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worried about the next 36 hours

jalaiaajalaiaa
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Since the boys were born DH has been home with me. I have been EBF, so I'm up every 2-3 hours every night, but he's up with me, helping me, changing me diapers, bringing me babies, rocking the well fed but still crying baby etc. DH is a firefighter and goes back to work tomorrow for a 24 hour shift. I was prepared to deal with the babies for 24 hours on my own, but just realized that I should let him sleep tonight too bc he has to work tomorrow. So instead of just one night "alone" I'll have 2 out of every 3 nights alone. I am so tired already and don't know how I'm going to deal with this added loss of sleep. My mom is coming over tomorrow afternoon to give me a nap, but I'm still feeling so overwhelmed at the thought. sigh. just needed to get that out. 
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Re: worried about the next 36 hours

  • jacobandcrystaljacobandcrystal member

    Oh man, that does sound rough.  Hang in there!

    I don't know how firefighter shifts work... is your hubby able to nap at all if he's not actually out on a call?  If so, it might not be too much to ask for him to help with a feeding during the night.  Going forward, you could even have some pumped milk in bottles so that you could sleep through that feeding/changing.

    All I can say is sleep when those babies sleep! : )  FWIW, in the past week or so our girls (who are 4 weeks today) have started sleeping in slightly longer spurts at night, up to 4 or 4.5 hours.

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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    (((HUGS))) That does sound rough.
    Your H wouldn't need a full 12 hrs of sleep though, right? He could do 8 and let you sleep for 4?
    fraternal twin boys born january 2009
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  • jalaiaajalaiaa

    I was hoping to get to 1 month before giving bottles, but if the next couple of days are really rough, I might have to start a little earlier so that DH can give a night feeding. Right now though, I have to be up anyway for feedings, so I might as well just deal with those and let him sleep. If I do have a baby that I can't get back to sleep I might wake him up to help out a little tonight. I just would hate for him to go to work totally sleep deprived. 

    Thanks for the glimmer of hope with the 4-4.5 hours of sleep coming up soon... hopefully.  

     

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