Sleep when baby sleeps???

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What is this?!?  I already suffer from severe insomnia, and nights are killer. My almost 2 week old goes for about 3 hours between feedings ( bottle formula) and night but it takes me so long to fall back asleep! I feel like I’m getting only 4 hrs a night - and no way I can nap during the day it’s impossible for me ! Anyone else going through this? Any tips? I’m going crazy !

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Yeah I never could sleep when my daughter naps during the day. I was always getting stuff done. I just powered through and stuck with our routine. Same routine since coming home from the hospital. She’s 10 months and sleeps 12 hrs through the night in her crib in her room. I just reminded myself a lot that they are only this little for so long. And just when you get used to their sleep cycles they go through a regression or start testing etc.. they like to keep us on our toes. You’re doing great - hang in there nana 💕

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On occasion I will still sleep when baby sleeps 🙊 he’s 20 months and some days when he goes for his nap I go for one too. On a good day I can eat, shower and sleep 🙌🏻🤣

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Yeah, I feel you. I lived on 4hrs of sleep per night for the first few months... so ridiculously jealous of mom's with good 'sleepers'.
 It's brutal but you do what you have to do.  Eventually, you'll sleep again although the trauma and effects of sleep deprivation took me two years to get over. 😭

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I went through it too. Now my baby is 4 months old almost. It gets better, trust me 🙏🏻

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This is exactly how it was for me. I had to have my MIL come over during the day so I could nap a little bit. It was usually only An hour or so bc I had to feed the baby again (breastfeeding and he wouldn’t take a bottle). By four months I was regularly having nights of 2-3 hours of sleep. I saw my doctor and she prescribed trazodone. I took half a pill and that was mild enough that I could wake up and feed but strong enough to get me back to sleep. I felt comfortable taking a sleep aid bc my husband is always here when I take it. 
That’s what helped me survive. I hope you find something that gets you more rest. Don’t wait to talk to your doctor if it really is serious.

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Yes! I had insomnia when my 2nd was a baby. I could not fall back asleep at night after I got her back to sleep. By the time I'd finally drift off to sleep she would be hungry again wanting another bottle. I talked to my dr about it and he told me the postpartum hormones can cause insomnia and it'll eventually go away. He told me to try melatonin. I did for a few nights but it caused me to have such horrible nightmares that I stopped. 
Then I started taking magnesium. I drank a magnesium supplement called Calm right before bed. It's a powder and I'd mix it in warm water. It really helped a lot. And after a few months I was able to sleep without it again. One side effect of magnesium is chest pain. I started to get it so I cut back on the drink. Just something to watch for.

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This happened to me when my son was younger no tips 😳🥺😭

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I used to not be able to nap at all. When my son hit a little over three weeks I was so exhausted that I ended up sleeping with him from then on