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When does baby brain fog start to lift??

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Ellie126 · 31/05/2026 16:01

When does ‘baby brain’ / brain fog lift??

Officially baby is 12 weeks and honestly, I feel like a mashed potato. I can’t plan or think like I used to. It takes me ages to do an online order or to think about what I need when I’m at the shops. My baby contact naps on my chest and so I try and do these life admin things while that’s happening but I really struggle to do things as fast as I used to. Baby also sleep on my chest at night / next to me in the morning. I know it made all of our lives easier in the newborn days but I think it’s effecting my sleep quality.

I’m also procrastinating a lot more. I know there is a huge list of things that need doing ie whether this be buying someone a present / to the post office / buying XYZ but my brain is just so foggy I often never get round to doing it. Of course a lot is attributed to the fact I have a baby now but I really feel like I’m not functioning well.

I’m wondering whether I will sleep better if I keep trying to put my baby into his sidecar crib at least for the first stretch of the night. I sleep so poorly when he’s on my chest or next to me in bed. He moves A LOT and is quite heavy. It’s so sweet though but I think it’s becoming unsustainable

will this brain fog ever lift?? If I have another child I guess it will get even worse with a toddler and a baby!

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PlaygroundAllDay43321 · 31/05/2026 16:41

It's just tiredness. It will get better as you and baby sleep more. 3 months is a tough point as the newborn excitement wears off and the exhaustion really settles in.

I found cosleeping was OK to get extra sleep but it was really shit quality sleep. Constantly being woken up.

As to when your baby sleeps better...that will come but every baby is different. We found sleep got better around 5 months but then it went to shit when teething, it was just very up and down until 18 months.

PlaygroundAllDay43321 · 31/05/2026 16:42

Oh and this exhaustion is the reason there is no way I'm having a toddler and a baby. We decided to wait until DS is 3 to start trying for another baby.

Peonies12 · 31/05/2026 16:42

Not to worry you but mine is 19 months and I still struggle. Better since I went back to work, and she started sleeping through recently. Honestly try and let go what you can. I never buy physical gifts anymore; i do vouchers, for example

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Cobrakainerd · 31/05/2026 16:44

In my experience around the time peri and meno kick in! 🙈😂

RandomMess · 31/05/2026 16:45

@CobrakainerdI was thinking that but didn’t want to say 🙈

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