How do you get anything done?

[dextersmama]

I literally have no idea how anyone gets anything done with a baby.

My son is 10 weeks old and I barely have time to eat let alone pee or shower.

How do people get things done?

If I'm not breastfeeding, I'm changing him or settling him to sleep or entertaining him.

He won't sleep in his cot during the day so when he naps I'm glued to the sofa. I used to bring his Moses basket downstairs during the day and he'd sleep and I could at least do some washing up or a small chore but he's grown out of it and is in a side sleeper in our bedroom.

I feel utterly useless around the house.
I'm exhausted because he won't go down to nap, so I can't nap.

I've tried slings and carriers to get things done but he just screams when his in them.

I used to just put my dd down. If i needed to shower i would just feed her and put her in the moses basket on the bathroom floor so i could see her, or just in her cot so she was safe.

At 10 weeks they don't really need 'entertaining' and if at all its a 5 mins here and there.

My baby spent a lot of time in the swing seat in the lounge when i needed to clean and tidy,do washing etc

I have a 9 week old DD, I put a bouncer in the bathroom whilst I shower and sing to her. Naps I currently feed her to sleep, pitch black room and loud white noise - sometimes works, sometimes doesn’t. Don’t be too hard on yourself, I know from my first things get better (hated hearing that at the time!). Just keep on plodding

This might sound cruel but I have 3 kids and find when I really have to do things I just have to leave baby to cry for a bit for me sometimes it just can’t be helped. I make sure he’s safe first obviously but with 2 other boys bounding around that can be easier said than done! I also use a sling. My third wouldn’t settle at all today but settled in the sling which gives me my hands back at least to do other things.

Again, I think it depends on the baby. Some babies might grizzle quietly if laid down... okay not the end of the world and fine to nip to the bathroom for a mo. But my son would SCREAM bloody murder with very little build up if he wasn't happy about something and oh my god it was awful! I quickly learned not to let him go past the few seconds of grizzling as it would trigger a huge meltdown. I couldn't leave him to cry while I did anything. He's a bit better these days, no the later, but I'm a bit traumatised by his newborn screaming tbh so still react very quickly when he starts to grizzle!