How are you getting so little sleep?

My little one is 3 wks old and since birth I've not had more than 3 hrs sleep a night.
I honestly don't know how I'm functioning
Surely this isn't healthy.

Any advice?

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Unfortunately it's normal 🫠 your body will adapt to working on less sleep. It does get better in time I promise.

Have a look into the fourth trimester. I will give you a good insight as to why babies do what they do lol.

As for now, hang in there, you're doing great keeping a tiny human alive ❤️❤️ xxx

Me and my partner do shifts of 6 hours. I go to bed at 9 wake up at 3 and my bf goes up at 3 comes down whenever, usually abt 9/10. Idk if it’s possible for you but i would 100% recommend if u can! We tried sleeping with baby in the room together but found it wasnt working as we both had broken sleep. Atleast in shifts you’re able to get a solid block of sleep x

It’s really hard work 😴
I got 4 hours last night (2 hours a time) Not sure how I’m surviving either I’m such a tired person usually but I’m coping quite well! I don’t nap in the day either and am just going about my daily life really. I’ve just accepted this is the new norm for now & honestly I’m soaking it up. This is my 3rd child and I know one day soon it’ll be a distant memory 🩷

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Should I take milk in my hospital bag?

Hiya,

I’m about to be 39 weeks and so far I seem to have no milk, I’ve tried all the tips of warm massage etc but can’t seem to get anything which makes me think my milk may not come until possibly after baby is born (if at all)

Did anyone else struggle with this or have delayed milk? If so would you recommend me taking some instant baby milk in my hospital bag or would the hospital provide this if my milk hadn’t come in yet?

Is anyone a health visitor - need advice 🙏🏼

I’m severely struggling as a single parent with no family or other parent.

My toddler is well turned out, cared for, eats well, bathed, cuddled, loved, has external social activities. I give my everything to my child. So they’re not lacking. They are safe.

But I’m not well. Mentally and physically.
I can’t wash, feed myself well, lack of happiness in any aspect. Exhausted. Falling behind on so many things apart from maintaining my daughter.
Going through some external life issues which are exasperating life in the last yr or so. I can’t cope, I’m so low. I’ve had worrying thoughts about maybe it’s best I end things with myself and our pets. And let my daughter be free of everything that’s going towards me failing to survive myself. So lost and falling apart physically and mentally.
I can’t let my daughter down as she’s so attached to me. But I can’t cope.
The toddler phase has ramped up and I don’t know how to deal with the meltdowns. I don’t know how to fix myself. I don’t want her to create a bad start to how she see’s life because I’m hanging by a thread. Sometimes (a lot lately) feel she deserves better.
There’s so much to unpack that I can’t verbalise.

appreciate people might reply and say you’re doing a good job, or it is hard, etc.

But I really need a health visitors opinion on what support I may get. Without them thinking I’m saying I can’t be her mother.

This isn’t coming out well, but I’m dying inside. I don’t want to wake up. I have to admit I can’t do this and she deserves a big family and not a mother drowning in this life

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