Exhausted

How do you get used to waking up every 2 hours to feed your newborn and not feel so tired? It's the 3rd week but I am still feeling exhausted. I try to sleep as much as possible when my baby is sleeping but I am unable to do so all the time since time is taken up to eat, wait for the food to be digested, boil herbal water for shower etc. I do understand that it is unlikely that breastfeeding mothers get to even sleep straight 4 to 6hours for at least the first 6 months or so and we also need to pump to prevent engorgement or blocked duct... 😰

Vô danh

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it's really difficult, I feel your pain. my husband and I tried to take shifts to care for the baby during the night. e.g. husband goes to bed as early as possible, around 7pm. I have dinner at 7pm, feed the baby around 7.30pm, then baby and I go to bed. husband takes care of baby when she wakes up around 10.30pm. then I wake up for the next one around 1am. this way at least we both try to get some uninterrupted sleep. "try"

Vô danh

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oh that sounds like a good arrangement. Will this still be carried on after the first month? I'm wondering how to manage when my husband goes back to work. 😅 How do you train your baby to sleep and get up at the same time every day?

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