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How a New Mama Can Get Some Sleep
It might feel like you’ll never sleep again when baby doesn’t sleep through the night yet. But there are a few things you can do to help make your sleepless nights a little less sleepless.
Babies are adorable and they smell yummy. There are so many wonderful things about new babies. Their sleep habits don’t tend to make that list, though. Many new parents, moms in particular, find that their satisfaction with and duration of sleep reaches it’s lowest point around three months after baby arrives — and six years later, it still hasn’t recovered.
While we may not be able to get you back to pre-baby sleep levels, what we can do is take every step possible to ensure you get as much sleep as possible. But just what are those steps?
Sleep when baby sleeps
It’s said so much that it seems like a cliché at this point, but it’s the straight up truth. Your best bet for getting enough (or at least more) sleep is to sleep when your baby is sleeping.
Naptimes, night times, even brief little dozing after a feeding, it doesn’t matter. If your baby closes her eyes for more than about two minutes, you need to close your eyes too.
