Awake all night with newborn... who is sleeping soundly

[Jelly67]

Yes I'm ridiculous. For the first time since she was born my 8 week old has started sleeping at night . But I'm still getting no sleep because now I'm paranoid as I can't hear her breathing and I keep checking every few minutes like a madwoman. She's in a Chico next2me.
How can I 'switch off' at night?

Well they do make baby breathing sensor mats to be used at night if it's that part that is really worrying you but I don't think they are cheap.

I used one of those due to a family issue. Be warned though, when baby gets older they can roll off the pad and you can get a false alarm. It wouldn’t stop me using one again though

Some other things that may help, but may be difficult with a new baby are, going for a walk in the evening, having a warm bath or shower before bed, listening to a guided meditation like one of those on the app Inside Timer and drinking a cup of Chamomile Tea.

Hope you find something that works for you

Those mats cause more anxiety than help! The amount of false alarms i would get... i was a mess!!!
I ended up putting mine in with me and doing forming the natural C around them. I could hear and feel them all the time then - but of course only co sleep if you know how to do it safely good luck!

I know the feeling but give yourself some time.

It gets easier, very very gradually. I still get anxious about DS occasionally although for me, now, it's more about not going to sleep until after the first wake and feed as it just feels so much worse if i've just gone to sleep.

Now he's older, the rolling around in his sleep on the video monitor is sort of reassuring.

My dc was on neonatal for months, attached to all sorts of monitors and alarms. When we came home we used nothing - I'd had enough of alarms to last a lifetime!

I didn't sleep the first night, but after then I was fine.

OP you will get used to it.

My first is 14 weeks and I'm finally relaxing enough to sleep at night.
We brought an angel care alarm at 4 weeks, we only brought it becuse I wasn't sleeping a bit for checking her constantly and a friend recommended it. After that I thought If something happened and I hadn't brought it after I'd been told about it I couldn't forgive myself. But that's my own anxiety issues. The only time it's gone off was when I pulled her into bed with me to feed her and forgot to turn it off! Never seen my husband move so fast.

It feels like you'll never be able to relax now but it will get better!