Do you have any expectations on the sleep you will get after little one arrives? Do you plan to sleep when they sleep? Be up every few hours? Do you think they will sleep through the night at any specific age?
With my boys it was easy to sleep when they slept since I didn't have any other kids. I knew I wasn't going to get much sleep having two babies at once. But they were really good babies and were on a great schedule!!
They started sleeping through the night at 3 months. I plan on doing the same methods with this little one when she gets here to hopefully get a full nights rest around then. But until then I will be a zombie.
My boys don't nap anymore so when she sleeps I will be watching the boys. This time around will be a little harder on me.
I don't have any expectations per se but I have some hopeful wishes. I do plan on sleeping while she is sleeping during the day. My mother in law all along has said that she wants to come for a couple of weeks after the baby comes which we both have been dreading so thankfully my husband told her that we would prefer her not to. So, it will be nice once my husband goes back to work and I can just rest for a few weeks before going back to school. At night, I really don't think it will be a big deal getting up. I have always been a night person....staying up and studying until 4 am and waking up at 7am will do that to you. So I can live without sleep. I don't think it will be a big deal at all. I love taking afternoon naps so as long as she sleeps during the day, so will I. :)
I'm not really sure what to expect, but our first daughter slept all night from day 1. She never woke up, even when i changed her diaper. She was tube fed so i had to get up to feed her every 3hrs but she slept through it all! My husband and I were great sleepers from the beginning i've been told and this baby sleeps pretty good right now at night, so i'm not really sure what will happen after she's born!
I expect the worst and hope for the best :-)
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I knew I would just HAVE to roll with it, whatever happened.
But it was MUCH! harder than I had thought.
We humans can go without sleep here and there, or take a nap when we feel like it prior to pregnancy-birth... But when we only get one or two hours of sleep here and there for days it is TRULY very very difficult!
I have read about, helped others, and practiced postpartum lying in. Moms can plan to mostly stay in bed (and on the couch) for the first two weeks. Preferably, not even leaving the house. It's important for establishing the milk supply, building back up blood lost from delivery, and healing.
It turns out that becoming a mother often has to do with more than just bringing new life into the world. It can also be lesson after lesson of letting go. We are not made to be able to do it all, so getting help in the postpartum period is normal and healthy. Not to mention what a true treat it is to be able to cuddle the new baby, letting others handle Life for you! ;-)
Motherhood is hard on many levels, we have to cross each bridge as we come to them. But knowing that we will be hanging around the bed for a while can help us to plan ahead. We can have others take care of stuff so we can (try to) sleep.
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i'm pretty curious about how it's going to go, actually. we have a 5 y/o old & a 2 y/o that both sleep in our room. with our 2 y/o, after the first few nights, she slept "through the night" - meaning for as many as 4 hours at a time... which was AWESOME!. we'll see how it works out. i'm going into the whole thing with absolutely NO expectations.... honestly, i don't really know how anything's going to work with 3 little ones.
nights have never been a problem with either of my girls, they sleep with us and i bf so i would wake up and feed them (still laying down) and then go back to sleep. i never was really tired during the day, but i will lay down when the baby sleeps, and hopefully get my older two to take a nap or lay down at the same time lol
I want one more!!!
- gacgbaker
on Nov. 23, 2009 at 8:31 AM