Trouble napping. Ugh.

heids4787 · April 2014

My LO sleeps for approx. 4 hours throughout the whole night (1.5-2 hour stretches). By the time she's sleeping throughout the day, I feel wide awake and not able to nap. If I'm lucky, I'll catch some z's between 2-3:30ish, but that's about it.

Anyone else struggling to "nap when the baby naps?" I realize naps will be nearly impossible in the future with a toddler and baby, so I'm trying to maximize this "gift" now as a FTM. I feel like such a zombie by 9 pm when she's awake for feeding :-)

Dianakdee · April 2014

I'm in the exact same boat as you!

lcr23 · April 2014

Same here! DH goes back to work monday and I'm not sure what I'm gonna do!

Edit: spelling

AcaAwkward · April 2014

Try just laying down and reading. Sometimes you just need to shut your mind off and being up and around doing chores, etc won't help you get any rest. Even if you don't end up falling asleep, you'll give your body more rest than you would doing other things.