My wife's friend's baby is 2 months and supposedly sleeping 6 hours straight. Our 2-month-old is still doing 3-hour max stretches. Logically I know every baby is different, but I can't stop wondering if we're doing something wrong or if our kid is "behind." I hate that I'm thinking like this. How do you stop the comparison game?
Your wife's friend's baby might also just be lying or cherry-picking good nights. People talk about their best nights, not the rough ones. Don't torture yourself with that comparison.
The comparison spiral is real and it's awful. My therapist actually suggested I just... mute/unfollow anyone posting about their baby's sleep for a few months? Sounds extreme but honestly helped because I wasn't getting hit with 'my baby slept 8 hours' stories constantly.
Stop comparing. Seriously. We were obsessing over sleep stretches at 2 months and honestly it meant nothing. By month 4 our kid was sleeping 7 hours. By 6 months totally normal sleep. The variance is HUGE and tells you basically nothing about the kid or your parenting.
Is your kid gaining weight normally? Wet diapers? Seems alert and healthy? Then literally nothing is wrong. The 3-hour stretches are developmentally appropriate. You're doing fine.
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3 hour stretches at 2 months is completely normal and healthy actually. Some babies do longer stretches earlier but that doesn't mean anything is wrong with yours. Every baby has their own timeline.