I need help. I've not slept more than a couple of hours a night for the past week or so. I'm now so tired I've bags under my eyes, I'm weepy and my eyes sting.
This started when my boss turned down my flexible working request for my return to work from maternity leave. I wanted to work from home an extra day a week and it was turned down. So as of January I go back to working 1.30 to 9.30pm. And will get to see my daughter in the morning when I wake her and take her to nursery. Then I'll see her at weekends... you can see why sleep is evading me?
My work has then sent me a new contract to sign where they've cut my holiday allowance and have a new clause that basically says they can have me doing overtime and I can't say no or get paid for it.
So yeah. I'm pretty sure work are the cause of my lack of sleep. I've tried mindfulness techniques and things like warm milk before bed and a nice warm bath. But nothing works. As soon as my head hits the pillow I'm wired.
I'm breastfeeding so obviously I need tips that won't mess with that. I don't want to go to the doctors and waist their time when it is just stess.