Postpartum Anxiety
I’m struggling. My baby girl (almost 7 months) is sleeping next to me in the bassinet. She sleeps through the night, might wake up once but pacifier does the trick. I’m not sleeping well, I wake up panicking to check on her, resting heart has been elevated for a month so I’m definitely not getting good sleep. She makes a lot of noise and moves a lot so that wakes me as I’m a light sleeper, but she’s literally sleeping.
Anxiety meds are available to me if needed, but any advice on how I can tackle this naturally?
I stopped drinking alcohol & cut out all caffeine only bc I felt it was not helping my case. I started Ashwagandga & magnesium glycinate but it’s not really helping.
The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of Peanut.
Learn more about our guidelines.
My pediatrician told me to put baby in her own room at 6 months.She stated it would probably help both of us sleep better at night.
My baby sleeps so much better in his own room. Literally wakes hourly if in the same room vs sleeping all the way though
But - ear plugs. Trust me, just try it. You will still hear her if she cries, either in the same room or via a monitor, but they will block out the small movements and grunts etc and you will sleep better.
You say she has a higher resting heart rate, does she have the owlet sock?
My daughter also sleeps better in her own room. When she was sleeping with me was waking up constantly
If you want to take the approach of something more holistic try ashwagandha.
I put my daughter in her own room at 3 months and it’s saved my life
I think You can get a bit of tech that you put on the cot and it tells you if the baby stops breathing, would that help?
Download the Peanut App
