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[quote=Anonymous]Solidarity OP. It is hard.

What helped me during that phase was just kind of surrendering to it. I knew I wasn't going to sleep well at night, so I just leaned in hard on sleeping throughout the day when the baby was napping. I don't buy into that "sleep when the baby sleeps!" thing because it doesn't work perfectly and you still need to do things sometimes -- you can't just sleep and feed the baby 24/7. But I did get to the point where I could take a 2 hour nap at like 7am after the first morning feeding, and I would lie down on the couch during the afternoon nap and read or put on really gentle TV (did you know there's a new season of Great British Baking Show on Netflix now??) and doze. It didn't totally make up for the loss of consistent overnight sleep, but it did help me to feel a little more sane.

Also, when my DH went back to work he asked me how he could support me during that time and I told him "bring me a treat when you get home!" It didn't have to be a bouquet of flowers or anything (I mean it could be, but not daily), but he'd bring me home some candy, or a trashy magazine, or book he'd borrowed from a coworker, or some fresh office supplies (I love office supplies), just something to perk me up in the evening. It's not a permanent thing, but it helped me get through that period of time.

Good luck! This will pass, as you know.[/quote]

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