00:00Ah, to sleep like a baby.
00:02A phrase that conjures up images of peaceful, uninterrupted slumber and tiny yawns.
00:07Have you ever met a baby?
00:10If you've ever spent time with an actual baby,
00:12you know that their sleep schedule is less perfect angel
00:15and more tiny, screaming, nocturnal raccoon with zero respect for REM cycle.
00:21But where did this phrase even come from?
00:23Well, the earliest uses popped up in the 19th and early 20th centuries,
00:27usually to describe a deep, undisturbed sleep.
00:31You know, like a baby.
00:32A theory clearly written by someone who didn't have kids,
00:35it became popular in ads, in casual conversation,
00:38mattress commercials seem particularly fond of the phrase.
00:42Now granted, little babies sleep like 15 hours a day.
00:44Unfortunately, they seem to do it in 30-minute increments.
00:48Just long enough for you to sit down with a hot cup of coffee,
00:51only to immediately wake up to ruin it.
00:54Always wondered.
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