How to cope with lack of sleep with 2 kids

[Lizbiz89]

I've got a 2 yr old and a 9 week old and I'm losing the plot with such little sleep. My newborn is only waking for one feed now around 4am but my toddler is waking in the middle of the night. Then trying to force myself back to sleep after the 4am feed is near enough impossible. I don't think I've ever felt this sleep deprived 😩. With my youngest I used to just catch up when they slept but I can't do that now. Please tell me how mums of 2 survive! And does it improve!?

Do you have a partner who can deal with the 2 year old?

Do you have a partner? My dh did everything with our older one when we had our youngest. He did bathtime and bedtime (to be fair, he always did bathtime with her, but I usually did bedtime) and then he did all night wakings and he got up in the morning with her to take her quietly downstairs so she didn't wake us. Then on top of that, with our youngest, he did anything that didn't involve feeds to give me a chance to sleep for at least part of the night. So after he put oldest to bed, he'd take over baby (whether he was awake or asleep) so I could shower and then sleep for a few hours, then I'd do the second half of the night. If your baby is only waking once, a partner who can do the rest should give you a chance to get some sleep. Mine also used to take them both when he could in the morning so I could get an extra hour of sleep before he left for work.