april 08 mum's~ sleep deprivation ~ how are you coping?

[HugsAndKisses]

I have to say im feeling so so tired:sleeping::sleeping:
I dont think my body is coping well with the lack of sleep at all:no:...
every day ive been feeling ver moody and emotional :crying:and i know its cause im tired...when im driving i feel a bit scared cause i know im not as alert...i only drive if i have to for appointments ect..

when i had justin i used to have day naps but now i have the two its very very rare to get one....

so anyway how are you all doing??

[Eloise&Charlie'sMum]

Hey there Shan...firstly ((((((HUGS))))) for you...

I am coping suprisingly well with minimal sleep...I think cause I know I have to be alert cause DH isnt here I am sleeping less and lighter anyway so Charlie isnt really causing the deprivation IYKWIM.

BUT on the flip side I know when he does get home I will be more relaxed so hopefully sleeping better and by then fingers cross Charlie might even be starting to sleep through the night.

I have also been pretty lucky cause Eloise and Charlie have been going down for their arvo sleep at the same time too, I try not to have a nanna nap but just chill out on the computer or just have quiet me time, if i do nap I tend to wake up more tired than i started out to be :o.

My emotions are still a massive roller coaster ride though, and I know lack of sleep deffinately plays a part there cause as the day wears on i find i am less tolerable of some of eloise's behaviour.

Hang in there honey newborn phase is the hardest with the lack of routine and feeding and sleeping when and where they like, once that 6-8 week mark comes just remember things start to plan out more evenly xoxoxoxo

[QTB]

:hugs: Shannon - its tough ahy!

im not doing to badly luckily, Harlans been a great night sleeper since day 1. he cluster feeds from about 4pm-10.30pm then sleeps thru til about 2.30am, has a quick snack then back to sleep til 6am ish, another quick snack, then sleeps til 8-9am - so i get to sleep from 10.30-6amish, with only a couple of short wake ups.. 6am i get up and shower/clean etc before brayds wakes at 7am...

its definatly harder trying to catch zzzz's with 2 than it was with 1! but i was sooo much more tired last time, brayden was feeding 24/7 (yes literally!) so the only time i could sleep was when he learnt to latch himself on (co-sleeping) at about week 4!

in saying all that though i just woke up from a 3hr sleep :laughing: the first day sleep iv had since having him, but its (the tiredness) starting to catch up!

[workin'mumof2]

:no: im not coping. im on ion tablets now seeing if that helps energy wise. need to vac and mop. but not sure when thats going to happen coz dh is in a bad mood. i know why and hes being a selfish ***:crying:

[cheezelkat]

add me to the not coping list :crying:

[meggs]

Hey Shannon and Girls!

I know what you mean about sleep dep..I cant seem to sleep during the day at all so come night Im ready to crash...luckily there are nights where Em will sleep solidly for hours and others where I have to constantly resettle her cause she isnt quite awake but fussing like last night!!! My way of coping is coffee! I usually have one in the morning and seems to give me energy..prob not good for feeding but helps me:)

Shannon is there a way you can time a daytime sleep so that Justin and Kaitlyn are both asleep? Im reading a book called Save Our Sleep by Tizzie Hall that explains how to do it....

Sending you a :hugs: and hope the feeding is going better...have you seen the LC yet? was that today?

[HugsAndKisses]

glad im not alone...but im also glad alot of you are doing ok with the lack of sleep...

ive had two rough nights now where kaitlyn is awake for 3hours on and off wanting to fedd...this usually starts at 1am:hair: anyway im hoping it may just be a phase or perhaps she has a cold like me and DH..not sure really...

anyway luckily i just had a little rest on the lounge cause both went to sleep...still really tired though!

Meggs~ I went to see her today but she was at another clinic giving a seminar the lady's got the day wrong:confused: but its ok i have an appt with her for tomorrow...and the Middie seemed sure i would benifit from seeing her so thats good, she helped another lady in my same sittuation so theres hope yet:yes:

[HugsAndKisses]

:no: im not coping. im on ion tablets now seeing if that helps energy wise. need to vac and mop. but not sure when thats going to happen coz dh is in a bad mood. i know why and hes being a selfish ***:crying:

oh big :hugs:

rosie hun dont let the cleaning worry you...only do what you can when you can...honestly i know how you feel though i still do my cleaning but if im really tired i just leave it...have to admit though i am lucky as DH will help with wat i ask him to do...i hope your DH helps out more soon:hugs:

[LilMrsC]

Can I add myself to the list please.

I shouldnt really whinge...I only have 1 little baby to care for but last night Charlotte slept for 2 hours...that is it. Today I am a walking zombie.

Rosie :hugs:to you. I am on iron tablets as well (have been for 8 weeks now). Coz I lost so much blood when Charli was born my iron levels are at an all time low. I'm sorry your DH is in a bad mood.

I'll join the club of not being able to sleep during the day as well. Also my house looks like a bomb has hit it and that stresses me out.

Massive :hugs:to all us April mummies struggling with the lack of sleep. :fingerscrossed: it gets better for all of us really soon.

[bissym]

Until last week I would have added myself to that not coping list too. Last Wed night (early morning) DH found me sitting on the floor of the nursery with ear muffs on to take the edge off DD's crying (they're a great tool BTW) crying as much as DD because she wouldn't go back to sleep. She'd been crying on and off for days and I was at breaking point again (happened at 3 weeks too). This time DF made me take her to the GP and told me I had to open up to the GP about how I was feeling...really down on myself and all that.
She said the 3week "colic" and 6 week "colic" was completely normal and it would most likely happen again at 3 months. I had written down a list of things to ask about so I didn't forget and had at the bottom 'depressed???' I couldn't bring myself to say it as I already felt stupid and useless that I couldn't do it 'right' so I just pointed at it and the tears started. We had a good talk about it and how important it was for me to sleep more and remember to eat even if I didn't feel hungry.
Anyway we bought some of the Brauer's Colic Relief from the chemist...and OMG! DD is a different baby, she sleeps well now, i try not to let her have big sleeps through the day and so the 2 nights before Mother's Day and last night she slept through from 11pm til 5am. She's smiling more and more each day...and so am I!

If you're struggling but keep thinking 'no, i can get through another day' go and talk to a GP (I found a female one easier to open up to with this), just talking to her relieved so much distress...I didn't want anyone close to me (except DF) knowing how much I was struggling inside. MIL came over yesterday and when I was upstairs she told DF how much happier I looked.

:hugs:
Stay strong everyone. I wish I found this thread when I was down; I got the chance to jump on here but all I could find was new mums saying how happy they were and how wonderful their babies were, hardly crying at all and sleeping all the time.

[Love is all you need]

Firstly :hugs: to everyone who isn't coping I am borderlining it each day, some days I am great, other days I am feeling like right royal cr@p and want to roll up into a ball!!!!

Bissy M - 6 week Colic??? I didn't know that it came in stages interesting....especially considering the past week my DD has been really unsettled....but yes the Brauers Colic relief was a savour for a us a while back.....

Megs - I can't sleep during the day either, my body just doesn't seem to cope well if I sleep during the day.....

Anyway as I said I am borderline coping atm, Evie has gone from a fantastic sleeper to a little devil atm so I am just hoping it's 6 week Colic stage and she'll go back.....mummy can't take much more.....

[RedPanda]

Horribly at the moment! He's waking for feeds every few hours at night, and sleeping five hour stretches during the day. I'm going to have to somehow teach him to switch his day and night.

[cheezelkat]

Millie has improved - as long as she is in our bed she wakes for a feed and falls straight back to sleep.

(And shes been asleep since 11am this morning, waking once for a feed).

:angel: