someone remind me that this will end...

flamencogal

We've had a rough few days and I just need some fellow moms to remind me that someday I will sleep again.  DS2 is almost a  month old and we are still feeding every 2 to 3 hours round the clock.  DS1 is almost 3.  I'm exhausted and feel like a zombie!

I know it is temporary and it will end--DS2 will eventually sleep longer than 1 to 2 hours at a time.  It's just hard to remember that in the midst of it.

So, someone please tell me that DS2 will start sleeping longer at some point!

 

mssaint

I'm no expert, but he'll at least start sleeping longer. For the first month of DS's life, we spent every night sitting up all night in our tv room. Now he sleeps from 8 pm - 1 am, 1:30 am - 4 am and then 4:30 am - 6 am. It's not perfect, but it's better.

flamencogal

Thank you!  Yes, at least one longer stretch of sleep would be wonderful!  I told DH that if DS2 doesn't start having a longer stretch of sleep during the night (even 4 hours would be awesome) I'm going to consider having DH give him a bottle for the 12 am/1am feeding so I can catch some zzs.  

 

Hey Jellisy

It will!  Hopefully sooner than later.  At 4 months we are on the same schedule as MsSaint and if we were talking about my first child, she was sleeping 8 hours at a stretch by 8 weeks.  You'll get there.  Promise.

Artslvr

It gets better! You know it does!!  Keep the faith!

(this from a mom of three whose 6 mo. old doesn't STTN yet - now someone please remind me it gets better!)

mommmyz

It does, it does, I promise! I was just rereading some blog entries I wrote when DS was your sons age, and I thought oh my word, I forgot what real exhaustion feels like! He was up every 2 hours for what seemed like forever, but around 2.5 months we finally started seeing some longer stretches!

And Artslvr, here's your reminder: It even gets better from 6 months!  DS didn't STTN until about 8 months with regularity, but he learned! You'll get there...and I'm still hoping any future babies we have will be sleepers like your first two!

SoonToBeMrsDTS

Just remember how fast that first year goes, before you know it he'll be 1! My kids are 2.5 and 4 and the sleeplessness feels like a distant memory at this point. In another month you'll probably be in a better sleeping routine, at least at night, and he may even sleep 6-8 hours some nights. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. 

MHeming

DS started sleeping progressively longer at 6 weeks.  He was sleeping a first stretch of 5-6 hours and now sleeps 10 hours just about every night at 5 months.  We still have a random night where he wakes up once to feed and we went through the awful 4 mo wakeful which was a whole month of waking once a night to eat and almost a whole week of no naps.  He isn't much of a napper, anyway, but when he won't nap at all, he's a friggin bear. 

Hang in there, mama, it'll get better!

mstavish79

The only thing that is keeping me going having a newborn and a toddler is co-sleeping.  DS sleeps sooo much better next to us and rolling over to pop a boob in his mouth is so much easier than getting out of bed.  It's funny how you change your mind set about "things I'll never do as a parent" and then you live the reality and do what you have to do to get through it.