https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 28 May 2026 18:24:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-355050 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:37:04 +0000 JessicaMcB 355050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Emma is five days old and I'm lucky to get two hours (thank God I've been a lousy sleeper for years anyway). My husband doesn't get up with her but is suffering from the minor breaks in his sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-355049 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:36:09 +0000 Mrs.B 355049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not getting much sleep. DD is 2 weeks old and loves to nurse so I'm getting 2-4 hours a day. At night she likes to nurse anywhere from 45 minutes to 1.5 hours and she is eating every 2 hours start to start not leaving much room for me to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-355029 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:21:12 +0000 pinkcupcake 355029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When L was a newborn, I think I slept about 4-5 hours a day (in 2 hour chunks). I had a really hard napping during the time, so I would just crash at night for a couple hours. </p> <p>Ahh, the lovely newborn days... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354958 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:50:13 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 354958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 1 week old.<br /> I'd say 4-6 hours:<br /> about 4h through out night<br /> 1-2 during day when he naps<br /> he naps a lot but I have to shower/clean/eat/pump so I can't sleep too much<br /> P.S: I'm writing this one handed while nursing....ahhh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354951 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:47:32 +0000 googly-eyes 354951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coco bee I wish we could do that, but since I'm staying at home and DH works 12 hr+ days, I let him sleep. A few days ago he took a night to himself and barely slept at all but I got 7ish hours in a row, minus the time I briefly woke up when he was warming a bottle. Weirdly I think I felt worse that day! Lol.</p> <p>@skirpa sounds a little like my LO, but she's been variable lately!</p> <p>@lydg that is AMAZING at 7 weeks! 9-10pm to 3-4am is at least 5 hours!!! My LO has done that in the past but nothing consistent. Mostly after being exhausted from fussing about something. Any tips?</p> <p>@heatherloveskenny I would love six hours! Is there anything special you did or is that just your LO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354932 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:34:19 +0000 hilsy85 354932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 4 days old, and I am also having a really hard time sleeping during the day. Last night I got two 2 hour stretches and maybe a half hour this morning. Today I think I"m finally feeling the effects of a few days with no sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354903 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:24:16 +0000 LuLu Mom 354903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm seriously very lucky and am getting 8 hours or so a day. Emme is 3 weeks. She sleeps 4 hour stretches at night, so we both go to bed at 9, feed and pump at 1, and sleep from 2-6 and then sleep 7-9:30. I usually get a cat nap in the afternoon too from 2-3. I know I'm spoiled but she loves her sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354857 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:04:39 +0000 skipra 354857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He normally goes down for the night around 9-10 and has the longest stretch, waking sometime between 12 &amp; 2. After that it's anyone's guess. Last night we has 2 stretches about 2.5 hours each but then he refused to sleep in his bed longer than 15 min at a time. He doesn't nurse for very long before falling back to sleep but I have to wait for him to be sound asleep before putting him back to bed. I won't lie...he usually sleeps in our bed after 4 or 5 because I am too tired at that point. Sometimes he likes to get up for the day relatively early by 7-ish but normally I can convince him to wait til closer to 9. Some days I nap when he does and feel so much better. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354853 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:02:28 +0000 matador84 354853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 weeks old and sleeps between 9-12 hours a night. Hewakes me up between 3-4am and again around 6-7a. I put him down at night between 9-10pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354788 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:10:10 +0000 Mrs. Pen 354788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Back then DH and I took turns so I was able to sleep 2-3 hour stretches about twice at night. So I slept 4-6 hours give or take. But they were broken up; say I slept 10-1, then I would take "next shift" and not go back to sleep until 5am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354781 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:03:44 +0000 googly-eyes 354781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also, it seems my LO did better sleeping at night until this past week. (She turns 6w Friday.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354780 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:03:02 +0000 googly-eyes 354780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane I apparently am getting less sleep than is average. My LO gets bad gas in the mornings and refuses to sleep well after the first night wakeup. I'm going to try a few new things for that. I didn't think I would do well on this amount of sleep but actually, I worry so much about sleep but the worry seems worse than the reality at almost six weeks. :) (And at the end of pregnancy I was sleeping about 10-12/day, so I was REALLY a big sleeper!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354761 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:49:03 +0000 photojane 354761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'm so scared about this. i'm an evil witch monster if i don't sleep enough. having a newborn is going to kill me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354756 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:44:20 +0000 mrskc 354756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A is only a week old right now. He usually eats around 10-11 pm and then I go to sleep after that feeding. He's eating every 2-3 hours. I get up 3-4 times and feedings take about 30-45 minutes. I don't usually get up for the day until 9-10 am so I'm getting about 7 hours of sleep every night. I don't feel the need to nap during the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354748 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:37:58 +0000 HLK208 354748@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not really a new mom since DD is 4 months old but between 2-6 weeks, I was getting the same amount of sleep as @Running Elley. Our schedule was the same until 6 weeks when she had her first 6 hour stretch (which to me, is sleeping through the night, haha). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354743 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:34:27 +0000 Running Elley 354743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elliot usually goes down for the night at 10 (when I get into bed and go to sleep too) and we're usually up to feed about every 3-4 hours so 1, 4 and 7. after the 7am feeding I'm usually up for the day and I have trouble napping with him during the day too. Feedings take us about 45 minutes-an hour during the night so I usually average about 6 hours of sleep.</p> <p>ETA: He's 2 weeks old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354714 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:16:10 +0000 sunny 354714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in bed with LO between 11-ish and anywhere between 9-11am. We end up getting 7-8 hours in total with wake ups every 3 hrs or so. </p> <p>I won't be able to sleep in until 11am when I return to work though :-(. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354709 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:12:21 +0000 sorrycharlie 354709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't sleep during the day..stinks.</p> <p>She eats around 7pm, 10pm, 2am, 6am and 9am and will sleep in between! She has days where she naps all day (today) and not at all (two days ago), but her nighttime sleep is pretty decent so far! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-moms-how-much-are-you-sleeping#post-354699 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:05:11 +0000 googly-eyes 354699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm getting about a three hour stretch at night and then maybe another hour or half hour as LO fusses in the early morning hours.</p> <p>I can't seem to sleep while the baby sleeps.</p> <p>What about you? </p>