Anyone working on little sleep or survived it?

[Chosenbyyou]

Hi

I am working compressed hours 34 in four days in a role which is quite full on. I do enjoy my job.

I am struggling as my youngest,who has just turned 1, sleeps badly. Some nights he is really good and wakes up once and then other nights he is awake for hours.

I have been back to work for almost four months and I feel like my performance has dipped. I'm off a lot as he is ill from nursery and I am also then ill.

My DH is in the same boat but he is a shift working doctor who works a lot at night and weekends. He has both children a day a week on his own.

Just wondering if anyone has survived this with their job intact?!

Anyone also in this situation - I feel quite alone! Friends seem to have sleepers or are stay at home patents.

Any tips?! :)

Agree with all the others, you just keep going - it sucks but it does get easier! I work full time so felt at first like I had no life other than work, commute and trying to get baby to sleep! If you can afford it I would recommend a cleaner, just frees up precious time that you don't really have. I feel for you, it's a really difficult situation to be in.

I was in the same boat as your DH when I went back to work - but a single parent. I went to bed when my DD did for those years as her "good" sleep was the hours before midnight so I'd always had 4ish hours then. My junior doctor years actually helped!
I appreciate to make time for your marriage a 7:30 bedtime is unwise but it could maybe be a tool for when you are struggling more than usual?

I survived both DC being awful sleepers and we're just coming out of it (they're now 6 and 3 and DD is no longer bedwetting or having nightmares). Lots of early nights, alternate lie ins at weekends, zero expectations about housework or anything extra in life.

Pregnant with DC3 now so it will all start again!

2.5 years sounds hard work mammy!!

Eliza - it's tough for DH and he does need to be on the ball at work! My job is just mainly spreadsheets!

Thanks for your support - I will give up TV..it's rubbish anyway lol! :)

Wejam wow fair play! I have ruled out a DC3, we did originally wanted three but I literally couldn't cope again!

The sleep has been much worse for me than I ever thought :(

I got a cleaner too
Congrats @wejammin
@Chosenbyyou it was tough but I survived and he never woke dd either, I often said we wouldn't have a second baby if he came first

I'm not back at work yet but any tips for driving when severely sleep deprived? Obviously I avoid it when I can but there are no public transport options for one of the hospitals I have to go to for appointments so I don't see that I have any choice but to drive :(

Red Bull

Bike lol!

Yes I agree driving is a nightmare. You have to really try to concentrate which is really tough if you have a crying baby on board too!

Plan your route and go carefully/slow! When I get in the car I also think through if I have everything like phone, purse etc cuz things are easily forgotten when you are super tired.

I'm not sure 'baby brain' actually exists I think it's just exhaustion!

Take care xx

My youngest is 6.5 now, she was the nightmare sleeper. I remember once driving to work after i’d bern awake for 21 hrs. My line manager drove me straight home again.