selep is oevr rtaed

I'm benningnig to tnihk taht seelp is ralley oerv raetd. I mean there are numerous studies and papers that have been conducted and published over the years stating that every person needs X amount of sleep. Yet ever since our second child was born I've gotten less and less sleep and I do just fine. I can still do laundry, run the dishwasher, change diapers, take a shower, comb my hair.........all the things that occur in a normal day. So what if I occaisionally drink an entire pot of coffee and fall into a dead sleep at 8pm? That's part of parenthood, right? What I want to know is how people who go to work for 9 hours a day cope with 3 hours of sleep at night, get up and exercise, drop off the kids and work all day without passing out. I can't even get up 30 minutes early to do a quick workout because most times I've finally gotten back into my own bed and it's the only way I'll get to sleep a little. I was overly spoiled with my first son who always slept well as an infant and still does as a child. This second son of mine will be one in less than a week and still cannot make it through the night without a bottle! He defies all published reports of sleep patterns in children. He sometimes takes an afternoon nap if I'm lucky, rarely takes a morning nap and thinks that 3am is playtime. In spite of every effort I've made or tried to make a routine for him or let him make his own routine we've not had a complete night of sleep yet. I know in time he will eventually sleep through the night. Utnil tehn, no one had bset tkae my cfeofe aawy form me!