Did you lose a lot of sleep when your baby was a newborn?

Question

everyone says that they never have time for anything once their baby is born and complain about sleep loss, but if that is the case then how do they find the time to get online and mess around on yahoo answers and other websites?

Answer 1

when your baby is born you spend a lot of time worrying about them...so you spend a lot of time waking up in the middle of the night checking on them. Right now, I`m on here, my 10 month old daughter is sleeping...its 11pm...so I delegate what needs to be done..if I`m tired, I`ll sleep when she sleeps. If dishes need to be washed or the laundry done, I ask for help. It really depends on the type of person you are. Can you clean and have the baby crawling around or do you need the children out of the house....its up to you...but I have had a lot of sleep and have lost alot of sleep in the past year..(including the pregnancy)

Answer 2

Lol... Duh... what else do you do with a crying baby in your lap?

Answer 3

You can't take care of your baby 24/7 -- babies sleep at times, and as much as that time 'should' be used for mom to sleep, too, there are other things to get done: laundry, house-cleaning, meals, and just as importantly, "ME TIME."  some people use their 'me time' to watch telly, chat with friends, have a coffee, read a book, or use the internet.  For me, I pick and choose, trying to make sure that only one of my baby's naps is internet time, and that each nap is something different, including one that is a nap for me.  

Answer 4

Honey, don't EVEN try to bash us mothers!  I get on Yahoo!Answers when my baby is sleeping, because I have lots of questions, and I like reading questions/answers from others moms.  It's not as if my daughter is crying in her crib while I'm on the internet.  Apparently, you're not a mother, because if you were, you'd understand the need for us mothers to network with other mothers.  

By the way, my daughter is asleep right now, and after spending 14 hours (6am to 8pm, then she wakes up 2  times during the night for feedings) caring for her (holding her, bathing her, changing her diapers, entertaining her, changing the clothes she has puked on), I think I deserve a couple of hours of "down-time" when she is sleeping! Again, you obviously aren't a mother yet...

EDIT:  I apologize...it just sounded like you were trying to bash mothers for being online.

Answer 5

I spend my babe's first six months of life parked in this chair nursing him... might as well do something, right?

Answer 6

my baby is 3 weeks old and i lost alot of sleep since she was born. but when shes asleep i do have some time to get online. and then other times i sleep when she sleeps. but im not always online. i was wondering the same thing. my friend has a 4 month old baby and is always online.

Answer 7

Not as much sleep loss as I thought I would, but yes, I had to adapt my sleep schedule around baby and everything else. I lucked out and after the first few sleepless nights, my daughter was only waking up once a night and at 5 weeks started sleeping through the night. But she's always been very alert during the day, so I got nothing done then. So when she went to bed at 10 or 11 at night, that's when I took some "me" time on the computer and then did dishes, paid bills, etc. until midnight or 1am. While on maternity leave, my husband would give her a bottle at 6am, and got her back to sleep so I could sleep in a little bit before she got up again for the day at 8 or 9.

Answer 8

Mine screamed for the first two months straight.  I don't think daddy or I slept at all then.  Hermione had colic those first two months and it was awful.  After that it was perfect, she didn't really fuss a whole lot and is a pretty happy baby.  She'll be a year old on 9/12/2008.  Can't believe it's been a whole year.

Answer 9

lol...Most of the time. I hold him and type. I have lost a lot of sleep. But I don't think its because of the crying and all that. Its the whole being a new mom. You are really worried. You cant sleep as it is. At least its that way for me! My son is a preemie. I am awake a lot because I have to keep checking to make sure hes breathing. You must not be a mom. Once you are, then you will understand what I am saying!

Answer 10

You will lose alot of sleep. There will be times where bub will sleep anywhere from 2 to 4 hours, and then there are times where bub will refuse to go to sleep (thats currently happening with my 9 week old).

Try to sleep when they sleep and nights when your partner isn't working the next day, get him to deal with the bub for a bit while you sleep. Although that can depend on whether or not your feeding bub with the breast or the bottle.

During the day, you do get time to yourself if bub sleeps. Although when my little guy was first born my mother in law had to come in and help with the cleaning as I was so tired.

You'll be fine and in the end, your mothers intuition will kick in and waking up in the middle of the night won't feel like such a huge hassle.

Good luck

Answer 11

I get on Y!A while I'm nursing