I'm barely surviving,currently 5 weeks postpartum with a colic baby....I wont make the 2/3 next months! I wanted 3 kids and this has traumatized me so much, I'm one and done (I'm a only child and hated being an only child but I mentally cannot do this again)I'm surviving off 3 hours of sleep a day/night,my brain is currently jelly....don't know what else to do...any advise?
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My advice is
1. Time will pass and it will get better
2. Read this on colic (read full caption)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHn6qt7Nte1/?igsh=MWl3cWZzdGFlMHQ5dg==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHkrgo5IJvK/?igsh=MXcxeDJmZmRuNDg0dg==
3. You’ll get used to sleep deprivation. Just do one day at a time.
4. You are being a super human right now
5. Get every bit of help that you can. Others should do meals for you, clean for you etc.
6. Try to take pictures and videos of you and your baby. I was exactly the same when I was that newly PP and I massively regret not being able to enjoy my baby when he was so young. But when I look back at pictures, at least I get a sense.
7. Just to give you some hope, it got better for me around 3m, then better again at 5m and much better at 10-11m. my little one is now 20m and it’s the best thing ever