Baby blues

VPGIRL06 · March 2013

Really do suck! I've had a really hard time with sleeping since my 8 day old was born, starting with my 26 hour labor the day before! I think the most sleep I've gotten is a 3 hour stretch...the rest have been 12 hours at the most. I've asked my husband to watch her from like 811 so I can sleep but be kept trying to bring her to the bassinet in the room, which she would wake up in and crywaking me up and then I'm back to only getting 1 hr bursts of sleep.

Yesterday I hit a breaking point and was crying all day, and really afraid I was hitting a breaking point. I was shaking, couldn't eat and wasn't even Enjoying my sweet little girl. I told my husband I understand he has work but I really needed him to take a "shift" of 4.5 hours so I could get a 4 hr chunk of sleep.

So last night I went to bee at 7:30 and woke up at 12he was asleep in her room, so we switched and I slept in there until her next feeding 3. She fell asleep at 4 with some soothing and I got another couple hours rest...and I feel amazing!!! 100x better.

My only worry is that my husband will get upset because he really likes his sleep...I have him a short shift so he could basically sleep from 116, giving him 7 hours, but who knows. He made a comment yesterday that he needed night time sleeping since he had to work but he doesn't understand that she only really naps for 11.5 hours at the most throughout the day. Plus I do need at least one period of 4 hours to really get that good REM sleep so I'm not such a zombie and I can heal my body. After 26 hours I ended up with a C section anyways.

Anyone else doing "shifts" and how is that working?

Mrs MoJoRisin · March 2013

With my son and now with DD I never asked DH to take a shift at night. I did eveything 100 percent. It's not that he didn't offer, I just feel like he should sleep since I am home on leave. That doesn't work for everyone though!

MonsterBean3815 · March 2013

Mrs MoJoRisin:
With my son and now with DD I never asked DH to take a shift at night. I did eveything 100 percent. It's not th

epona3 · March 2013

I had PPA pretty bad with DD, and one of the first things we did that really helped was having DH take an overnight "shift" like you are doing. I would feed DD around 9, and then go to bed. DH would feed her around midnight (he also stays up later than

GeekyGirl79 · March 2013

Haven't had our little one yet, but I am bipolar and very worried about PPD. We have already worked out a shift schedule to try and maintain some sort of sleep schedule for me (we're not looking for long stretches of luxurious sleep, just enough

VPGIRL06 · March 2013

I originally wanted to be the one who did everything but it just wasn't working. And he's really only taking over one "late" feedingthe 10:0010;30 one. Then she and he both crash, and then I wake up for all the rest. So he's getting usually an uninterrupt

mnj05 · March 2013

Right now we both do something each time LO wakes up. DH changes his diaper and I feed him, that way DH's job is 2 minutes and mine is the long one. He still gets his sleep so he's not too tired at work, but I'm not doing everything at night. DH works

benmel31 · March 2013

I also do not ask DH to do anything at night. Since he needs to be focused at work, I want him to get as much sleep as he can.

I do expect/ask for some help when DH gets home from work. One, I want DH to have some quality time

BikiniMom · March 2013

I have not had my LO yet, but my husband works out of town. When he is away I will be doing it all alone. I'm a little scared for that. But his shift is one week at work and one week at home. So when he's off work it's all day and night. We both think thi

abbigaild · March 2013

I got the baby blues really bad with my DD. My husband yes worked during the day, but understood that I really wasn't getting rest day/night so he would allow me a few hours of alone time during the evenings so I could take a bath or sleep.

Mrs.Paws · March 2013

You sound very much like me after our first was born. Mine went into full colic at about two weeks and screamed ALL OF THE TIME for about four months. We had to do shifts.

DH would take DD around 7, do one feeding and then I wo

ninambutler · March 2013

I know how you feel. I'm a single mom so I don't have the option of shifts. My baby has tummy troubles and is up and crying all the time like a colicky baby. When I really feel like I'm going to lose it I ask my mom to help. During the day my mom will hol

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