![]() ![]() ![]() Mom: Wake-up for 7:30am or so – Husband out the door for 7:30 or 8:00am.“Morning Duty” began, up when baby was up – Switched the monitor to my husband’s side and put in earplugs / eye mask Crawl into bed / Up throughout the night for nursing/pumping as needed Mom: Last pump and baby feeding by 9:30 p.m.When my husband went back to work, which was pretty right away, our weekday routine was more like this: Honestly, you get use to sleep deprivation and then 6 hours is like a dream come true! This schedule promised me at least 5 hours of sleep all together, but in the end, it would work out to be 6-7 off an on. Mom: Throughout night, feeds when baby wakes, as needed.Both Parents: Cross your fingers for the “The big stretch” between 8:30 or 9:30pm and 12:30/1:00 a.m. ![]() Husband: Feeds baby between 8:30-9:30pm (new diaper, off to bed), partner climbs into bed (I realize that doesn’t work for mother’s who do not pump or formula feed, of course).Mom: Get ready for bed around 7:00 p.m.Nursing pads helped me not ruin every single pajamas shirt I owned when trying to ‘train’ my body to sleep a 3-4 hour stretch without nursing or pumping during that period.I used Angel Care and I highly recommend the Angel Care Monitor with the motion sensor.To keep things dark, quite and routine in the house we used night lights and door silencers.Eye Mask are ideal for daytime naps or those hitting the hay when the sun has not yet set – in order to catch up on some sleep whenever baby sleeps.Earplugs and extra loud sound machines for that matter, work wonders.Use the sleep band ( The Sleep Band) connected to a iPhone or iPad sound machine to raise your threshold of sound when it is your turn to sleep.We came up with a few solutions to these problems in order to get more sleep! Best Sleep Products for Parents When it was my turn to be ‘off duty’ to sleep, I had my own concerns – like pumping and my fears about baby still breathing. My husband, the lightest sleeper in the world, had a hard time actually sleeping when he was ‘off duty’ during those early months with our sons. My husband and I live with our two sons in a decently small house with, like, zero insulation or sound barriers. Getting sleep with a young baby in the house is tough! ![]()
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