https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:12:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202794 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:45:48 +0000 lemondrop 202794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, being a zombie in the middle of the night freaked me out so much that I stopped breastfeeding in the middle of the night and would just give him a quick bottle instead. </p> <p>It gets a lot easier after a couple months, but those early days are scary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202781 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:29:58 +0000 pinkcupcake 202781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG, YES! So glad to know I'm not alone! During the first couple months, I'd wake up in a panic because I would remember nursing her but not putting her back. I'd frantically jump out of bed and rush to the crib, just praying that she was there (she always was!). Hahaha. It's getting better now that LO is sleeping more, but I still haven't gotten a full night's sleep in God only knows how long, so I'm always really, really out of it. Sometimes I can't remember which toothbrush is mine and which is DH's. I find myself holding my prenatal vitamin container and I can never remember if I just took one or not. I've tried to pay for things with my driver's license. </p> <p>I miss sleep :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202780 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:29:14 +0000 mooncici 202780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!!!! It happened to me so many times!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202777 Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:22:46 +0000 skibobrown 202777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I've heard this from others too. I never co-slept w/ baby at all (and didn't nurse all that much either b/c of supply issues), and yet I would often wake up during those early weeks convinced that I had fallen asleep nursing, and that baby must be suffocating under the covers that were pulled up to my neck. It's a very disturbing sensation, but it will pass. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202610 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:53:25 +0000 mediagirl 202610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel so much better now. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who does this! This thread really made me chuckle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202588 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:32:50 +0000 Mrs. Yoyo 202588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh my gosh, I never coslept with Baby Y and I would constantly jolt myself awake and often hit my husband because I was frantically looking for the baby, who I thought had fallen out of bed. You're not alone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202565 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:13:51 +0000 BananaPancakes 202565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All the time! I forget feedings regularly and often wake up without the slightest idea what happened over night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202549 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:03:43 +0000 Andrea 202549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yea! I always woke up in a panic thinking that I dropped her....even though I had not even fallen asleep while holding her. I think you're just holding the baby so much in the early days that you get this empty feeling if they are not there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202545 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:03:04 +0000 yoursilverlining 202545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the frantic looking for LO happened to me the other night - it felt like the WORST nightmare ever! We often sleep in shifts (LO doesn't sleep well at night so one person stays with LO in the livingroom and one person gets a dedicated 4 hours of sleep in the bedroom, then we switch), and my husband had LO and her bassinet in the livingroom. I woke up, totally frantic that LO had been in the bed with me (we don't co-sleep either). I was pulling all the blankets off the bed looking for her, terrified she was missing. Then I looked over to where her bassinet would be and it wasn't there and my stomach just dropped. I ran out of the bedroom and my husband of course is sitting on the sofa, holding LO. He said I was white as a sheet, and all I said was "oh thank God you have her!!!". He was just like "of course I do!" :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202528 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:42:06 +0000 cvbee 202528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: that happened to me ALL the time. Plus I have a cat who sleeps with me, so I would think that the cat was my baby. The other thing that would happen is that I would wake up hearing Nico crying in his crib and think "how is that possible, as he is on me and feeding right now". Nope, he was indeed in his crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202461 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:27:11 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 202461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man, I never experienced this because I am FULLY awake every time I wake up with LO. I never reach a deep sleep so I am completely awake when LO wakes up and when I feed her (I always take her into the living room, I can't nurse in the dark).</p> <p>My husband does this though. He hardly ever knows what's going on at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202455 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:23:08 +0000 MegWag 202455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did cosleep some, so for me it wasn't a totally irrational fear, but at least once a night most nights until recently I woke up and my first thought was "Where's the baby?!" because, like @pointybird I couldn't remember putting him back in his crib. I always figured it out without checking, but it resulted in a few seconds of panic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202421 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:58:36 +0000 autumnlove 202421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I woke up after dozing off while nursing and my baby wasn't in my arms! She was asleep on the floor....luckily our couch is low and our floors are carpeted! :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202406 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:47:04 +0000 rachiecakes 202406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG YES.<br /> I went back to work at 7 weeks and I fall asleep feeding him most of the time. I almost fall asleep at work, I fumble around getting ready in the morning. I lose my keys and debit card on almost a daily basis.<br /> I hope this gets better someday! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202400 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:43:38 +0000 plaidpants 202400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! I used to wake up in the middle of the night and I would remember nursing my LO, but not putting her back in the crib. So I would panic and race to the crib to make sure I had actually put her back to bed, and not left her in the rocker or something. It was very stressful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202390 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:37:27 +0000 winniebee 202390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: YES! My DH and I both woke up in the first few weeks frantic that DS was in our bed (we don't co-sleep). I also had the forgetful feedings! DS is almost 6 weeks and last night went to bed at 9:30 (so did I) and got up at 1:30 and 5 - so it definitely gets a little better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-mom-dilerium#post-202388 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:35:25 +0000 mediagirl 202388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, I've found a lack of sleep makes me slightly delirious. A few times now, I've woken up and started pawing around in the bed looking for our lo. She doesn't co-sleep but I think I have this constant fear I'll fall asleep with her on me and then lose her in the covers . One night I even asked my husband in a panic: "where's the baby???" This morning I got up at midnight, 3 and 5:30 to feed. I don't remember feeding her at 3. The only way I know I did is because I noted it on my phone. Ugh! </p> <p>Anyone else experience this as a new mom or new parent? </p>