my daughter is almost 7 months and i would always sleep when she did...i found it easy to sleep during the day because at 3 weeks i was soooo tired.. if i stood still for to long i would fall asleep!!..lol...i never had trouble sleeping before i had her...but if you have trouble sleeping before your baby it maybe hard just to nap when they do...good luck hun..it gets easier..:)

I can't sleep during the day because of construction in the building. How much is baby sleeping? Are you nursing or formula feeding? Swaddling- I love the swaddle me!? Keeping it super dark and quiet at night? Thomas started giving me 5-7 hour stretches around 2 weeks of age... He is 11 weeks and going 7pm to 4 am and then back to sleep til 630-8 now. I hope your little one lets you rest soon. Our other trick was putting socks on his hands, if they are cold he can't sleep... And putting a ton of ointment and two diapers on before bed. (One size he is now and one size up). He would occassionally overflow and wake himself up and it makes changing him really easy. I only change when I switch him to the other boob regardless of if I hear a poo. And NO cold wipes. They activate him. I also don't burp him. But these things may not work for your baby. Ha hope this helps. I have read most of the sleep books.

I think sleep is the hardest thing for me to get used to. I get jealous that my husband gets more sleep than me. Nolan is almost 2 weeks, and finally sleeping in 3-4 hour stretches. He hates wet diapers. I'm already worried about how I am going to get sleep before work when I work a 12 hour swing shift. I have one month to get us straightened out. We're feeding formula...wondering how much you are feeding your babes. Nolan is on 2 oz every 1.5-4 hours. But seems like he might sleep better with more. Just don't want to over feed him.

Kelly I like your idea of changing in between boobies - I've started doing that unless I can tell he's really messy or really wet and then I just change him beforehand. And when someone asked what I wanted as a gift I asked for a wipes warmer. Prob nothing I would have spent money on, but a nice luxury to receive.

I kinda joke that Trey is my personal alarm clock cuz for now I have to get up every 2-3 hours anyways to check on our cattle that are calving. Hopefully by the time they quit calving, he'll be sleeping longer stretches. And it just gives me a good excuse to nap during the day. And I love my napping.

Thanks for the tips! We're at 5.5 week now and I think she's starting to sleep from 6ish - 11ish then 12am till 4am and then 5am to 7am. From there she's breastfeeding every 2-3 hours, probably 2-3 oz at a time. I haven't figured out how to fall asleep, but able to take 1/2 ambien between 11 - 4am and then another for 5-7am.

I've started not changing her for the 4am feeding and trying to stay in bed for the whole thing. Mostly she wants to sleep on me and not in the bassinet. btw, I can't believe how much I let her sleep on me. (I feel a little spineless I'd rather she sleep than start fussing/crying).

Do you go to bed to nap? or on the couch? I'm at a loss for how to let go and let myself rest.

Ugh- sleep was the worst the first few weeks! I found it extremely difficult to sleep when baby slept. Sadly, I couldn't relax and felt the need to do things around the house. We are strictly breastfeeding so it was exhausting since I was the only one who could feed her. She also went through a 2 week spell where she would just scream from 10PM to about 2-3 AM. Oddly, it's gotten better since my husband returned to work and we moved her to the nursery and out of our room.

My husband gets home around 5PM so eat dinner and spend some time as a family. If I need to, I go upstairs and take a little nap or some time to myself so I can be refreshed for the night time. Lately, I haven't been doing so because night times are going well.

Around the 6-8 week mark, Brenna finally got the hang of night time. Our routine is changing into jammies and nursing before putting her down, anywhere between 830-930 at night. She sleeps until 3-4AM now and then I change her diaper, nurse her again (I only burp in between boobs) and then put her back down until 7-8AM. I found it helps if you buy the overnight diapers- she isn't as bother by a wet diaper.

As a brand new mom your hormones are going crazy so it's really hard to sleep at all. I would just give up on the idea of being well rested until at least week 8 (sorry!). But in answer to your question, I slept better when hubby was watching our LO when someone else was also around or when they left the house to say go for a walk.
even at that my mind was always racing about bottles to clean, laundry to do, house to pick up, dishes to do, food to cook. Again, it gets better after say week 8.

My biggest issue has been not being able to fall back to sleep after I get up with him. I'd get a lot more sleep if I could just pass out immediately after hitting the bed, but I lie there awake for an hour or more. Sometimes I'm still awake when he wakes up again 3 hours later! It totally sucks. But at almost 7 weeks, he's a pretty good sleeper, so I can't blame him. It's my ADHD brain's fault.

We do pretty well with sleeping....i have a serious hard time staying away while nursing her regardless of what time of day it is so i am totally grateful for the samsung tablet my hubby bought me because it keeps me awake during feedings....she sleeps 2-3 hours at a time during the day and 3-5 hours at night at a time.....right now i think she is getting ready to have a growth spurt because she is wanting to nurse like every 1.5-2 hours and normally she goes 2.5-3 hours between feedings