How many hours of sleep do you get per day?

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My baby is three weeks old. Most of the days I’ve been getting less than 3 hours of sleep per day, and there’s some days when I only get an hour.

5 at the moment. Stupid insomnia.

If I say try and sleep when the baby sleeps, will you throw something at me?

6 month old and roughly 6/7 hours but wake about 4 times during that. Still ebf and co-sleeping has made life so much easier.

If this is your first is there any chance of sleeping during the day? Can you move to a different bed to your partner and co-sleep? If you aren’t breastfeeding can partner share wake up? Sleep deprivation is horrific

@PerfectlySymmetricalButtocks appreciate your 5 hours of sleep I try to sleep whenever she’s asleep, but sometimes I just can’t

I haven't had more than 5 hours of very broken sleep in 3 years.

I currently get 3-4 hours of broken sleep according to my Fitbit.

@Waitingonasmiley42 it’s our first and sadly I can’t because my baby’s father is in another country atm and he’ll be there for a few months or so

@ems137 oh no! It’s only been 3 weeks for me. How is it?

About 4 hours of sleep. Children are mostly adults, my sleep pattern was disturbed when they were small & has never recovered

DTs are 5 months old, I get about 6-7 hours a night. Could get more if I could just manage to get myself to bed earlier!

If you haven’t got one, I’d recommend a Euan the dream sheep - best £60 (£30x2!) I’ve ever spent, sends my babies off to sleep a treat, and has done since they were born.

Good luck, hope you get some sleep soon 💐

5 or 6. It is killing me but can't do a thing about it. I've been battling it for 16 years and have tried everything.

less than 3 hours of sleep per day,

Are you saying your baby is only sleeping for 3 hours in 24?

Assuming baby is sleeping for more than that over 24h, you could lie down when baby goes to sleep. You could even cosleep for naps.

If you feel baby isn't sleeping well, try swaddling baby in a giant muslin or cot sheet - the security helps baby sooth. Also try giving baby a dummy. And feed, feed, feed.

Baby should be spending very little time in 24h being awake at this age. Whenever baby wakes it should just be a case of feed, wind, check nappy, have a cuddle, back to sleep. About 30 minutes awake, 1h at the absolute most. If baby is spending protracted amounts of time awake, that's a problem. Focus on getting baby sleeping more.

If baby is sleeping well but you are not, prenatal insomnia and not taking the opportunity to sleep when able to are signs of Post Natalie Depression. Your doctor would be interested in hearing about feeling like this, so book an appointment. (Catastrophsising is also sign of PND)

My DD is 16 days old and I'm getting 5hr 40mins most nights, she wakes for a feed mid way but in total that's what I'm getting according to my Fitbit.

She feeds every 3-4hrs and eats 120ml-150ml per feed :)

I know this is an old thread but going to post in case anyone stumbles on it in future at 2am in desperation like me!
Fatedestiny usually I agree with what you post but not here I’m afraid, the OP is not saying the baby only sleeps for 3 hours per day, and I would have thought it was obvious to anyone who has had a baby the reasons why it’s not possible to “sleep when the baby sleeps”. Here are the reasons I am only getting 3 hours sleep per 24 hours with my 6 week old.

• he spends a lot of time asleep in my arms, car seat, pram, bouncy chair I.e non-safe sleep surfaces where I need to observe him, and can’t sleep myself
• when he does sleep in his cot it’s for 30-60 minutes tops, so by the time I’ve got to sleep myself he’s awake again
• when he does sleep he is a noisy newborn, preventing me from sleeping
• i have a toddler who also needs my attention
• co sleeping is not for us

Basically what I’m saying is people need to stop telling new parents to “sleep when the baby sleeps “ because it isn’t helpful. Basically to get more sleep yourself you either need to get baby asleep on a safe surface (tell me how, please!), or get someone else to watch baby for you.