Hellobee Boards Topic: When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?

Hellobee Boards Topic: When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:41:08 +0000 yoursilverlining on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256887 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:37:28 +0000 yoursilverlining 256887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is 9 weeks now and sleep is a million times better now than the first 5-6 weeks. Those were ROUGH! meredithNYC on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256884 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:34:12 +0000 meredithNYC 256884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think the first 6 weeks was really, really rough. I thought I was losing my mind from the sleep deprivation. BananaPancakes on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256856 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:16:27 +0000 BananaPancakes 256856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Superhero: I agree. Waking every 2 hours (with only 45 min in between) isn't so bad for a week or two. But 6 weeks of it is miserable! I was a total zombie for the first 2 months. Mrs. Superhero on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256832 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:54:16 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 256832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The longer it goes, the worse it gets. I had a lot of tears in the second month because she still slept so rough! winniebee on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256785 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:37:16 +0000 winniebee 256785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The first month was the worst for us. He never slept more than 2-3 hours and oftentimes wouldn't go back to sleep after feedings. Right around the 1 month mark, he started sleeping in 3 hour stretches and went to sleep after feedings. His sleeping gradually improved until 11.5 weeks when he was sleeping 6 hours. But then he started his 3 month growth spurt and for the past 5 days has been getting up every 3 hours again. Ugh. looch on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256784 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:37:05 +0000 looch 256784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The first 6 weeks were pretty rough for us. dookie32 on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256778 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:34:29 +0000 dookie32 256778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At the very beginning was the worst for me but this 4 month wakeful or whaever the heck it is really sucks too. He might have been up every 3-4 hours the first month but at least it was somewhat consistent- and I also wasn't working. My son is 4.5 months now and while there are some good nights, there are random bad ones and every night is different. Mrs. Train on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256767 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:22:42 +0000 Mrs. Train 256767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I dont know how to answer. I haven't slept in four years. Someday it will happen again, someday. Honeybee on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256761 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:17:23 +0000 Honeybee 256761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think the worst for me with DD was when she was 9 months. She would wake up for hours in the middle of the night and not go back to sleep. I much prefer waking every few hours, if they immediately go back to sleep after eating. DS is only 4.5 months right now, but his worst so far was like 2-8 weeks. At 8/10 weeks his sleep suddenly improved drastically, so that was really nice! chopsuey on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256757 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:14:03 +0000 chopsuey 256757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For the first 6 weeks LO would wake every 3 hours to eat. At exactly 6 weeks old she started sleeping longer 5-6 hour stretches! Freckles on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256749 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:09:25 +0000 Freckles 256749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I agree, it got really bad after the second week. The first week was hard but colic doesn't start until week 3. During week 2, we thought we were so lucky to have a decent sleeper only to find out that hell was waiting for us around the corner! But you could be really lucky and have a good sleeper. If you don't, just remember things do eventually get better. :) regberadaisy on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256741 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:03:58 +0000 regberadaisy 256741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ The first month was alll bad. Then it slowly got better. Now at 3.5 months I'm convinced she's going through sleep regression. She's back to waking up every 2-3 hours again. It's ROUGH. Mrsbells on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256733 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:00:34 +0000 Mrsbells 256733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ For me my baby got worse after the 1st week. The first few days home was hard but then she suddenly got even worse at night and wouldn't lie in her crib at all. From week 2 to week 4 her sleep was the worst. plaidpants on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256728 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:59:40 +0000 plaidpants 256728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I agree with @Mrs. Jacks, although I might extend it to the first couple weeks! Then our LO settled into more of a routine. Even though I still didn't sleep much until she was closer to a couple months old,, at least I knew what to expect. It was the not knowing if she'd sleep for 10 minutes or 4 hours that just drained me! Mrs. Jacks on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256720 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:55:11 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 256720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I thought the first 2-3 days were always the worst. Then you start figuring out your little one and how to work around their schedule and get them more acclimated to day/ night ktgee04 on "When is sleep deprivation at it's 'worst'?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-is-sleep-deprivation-at-its-worst#post-256712 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:51:51 +0000 ktgee04 256712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I have a week old baby and was wondering when their sleep is at it's worst? (aka when do they wake up the most throughout the night?) I realize it's different with every baby and depending on what they are going through (teething etc.) but I was just wondering if his sleep habits now as a newborn are the worst for me or if it's still yet to come! He's been a pretty good sleeper so far and I would be estatic if this is the worst of it! Thank in advance!!