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10:08 UK time, Thursday, 13 September 2007

Only 23% of fathers wake up when their baby cries, according to a survey by Mother & Baby magazine. The same survey found, 55% of dads “hardly ever or never” got up during the night to tend to their new baby, and enjoyed an average seven hours sleep a night in the first four months - against three-and-a-half hours for mums.

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