2006-08-20 06:42:13 · 13 answers · asked by blackolivesrule 4 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
my hubby and i were used to going to bed late and getting up late before the baby. it was really hard getting adjusted. not so much to the different hours, but the lack of sleep. getting up every three hours to feed isn't fun, but you get used to it.
2006-08-20 06:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At first, no...not really. I was so tired for the first 6 months or so I wanted to cry. The trick is to nap when the baby naps. That will help with the sleep you lost the night before.
Eventually you get used to it. Now with two kids (2 1/2 years and 13 months old) I get up early out of habit. Usually before they wake up. I think probably because it's the only quiet time I really have during the day, and I can enjoy my coffee, fart around online, etc. without someone constantly calling out for me. :D
2006-08-20 15:55:39 · answer #2 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first month was really tough - I wasnt used to all the sleep deprivation and the baby wasnt sleeping well also, which made it worse. By the second month, the baby was waking up less at night and I was adjusting to going to bed earlier and getting up in the night and early in the morning...now, if she has a rough night, it bothers me, but otherwise I'm fine...just a bit tired.
2006-08-20 17:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by dixiechic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, I am six weeks into my daughter and I am tired! But I am fairly used to it. I try to nap once a day, but I tend to like to nap for 3 hours at a time!
I had my baby with us in bed for the first few weeks but didn't want to co-sleep. I have nothing against it, I just didn't want to deal with worrying about her and deal with "weaning" her from our bed in the future. But it did help the first few weeks. Try to have a comfortable place to sit and feed in the night so you can doze a little while feeding and go straight back to bed afterwards. It takes some adjusting but most people know what you're going through and forgive your brain lapses from lack of sleep!! I actually enjoy having a natural alarm clock too. I can't hit snooze and go back to sleep so at 8 am I can get up and stay up and get my day going.
2006-08-20 22:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Lady V 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting up at night and having to feed and change the baby only lasted about 6 weeks for us. She started sleeping through the night, then became ill and needed breathing treatments a couple of times a night. So she slept through, but we had to get up!
Getting up early? We get up around 5.30am on school days anyway (my husband is a teacher with a wicked commute). Last year the baby would usually sleep until just after DH left for work, so I was up anyway. Now that it's summer time we all sleep a little late.
When school starts this year, we're going to try to wake her up when we get up. We're thinking that it may be easier on all of us if she's accustomed to getting up early so that when she starts school, she'll be easier to wake.
2006-08-20 13:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by gonefornow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hated getting up at night with my first and I STILL hate it with the second! Alot of people say they like that quiet time to bond with baby. I found I could bond better after we've all had our needed sleep LOL ! You will adjust. Some days are better than others depending on the entire family schedule.
2006-08-20 13:53:09 · answer #6 · answered by JiminyCricket 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i was always getting up at night to use the can anyways, but you don't use the can for an hour! you feed a baby for an hour every time they get up. but after the initial adjustment i was fine. i actually enjoyed getting up with my baby, all quiet and dark and relaxing. time for just me and him. but my ex could never get up once he fell asleep so i was on my own. but now that my little guy sleeps through the night i'm kinda sad, but i have a terrible time getting up in the morning even with 8 straight hours of sleep. i dopn't know what is wrong with me.
2006-08-20 14:29:14 · answer #7 · answered by 1 Hott Mami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a late sleeper while I was pregnant. So when the baby was born, I guess he was used to me being awake, so he was too. The hard thing was like going to church and staying awake in the morning.
2006-08-20 13:52:32 · answer #8 · answered by young_buck_gurl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i did adjust well to having a baby. the first couple of days were hard when i brought the baby home from the hospital but after that was just fine
2006-08-20 13:51:58 · answer #9 · answered by summer_kids_3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep as a matter of fact, the baby ended up sleeping like I did after like a month old... and we would always go back to bed together after she woke for her morning feeding and so she just kind of caught on to my schedule too..
2006-08-20 18:01:40 · answer #10 · answered by nknicolek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