First night without Brett

Jen748

Today is Brett's first day and night back at work...my dad took a Grandpa vacation day and spent the day with us...but tonight it is all me...I am a bit nervous!! Since we switched her to soy formula, the nights are so much better but I am a big scardy cat at home alone (locking the bedroom door scardy cat) so I am nervous for both reasons! No more locking the bedroom door b/c she is in the nursery and I am taking care of her all alone!!

I am sure I will be fine but just needed to vent here before the night really begins!!

bmf8140

Good luck!! I'm a huuuuge weenie about staying alone. While Brian was training for his new job, he was out of town a lot and I never once stayed alone. I either stayed at my mom's or she or my sister stayed with me. I'm lame!

shakespearenluv

I'm a wussy about staying home alone.  I get that from my mom.  It really sucked when DH worked nights for a year.  I hated that!

I'm sure you'll do fine, Jennie.  You're a wonderful mom already and you'll probably be so tired and busy that you won't have time to be scared

Jen748

Ok...so I made it...alive and all! It was a rough night from a baby perspective...she was up and down with gas until 2:30...then up at 4ish wet and hungry and then up at 6 with gas. Luckily she went right back to bed after that and slept until 8. Brett got home around 9 and let me sleep for an hour and a half...which helped a lot!!!

I did get a little freaked out at one point, and I left way more lights on than necessary but I did ok...I am so not looking forward to doing this every 3rd night! 

rach1015

It gets easier----I promise!!! ?I noticed it got easier for me once she was STTN and I wasn't having to get up throughout the middle of the night (when it's always the creepiest for us scaredy cats). ?I used to be a super paranoid scaredy cat when staying home alone, but after having DD and having to stay home alone with her for 1-2 weeks at a time every few months when Nick would travel for work I just got used to it. ?You will too. ?I do still go to sleep with the t.v. sleep timer set for 3 hours so I'm sure to be in a deep sleep before it goes off so I don't get startled by any bumps in the night. ?That will probably never change because my problem is over-thinking each and every noise. ?If the t.v. is on, I can't hear the tiniest of noises. (c: