
Show threadDaarinJul 10
@Uraael @Natasha_Jay
Stone was our object of choice around here.
Show thread.Jul 10
@daarin @Natasha_Jay Eminently sensible. 🙂
Show threadMarco Dalla StellaJul 10
@Natasha_Jay same thing goes for "god forsaken land"... I want a land forsaken by humans!
Show threadSufferForMe 🆘Jul 10

@Natasha_Jay

I have to confess, I'm not really sure I understand the desire for prolonged sleep. I get maybe 70-80 years of life if I'm lucky... Let's take 75 as a midpoint - if sleep 8 hours a day, I'm only experiencing 50 years of my life. If I sleep 16 hours a day I'm only experiencing 25 years of that life.

Now, if someone is living an unhappy life, i can maybe see the appeal, but it's not a solution.

Show threadNumber1SummerJamJul 10
@Natasha_Jay https://youtube.com/watch?v=rRcx5jGG9WY
I Do Not Sleep Like A Baby. (3:24am)

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Show threadxinit ☕Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay Perhaps that exactly what some of us mean. Crying, screaming. yelling at demons unseen?
Show threadEggs now in different baskets.Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay ...and furballs...
Show threadschrotthaufenJul 10
@Natasha_Jay @AnarchoNinaWrites In Germany we say “I slept like a stone”, and I think it’s beautiful.
Show threadi eat beees Jul 10
@schrotthaufen i mean in english we have "slept like a log" which is similarly endearing
Show threaddram🎀Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay i was crying like a cat though
Show threadgkrnoursJul 10

@Natasha_Jay I've been told as a baby I would sleep 16 hours straight if left alone. My mom took my pulse every know and then, would wake me up for feeding then I would fall back asleep.

I guess baby have no middle ground when it come to sleep

Show threadMartin Vuillème (he/him)Jul 10
@Natasha_Jay Currently sleeping like my cats, but if they could wake up later than 5am and not mostly midafternoon, that'd be neat! (unless that means I'm allowed an afternoon nap...)
Show threadJenny FxJul 10
@Natasha_Jay or teens, who sleep a hell of a lot more than they did when they were babies!