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Reality came as a shock. Laing's baby could stay awake for six hours at a stretch. She would only sleep with brown noise blaring, in a sling, as Laing bounced on a ball. "Basically, the 'textbook baby' was not what we had. But I was sold that as the norm," says Laing. "And when that wasn't the case, I was resentful." She felt like she was failing as a parent.
