New born anxiety!

[Bry8899]

Hi all, I gave birth to my amazing baby on Sunday and I could not love anything in this world more!

Tonight is our second night at home all together and I am really feeling the anxiety of sleeping while my baby is asleep and not having eyes on my precious boy! Did you have this?

how did you overcome this feeling?

I have him in a next to me crib in aanti startle reflex sleeping bag, so I know I am doing all I can to keep him safe but it’s still hard as he is so precious to me.

It’s very normal to feel this way OP when they are tiny you just want eyes on them all the time. For me what helped was reminding myself that me being rested meant my baby would be safer around me. The anxiety will get a lot easier ti manage over the coming days and weeks!

Aw it’s completely normal, op. Your hormones are going crazy, you’re infected with an overwhelming love and need to protect. It’s amazing and so hard at the same time.

My only advise is to follow the safe sleeping guidelines (which it sounds like you are) to reassure yourself as much as you can. You’ll probably be sleeping quite lightly and wake easily at your baby’s cry, so try not to worry. After a a week or so you’ll get into the rhythm of it all a bit more and it’ll get easier, you’ll learn how to sleep with your baby.

I know exactly how you feel, I was checking mine was breathing multiple times a night for the first couple of weeks. Also had the added fun of waking up at least once a night and panicking that the baby was somewhere in the bed with me . I'm currently sat feeding my 5 week old and can tell you it DEFINITELY gets better once your hormones improve, I'm currently praying mine goes to sleep soon so I also can!

Well, based on my own experience, that is 100% normal. I also checked breathing every single time I woke up or the baby stirred. That went on for at least 3 months, possibly longer.

I can’t tell you to stop being anxious. It doesn’t work like that. But I can tell you to enjoy your baby because he is the most precious thing in the universe.

I use the owlet sock to monitor my son’s oxygen levels while he sleeps. It’s expensive and not necessary at all so don’t feel like you have to get it. But it is great for peace of mind. I would have struggled to sleep in the early days without it.

As others have said - SO normal. You will also have nightmares that you are sleeping on them, have lost them in the duvet etc even if you never co sleep.

Something I wasn't warned of - newborn's are super.noisy.sleepers. in a few weeks you'll start to be woken by crazy noise and they're still asleep!

It’s so very normal to feel this way! Trust me this is the easiest stage. Lean back, ask your hubby to make yourself a cup of tea, and enjoy looking at the baby whilst she/he is sleeping.. Time flies ;)