Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:49 am
One other strategy you might try for awhile is eating your evening meal early and going to sleep as soon as your OH gets home from work. Let him take care of your older child and feed the baby expressed milk.
Then when he goes to sleep, both of you sleep until the baby wakes you up for another feed. Then you can feed the baby and sleep again. If your OH is home by 6pm and goes to sleep himself at 11pm, then you could get at least 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep, and perhaps another 3 after a middle of the night feeding. If you can work the timing so your OH is feeding the baby at 10:30pm, the baby may sleep till 1 or 2 am, giving you 7 or 8 hours of sleep.
Or if you have a relative nearby that would help you, another strategy is to have them come to house and take care of the children at night while you sleep. And they sleep too when they can. Then they go home in the day and sleep some more at home. They can either feed the baby expressed milk or bring the baby to you just for feeding, but do everying else the baby needs at night.
Then when he goes to sleep, both of you sleep until the baby wakes you up for another feed. Then you can feed the baby and sleep again. If your OH is home by 6pm and goes to sleep himself at 11pm, then you could get at least 5 hours of uninterrupted sleep, and perhaps another 3 after a middle of the night feeding. If you can work the timing so your OH is feeding the baby at 10:30pm, the baby may sleep till 1 or 2 am, giving you 7 or 8 hours of sleep.
Or if you have a relative nearby that would help you, another strategy is to have them come to house and take care of the children at night while you sleep. And they sleep too when they can. Then they go home in the day and sleep some more at home. They can either feed the baby expressed milk or bring the baby to you just for feeding, but do everying else the baby needs at night.