Coping with tiredness

[Laurenpudney]

Hi, I have newborn baby and as you can imagine I'm so so tired and exhausted! Is there any ways of coping with the tiredness better? Just feel like it's getting my mood down big time not really enjoying anything because I'm so tired

Do you have a partner living with you? If so, accept as much help as possible. I didn't in the early days and took far too much on myself trying to be super mum, and massively regret it now. Accept that housework standards have to be massively lowered and don't stress too much if things don't get done (DH and I used paper plates in the beginning for the large quantities of toast we were surviving on to save washing up). Take whatever time you can to sit down, even five minutes here and there to recharge, have a cup of tea and close your eyes will help. I hated when people used to say "sleep when the baby sleeps", but do that as much as you can. I wish I'd done that more instead of using my son's nap times to try and achieve things that really weren't as important as sleep.
Sorry it's probably not much help, I have a 5 month old who feeds every two hours day and night so am exhausted too. Hope you manage to get some sleep soon as it really does affect your moods, I feel really snappy and vulnerable when I'm sleep deprived.