If it's any reassurance, I always used to take forever to get back to sleep and from a week or two in, I never have any problems getting straight to sleep. I think it helps that breastfeeding makes both you and the baby sleepy.
One thing I wish I'd done is used the couple of days after the birth better to catch up on the sleep I'd lost while in labour overnight. You're running on adenalin at the time and there are lots of interruptions in hospital so it wouldn't have been easy, but babies are quite sleepy in the first couple of days and didn't take as much advantage of that as I had wished.
The over thing that helped our sanity I think was making the decision to cosleep (with Jon in spare bedroom) when it became apparent that Owen really really didn't want to sleep in either his Moses basket or cot. We spent the first week or so persevering with the Moses basket and it was quite a relief to just give up and do what actually gave us sleep. Likewise with feeding to sleep - I might regret it down the line, but now, getting sleep feels way more important. Also a bit turning point was making the decision that I would give up breastfeeding if it was making me too stressed or driving me insane. I'm still breastfeeding but it's been easier carrying on knowing that I won't feel bad if I do decide to give up or add in formula top-ups.
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Date: 2010-12-20 09:42 am (UTC)breastfeeding makes both you and the baby sleepy.
One thing I wish I'd done is used the couple of days after the birth better to catch up on the sleep I'd lost while in labour overnight. You're running on adenalin at the time and there are lots of interruptions in hospital so it wouldn't have been easy, but babies are quite sleepy in the first couple of days and didn't take as much advantage of that as I had wished.
The over thing that helped our sanity I think was making the decision to cosleep (with Jon in spare bedroom) when it became apparent that Owen really really didn't want to sleep in either his Moses basket or cot. We spent the first week or so persevering with the Moses basket and it was quite a relief to just give up and do what actually gave us sleep. Likewise with feeding to sleep - I might regret it down the line, but now, getting sleep feels way more important. Also a bit turning point was making the decision that I would give up breastfeeding if it was making me too stressed or driving me insane. I'm still breastfeeding but it's been easier carrying on knowing that I won't feel bad if I do decide to give up or add in formula top-ups.