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"sleep when they sleep"
One more post...I cant believe how many people are telling me to nap or sleep when the babies do. Its so rare that they both are asleep at the same time. And if I actually have a free hour or so, I have so much to do around the house. Thanks for letting me vent...I'm going on about 4 days with an hour sleep!
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Re: "sleep when they sleep"
yeah, i know what you mean. easy for OTHER people to say! let me guess...it's either childless people, or people with singletons who say that, right?
good luck, hang in there, it DOES get easier!
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Isn't that such an adorable thing to say to a new MOM? Ha!
Get all the help you can in the early days. That's my advice.
This "advice" used to drive me crazy. Hello people, there are two babies here. And I'm still a human and I like having clean clothes/dishes to use. My mom told me to prioritize and if me getting sleep meant a load of laundry had to wait then oh well. Sorry mom but your daughter needs to have clean underwear more than a 20 minute nap. Even now my girls are on different napping schedules. Thankfully they sleep/wake at the same times at night but during the day, not so much.
Now that I flew off the handle and added my own vent, it does get easier. I know that is probably something you are tired of hearing too.
um yeah, they obviously don't have twins. There is no such thing with two babies. On the off chance that they are both asleep at the same time, I would use the time to do something like, oh I don't know, TAKE A SHOWER?
You will get through this! Promise it does get better!
Yeah - as pp have said, this annoying advice is given all the time by people who've only had one baby at a time. With twins, sleep is what other people do. IF my boys slept at the same time when they were newborn, I was always - oh I don't know, pumping, washing bottles, eating, showering, washing baby laundry or taking the time to actually go to the bathroom. If I did try to lay down, I could never relax fast enough before one of them woke up, so after a while I gave up and just used the time to catch up on things I'd DVR'd - at least I was laying down and "resting" and it was a little bit of me time.
It does get better - hang in there! FWIW - I still don't get enough sleep and this morning I sadly became the owner of a new Starbucks "Gold Card".
On occasion you should indulge in a little sleep and let the house go a little. I too spent most of my time caring for the house. But going too long without sleep can be dangerous to you and the babies.
If you are getting behind the wheel or holding them to feed (and nodding off) it can be dangerous-an occasional dish and load of laundry will not cause the same potential hazard as a mother who drifts off at the wrong time.
Just a thought...especially if you are driving with them anywhere.