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Sleep when baby sleep?

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Pinetreeland · 19/02/2011 11:38

Hi,

I had a emergency c-section and my beautiful baby boys is now 12 days old. I find it very hard to follow the advice sleep when baby sleep. He grunts and makes little noises when he sleeps and I find it very hard to fall asleep when he does that.

Any advice on that? Really tired. The only thing that works so far was for hubby to take the baby out of the room so i can sleep in peace but he will be back to work on Monday.

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ShowOfHands · 19/02/2011 11:40

Keep trying. It gets easier. You're hyper alert atm. I couldn't at first but got there in the end. Through necessity tbh.

Moulesfrites · 19/02/2011 11:43

Congratulations, I have a four week old and he is exactly the same - I think as time goes on and you get a bit more confident you will be able to relax a bit and sleep through the grungy noises, but I know what it is like watching their every move! Do you have any friends or family who could come round and watch ds while you nap? My mum was so helpful in that respect!

Enjoy your ds!

Moulesfrites · 19/02/2011 11:44

Grunty noises not grungy!

Bumperlicious · 19/02/2011 12:07

I really struggled to sleep in the first couple of weeks due to being so uncomfortable. But to block out the noise I wear one earphone from my iPod in the ear I'm not sleeping on. Blocks out the low level grunting but you can still hear them wake for a feed.

WildhoodChunder · 19/02/2011 12:52

Do you have a spare room? Could you sleep in there for part of the night while DH sleeps in with DS to give you a chance of a bit of sleep? My DH always slept through DC grunting and only woke when they were gearing up to scream though - so often I'd wake before him to pop in and feed, even from next room.

ladybirdlittle · 19/02/2011 18:44

I wear the little cheapo spongy ear plugs, keeps out the little noises but I still hear anything important! I still wake up before he cries when he makes sucky hungry noises. Also blocks out oh's annoying heavy breathing! :)

ridingthewave · 19/02/2011 19:44

Congratulations

I think at this stage you're tuning in to the different noises babes make and soon you'll be able to filter them better.

I swear by wax earplugs - they block out a lot of noise but you can still hear your baby cry.

Also, just lying down and shutting your eyes is better than nothing so perhaps don't put too much pressure on yourself to sleep. I could never sleep when mine were newborns but got the hang of it after the first few months when they'd sleep more predictably (or perhaps I was just more tired!).

Trina82 · 20/02/2011 16:58

I was liek this all 3 teimes, untill 3 weeks...suddenly the tiredness hit me full on, then I couldn't wake up! Just 'rest' as much as you can x

BertieBotts · 20/02/2011 17:01

Are you breastfeeding? I found that if I breastfed DS to sleep then I dropped off with him, usually. So we used to have naps together in the middle of the double bed, so he couldn't fall off. If ever he fell asleep and I wasn't feeding him I was wide awake too!

matana · 20/02/2011 17:25

Could you snuggle up together, tummy to tummy and both sleep? My DS used to grunt, so sleeping with him on my chest helped him a lot and gave me some sleep.

superbean · 21/02/2011 21:00

My twins are 11 months old. I have never really managed to sleep when they sleep during the day. When my parents are here though they take the babies for a long walk in the afternoon and if nothing else I get an hour of peace and quiet. Sometimes I manage a catnap then, but very rarely. Do you have anyone that could take him for a walk or watch him while you rest?

You are going to be tired for a while, don't forget you are recovering still yourself. It wasn't until I had recovered from my C-section that I realised just what a big procedure it really is. But you will adjust and in a few months the tiredness will be beter. Personally I never breastfed my babies to sleep or cuddled them to sleep, because with two it wasn't really an option and also I was worried about creating a problem for getting them to sleep further down the line. But I imagine when you are really exhausted you have to do whatever works for you both. Good luck!!

Panzee · 21/02/2011 21:00

I also did the Ipod in one ear thing.

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Pinetreeland · 23/02/2011 12:05

Thanks guys for all the tips. I will definitely give ipod and ear plug a try. But it's true that I start to be able to ignore his little noises better as time goes on... Otherwise co-sleeping seems to do the trick for me for the moment.

Many thanks again.

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Elsa123 · 23/02/2011 12:12

I slept with a pillow over my ear! Blocked out the sighs, snores and general sleep noise.

Panzee · 24/02/2011 09:11

I don't know if every baby is like this, but mine barely makes any noise when he's sleeping now.

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