I remember being toast for the first 3 mos when the twins were born, and this time, I'm feeling just as tired! My brain feels like it's filled with cotton all day long, and when I'm sleeping (or trying to sleep), I'm dealing with all-over headaches... ugh! We're sleeping with babe from the get-go, so I never have to get up out of bed to nurse or change diapers, but I'm still so wiped.
Can someone remind me that this is normal and part of having a newborn? And how long does this last? It's almost impossible for me to nap during the day since the twins are 4 years old. Even when they're in school, I only have just over an hour at home between dropping them off and picking them up.
Are you doing anything else, like vacuuming, laundry, working... cooking?? Am I pushing it too hard too soon? We just moved into a new house in the summer, so I feel awful when it gets overwhelmingly cluttered or messy.
I keep wanting to blame my lack of energy on having a c, but I don't know if I can blame everything on the recovery from the c, esp. since it's already been 3 weeks.
rant. rant. rant. thanks for listening and sharing!
Can someone remind me that this is normal and part of having a newborn? And how long does this last? It's almost impossible for me to nap during the day since the twins are 4 years old. Even when they're in school, I only have just over an hour at home between dropping them off and picking them up.
Are you doing anything else, like vacuuming, laundry, working... cooking?? Am I pushing it too hard too soon? We just moved into a new house in the summer, so I feel awful when it gets overwhelmingly cluttered or messy.
I keep wanting to blame my lack of energy on having a c, but I don't know if I can blame everything on the recovery from the c, esp. since it's already been 3 weeks.
rant. rant. rant. thanks for listening and sharing!
. With ds, I used to nap when he did in these early weeks, but with a near 3 1/2 year old, that's virtually impossible. Even when he does nap, she's not or vice versa...yikes. Another big change is the sleeping in. With ds I could basically sleep in because newborns don't wake up at 6:30 and stay awake. My son wakes up every morning no later than 7...that's rough. I'm also doing tons of cleaning (I can't stand it when everything's a mess). Dh sort of doesn't get that part, the helping more around the house part...
I start getting dd1 ready at 7:30pm, and we all fall asleep together. DD1 is up at 6:30am, no naps, I HS her so I don't have a break during the day. I have not been doing much around the house, just laundry and loading the dishwasher, we've been existing off of soup. I make a big pot and we eat it for lunch and dinner until it's gone. DD1 has been parked in front of the TV ALOT
I refuse to feel guilty about that for the first 4 weeks. And I started drinking coffee again, after swearing that I wasn't going to. 
We are sleeping mostly through the night with little feedings. I wake up feeling like laying around for a little while, then get energy, then feel wiped out by DS' naptime, then get energy, then collapse at bedtime! I remember feeling sleep deprived until DS was 10 months old! I'm hoping to cope better this time around, but we'll see.
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