How did you cope with no sleep with newborn??

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FTM, having trouble coping with exhaustion from only getting 2 hours or less at a time. Any tips to help?

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Is baby walking up every 2hrs or less? If so that’s completely normal hun and your will slowly get used to having broken sleep. The best thing is to nap when baby sleep through the day. And if your really struggling if you have support around you make the most of it and ask someone to come to your house to watch baby while you take nap. 😊

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Sleep when baby sleeps... I know everyone always says it but it’s true. The first 2 months while I was on maternity leave I slept alarmist every time my daughter was asleep. Obviously if you have other kids that can’t always work but your newborn will basically sleep 15-18 hours a day. Take advantage of the naps

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It’s a combination of 1) slowly getting used to it, 2) sleeping when baby sleeps (I slept with baby from 10pm to 12pm to catch up on Z’s), and 3) they will eventually start to do longer stretches. My son started sleeping a 4 hour stretch at 1 month. But the first two weeks are SO HARD and I remember feeling like I couldn’t cope. But you WILL get through it!

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Have someone else do a feeding for you so you can nap longer. I pump a bottle for my husband to do a middle of the night feed so I can sleep. And yes, nap when they nap. Even if it’s only 30min.

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It will get better! Totally understand how exhausted you are. My daughter is almost 8 weeks and is now starting 3-4 hour stretches. Take naps, use your partner if you’re able and don’t think you gave to do it all! This part is temporary!

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When you’re up doing your feeds in the middle of the night, have a snack with protein. A handful of trail mix while nursing gives me a little boost and helps ease some of the exhaustion through the day. 
My LO is 4 weeks today. We just recently got a 3 hour stretch - it was nice! 😂 He’s my second so I know that this is temporary. ♥️

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You should check out takingcarababies! I bought her newborn class and it helped so much! 🙌🏻

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2 hours of sleep sounds horrible :(

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Luckily never had this issue. I’ve been sleeping since day 2. The first day was hard but we have slept good. May be try a schedule? Or routine?

How did you cope with no sleep with newborn??

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