How long does your baby sleep in day-time?
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Same here... My LO has maybe 2 naps a day... And they don't last more than 30/50 mins if I am lucky. I use the bouncing chair a lot and cook, fold laundry and do all the chores with her in that chair and she is just entertained this way... I smile and talk a lot (and I am exhausted at the end of the day Indeed) to her. Otherwise I wear her and hope she will fall asleep...
I am also a giant boob 🤣 I shower when my husband is home and if I want to shower during the day I put baby on the bouncer and he watches me. For dinner we use the slow cooker a lot so the only thing that needs dping before dinner would be making a bit or rice or potatoes to go with the meal. The way I see it my job is looking after baby. I try to do other jobs if I can but I don't stress if I can't. We then split chores wheb were are both here. I know some people may not be able to do it this way, just sharing what I do.
I only get stuff done when she’s happy on playmat, and no more than a few mins at a time. Everything else waits till dad is home. We have improved since sticking to wake windows and really pushing nap time , as well as breaking the feed to sleep cycle. At first I sort of just wondered why she wasn’t sleeping so now I put her to bed with lots of shhhing and comfort. Hoping to get to a point where I can leave as for now she still need this to be next to me
@Elanor sounds great you managed to break feed to sleep cycle! Could you please share how you did it? And how did it help with her sleep? Currently always feeding to sleep and feel like it’s time to move from this habit as I want my partner to chip in to this process too. Its too exhausting on top of everything else putting baby to sleep all the time on my own
My little one is mostly the same, so no advice other than it shouldn’t be forever and I feel you 💟