How are you coping w sleep and newborn

Baby2HG

So far I try to sleep when baby sleeps. I had it worse with DD. Now with DS I find he sleeps more than she did. (Knock on wood).

kettlekitten

I am hoping for a DS that sleeps better than DD did Does DD nap during the day still?

Keep us updated on how you go and please pass on any useful tips

ann_jeremiah

Still Preggo with #3 here, but I'm terrified of how I will make sleeping for anyone work.

Baby2HG

kettlekitten said:

I am hoping for a DS that sleeps better than DD did Does DD nap during the day still?

Keep us updated on how you go and please pass on any useful tips

No DD doesnt nap during the day. But she lets me nap which is good.

saraheve23

My second sleeps less than my first did

GirlOnTheBeach

I just sleep when LO sleeps. He's got some day/night confusion so that means some weird sleeping times for me too. Hoping to get him on a more normal schedule!

SassetteSmurfling

I don't even want to say this because I'm afraid I'll jinx it, but my baby sleeps really well at night!

I've been putting her to bed around 11 and she wakes up between 2-3 to eat, goes right back to sleep and then wakes up again between 7-8, and then goes back down until 10 or so. I can't complain.

ashbash1012

My problem is, I haven't had a newborn in 3 and a half years so I'm paranoid over every hard breath and cry lol....he's fine sleeps perfectly, me on the other hand I'm a nervous wreck !lol

amk013

I can't sleep at all. My baby sleeps fine, but I'm so paranoid about SIDS that I constantly wake up to make sure he's breathing.

bpwife&mama

First night home last night, zero sleep. My 3 year-old decided he needed a parent with him as well

malonc2

First night home last night. DS hates the co-sleeper. Hates being on his back away from us really. We got a few hours here and there but I really hope we can get into a schedule. Any suggestions for a FTM?

deviduke412

First two nights almost zero sleep! My husband has been a saint. I don't know how single parents do it. Really, just sleeping when he sleeps is all I can do now. Thankfully, I think he's starting to understand the concept of sleep. He was the most alert newborn I've ever seen the first day and he would eat great, but not want to sleep.

Stephaniemariebuck

First night home with our DS... Number three. He did not sleep at all from about 9pm until 2 am. Then he actually slept pretty good until 8. I'm sadly do used to sleep deprivation it didn't phase me. Neither of my two girls slept very good at first so I just keep reminding myself that it gets better

deviduke412

malonc2 said:

First night home last night. DS hates the co-sleeper. Hates being on his back away from us really. We got a few hours here and there but I really hope we can get into a schedule. Any suggestions for a FTM?

Our first 2 nights at home were this way. He hated to be put down really and wouldn't sleep more than 20 min at a time and be up crying. He was eating great though. He wasn't napping well during the day either. Thankfully, yesterday he took his first good nap at home and has been doing well since then. A schedule will take some time to get the hang of. If you're serious about it, I highly recommend Baby Wise.

CaliforniaDream87

bpwife&mama said:

First night home last night, zero sleep. My 3 year-old decided he needed a parent with him as well

This is what I'm afraid of with my 2 year old!

breezymeema7

I expect that between a newborn and the two toddlers, who now share a room, sleep will happen in 1-2 years.

SashaDenn25

We are still at hospital and DD only sleeps during the day right now...hoping we can get that pattern changed up upon going home.

lethanne

We've been home now for just over a week and so far it seems that he will be a better sleeper than my first! He sleeps in our room and wakes up every few hours to eat and then we both go right back to sleep. Right now I just feed him in bed which is far easier than going to the nursery every night.

joiead

SassetteSmurfling said:

I don't even want to say this because I'm afraid I'll jinx it, but my baby sleeps really well at night!

I've been putting her to bed around 11 and she wakes up between 2-3 to eat, goes right back to sleep and then wakes up again between 7-8, and then goes back down until 10 or so. I can't complain.

This is exactly how my son sleeps right now! I thought I would be more sleep deprived but so far it's not so bad.

thesportsgal

malonc2 said:

First night home last night. DS hates the co-sleeper. Hates being on his back away from us really. We got a few hours here and there but I really hope we can get into a schedule. Any suggestions for a FTM?

Try something at an angle, like a rock n play or something under the co sleeper. My first didn't need it but these two have to be at an angle (I learned the first night as well).

dkizz82

Our first two nights home were rough. I broke down and really shut down. I was depressed and lack of sleep didn't help. My mom came up for days 3-8 of our time home and kept her in her room with her. We quickly learned we needed a rock n play. Now that's she back in our room I feel better because she's sitting up at an angle and I can see her as soon as I roll over. She sleeps pretty good at night most times. I try to sleep when she does but I'm having a hard time sleeping.

acgonzalez22

First few nights home we didn't sleep. Then DS got into a routine and it was awesome. Now with cluster feeding, I am back to limited sleep. He is so worth it though!

malonc2

I agree with pp, of course our babes are so worth it, but trying to get even a little consistent sleep at night is so hard! We are going to try the swing tonight.

usernameneededallaretaken

Our first week home was so peaceful! Napping during the day and only waking two or three times at night to eat. BUT he was jaundiced, so we were lulled into false sleep patterns. He now feels better AND hit his 1-3 wk growth spurt. Yay, wide awake and crying from 10:30-2:30 AM for the past couple nights - and a fresh change in feeding patterns.

gmd88

It's damn hard.that's all I know.

kedbach

What's sleep??! 5 weeks and still having some good nights and some bad nights, with no rhyme or reason!

leighalou91

kedbach said:

What's sleep??! 5 weeks and still having some good nights and some bad nights, with no rhyme or reason!

