So this sleep deprivation/newborn phase

MapleLeafMama · April 2014

... Reminds me why I'm sooooo freaking done having kids. I love my DD to pieces but holy hell, I forgot how horrificly exhausting this time period is.

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

I was just talking to my husband today about how I'm so ready to be done being pregnant . . . Then wondering wth that was about because the next part is soooooo difficult and exhausting!! I remember feeling like I was never going to really feel rested again after my daughter was born.

MapleLeafMama · April 2014

Rrrrrachel said:

I was just talking to my husband today about how I'm so ready to be done being pregnant . . . Then wondering wth that was about because the next part is soooooo difficult and exhausting!! I remember feeling like I was never going to really feel rested again after my daughter was born.

A friend of mine described the night time as having naps, and not having real sleep. As in "I had two two hour naps last night." Ugh.

lindz324 · April 2014

Oh god this is scary.

I'm 4 days over due and want so badly to not be pregnant.. I better check myself!

beautifulstr13 · April 2014

I feel the same way. How could I have forgotten how exhausting this was?! I'm longing for the long sleeps I had a couple weeks ago.

mooncusp22 · April 2014

A full nights uninterrupted sleep sounds amazing..... I forgot what that feels like.

homediva · April 2014

Agree! I should be catching some sleep now while I can!

heids4787 · April 2014

Last night was rough... I didn't realize my nap from 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm would be the extent of my "true deep sleep" for the next day, LOL. It's hard to stay frustrated, though, when your LO is all cute and cuddly after a 3 am feed. Almost makes you forget about all the screaming that commenced moments before.

Good luck to us all!

amhah09 · April 2014

I have a 3 1/2 year old who doesn't go to sleep until 11-12 at night and almost always still wakes once during the night so DH and I haven't had more than a 4 hour block if sleep in 3 1/2 years anyway. NB sleep is the worst but I feel like we adjust easier with eag baby (this is #3 for us). One day they will be teenagers and we'll be having to wake them up.

misskristina21 · April 2014

It is truly so exhausting. Makes me so glad to be done having kids, or at least newborns. The night "naps" suck so bad. I would give up sweets for a month for a good, solid, uninterrupted night of sleep. I bet I would be a new person.

littlesocks · April 2014

FTM here and definitely had no idea what I was in for. I just broke down and cried to my DH about it.
How long does it take to get through this phase?? I know you'll probably tell me it's different with each baby but I wish someone could just give me an end date so I would know it will eventually stop (or at least get better).

AcaAwkward · April 2014

Amsull324 said:
FTM here and definitely had no idea what I was in for. I just broke down and cried to my DH about it.
How long does it take to get through this phase?? I know you'll probably tell me it's different with each baby but I wish someone could just give me an end date so I would know it will eventually stop (or at least get better).

Definitely differs by baby but 3 mo is generally thought of as kind of a magic time when a lot of crummy newborn things start to abate! Hang in there!

Rrrrrachel · April 2014

It's not like a sudden stop, so its hard to say. It just kind of changes gradually over time. And one day you realize you're not quite so desperately tired. I think three months is a good benchmark, and then you get the four month sleep regression

. One of huge things my mom always told me is that kids and sleep is not a straight line. They don't just get better and better, they get better, then worse, then better again, etc.

nursewinnie · April 2014

I had no clue what I was in for. I thought I did but the concept is much different than reality. Last night I got about 3 hours in one chunk and thought i was in heaven. She just rests so much more peacefully during the day it seems. DH tries to be helpful but he's so new and awkward at baby care, I end up having to help him through it all so I just tell him to get some sleep and I take care of her mostly during the night.

Positive side: it's beyond helpful to have you ladies to commiserate. The anxiety comes in waves and I knew there would be some with all the hormonal changes. Just reading that there are so many other people feeling the same way I do makes me feel so much calmer and supportive.

prettyinpink84 · April 2014

Yes, I agree with around 3 mos. I remember DS didn't STTN till 3.5 mos. STTN to me is going to bed around 10pm waking up around 6am. This time frame gradually got longer till he was going to bed around 6pm and waking up around 6am. I am really looking forward to those days! This is the hardest part, especially if you/LO is having trouble with anything i.e. BF, pumping, colic, etc. makes the nights seem so much longer. This is one of many reasons I take full maternity leave. I can't imagine working 11 hr days with only a 2-3 hr "nap" at night. We can all hang in there and support each other :-)

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