When am i meant to sleep?? 2 week old and dh back to work. Ds wont lay down

[Jellybabie3]

So overnight DS wouldn't go down til 2. Woke at 4.30am for hour, then again at 8am. So i reckon by the time I've sorted myself out and done some expressing I've had maybe 2hours or so sleep. Hes been awake since only napping in me. if i put him down he wakes up. Dh went back to work today so i have no help and realistically i will be doing night shifts til the weekend. So when am i supposed to sleep?? I'm already worried!!

Remember how tiny their stomachs are: new born babies tummies are about the size of a marble. They are really small. So need feeding often.

You will find a way through this. It may be that it won't work the first time, not that many things work immediately. Find something you are happy to persevere with and go with it.

If he is asleep and doing those sort of flickery sucks, try to move away from him and see if he comes off. If he wants to keep feeding then swap over breasts.

Kellymom is a really great resource for breastfeeding, lots of info about different stages of a feed and types if suckling.