This exactly!!! I have been up on the couch with my LO all night. Some nights are okay though. Typically she does 2-3 hr stretches at night. She also doesn't always go back down after a feed very quickly.

schup156

When we first got home, I was excited that baby girl was sleeping 2-3 hour stretches at night (my first was up every hour her first week home).  But now that we've been home over 3 weeks, I feel like we could be doing better than that.  I'd love at least one 4 stretch!  I don't feel like there's any sort of pattern/schedule to her eating/sleeping and I can't remember how old my toddler was before that.  Funny how much you forget in 3 years!  It seems like she'll sleep really well if I'm holding her....but I don't want to co-sleep or establish a habit of having her sleep with me.  But of course I've caved a few times out of desperation for sleep!  Thank goodness my toddler has been awesome and sleeping great and understanding that mommy is tired during the day.

JNOVA2015

deviduke412 said:

malonc2 said:

First night home last night. DS hates the co-sleeper. Hates being on his back away from us really. We got a few hours here and there but I really hope we can get into a schedule. Any suggestions for a FTM?

Our first 2 nights at home were this way. He hated to be put down really and wouldn't sleep more than 20 min at a time and be up crying. He was eating great though. He wasn't napping well during the day either. Thankfully, yesterday he took his first good nap at home and has been doing well since then. A schedule will take some time to get the hang of. If you're serious about it, I highly recommend Baby Wise.

Our first two nights were like this, but nights 3 and 4 were much better! He takes a big nap in the middle of the late afternoon, then is pretty alert from 6-8. Then he'll sleep in 30-60 minute chunks until about midnight, then 2-3 hour chunks until 7 am. It's much better than the nights where he refused to sleep without being held!!

cosplaymom

I have been sleeping 7 hours during the night. She wakes up 3-4 times to feed but unless she needs changing I put her right back to sleep in the RnP and don't even get out of bed.

sjra1028

Coffee is my best friend! By 7 am, my daughter is WIDE awake for a few hours. She gets up every 2 hours during the night like clockwork, but goes right back to sleep after her bottle. Last night I was so exhausted that I just sat on the floor leaned up against her crib while I fed her. She's 6 weeks old.

irohspupil

We have had good nights and bad nights. She tends to be fussy and wants to nurse constantly in the evenings for a three to four hour stretch before she'll settle down. She will typically sleep for two 3.5 hour segments (sometimes a 5 hour segment!) after 1am. If she didn't go through a feeding frenzy before falling into these longer sleeps, then I'll wake her at 3.5 hours to make sure she gets enough to eat. And to put on a fresh diaper .

Last night, she slept from 8-12, 1-3, and then 3-8:30. Tons of sleep for me last night which gave me enough energy to sweep our cat hair-covered floors this morning.

Some nights, I'm up until 3:30a just switching her from left breast to right breast since 10p or earlier. During those nights, I try my best to squeeze in naps when she sleeps during the day.

ETA spelling fixes. Sure I missed some. We are all a bit sleep deprived;)

runwee

DS is doing pretty well at night. Only waking 3 maybe 4 times. Usually 3 hours apart sometimes 2. I wish though that I could nap during the day when he does, but having an 8 year old with autism and ADHD and a 2 year old....yeah...plus my brother and his family came to town and they have been over during the day...

KateDerek

Mine gives me 3-4 hour stretches at night which is nice. She clustered all last week but the last two nights has stopped it mostly. My older guy was sick when we came home from the hospital and now me and my four year old have it so that is making our second week home a bit challenging. But the baby is starting to have more alert and sleep times in bigger chunks so that helps. I am secretly counting down til school in three weeks though, where I can nap when she does since the older two will be in school.

Chryssa-72603

Mine is 3 weeks old today. We haven't gotten much sleep. He has been waking up almost every hour throughout the night and never goes more than 2 1/2 hours. He naps throughout the day, but I don't let him sleep more than a couple hours in hopes that at some point he'll sleep for a longer stretch at night! Luckily, my almost 5 year-old has been awesome. He entertains himself and understands that I need to rest during the day.

Chryssa-72603

Mine is 3 weeks old today. We haven't gotten much sleep. He has been waking up almost every hour throughout the night and never goes more than 2 1/2 hours. He naps throughout the day, but I don't let him sleep more than a couple hours in hopes that at some point he'll sleep for a longer stretch at night! Luckily, my almost 5 year-old has been awesome. He entertains himself and understands that I need to rest during the day.