https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:41:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1065795 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:43:19 +0000 tarabonno 1065795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh @bookish. AF is just the icing on a cake that doesn't sound yummy. Sending hugs to you.</p> <p>@sweedishfish Hugs to you also. Hope you enjoy your long weekend and things are easier next week! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1065762 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:26:37 +0000 swedishfish 1065762@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: hopefully it's a one time only appearance while BF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1065751 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 18:22:46 +0000 Bookish 1065751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: Yep :( I couldn't believe it. So bummed!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1065697 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:55:57 +0000 swedishfish 1065697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: oh no, AF? That's terrible!</p> <p>@JoyfulKiwi: yes, our students begin on Monday so the classes will keep me busy. Today was definitely better than yesterday! I'm glad my husband is like yours in terms of support. I wouldn't have made it out of the door on time without him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063379 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 19:45:06 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1063379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: You'll find your way. &lt;3 I started drinking coffee after rough nights &amp; do a lot of prep work in the evenings (with my husband's amazing support). It's definitely a big adjustment, but you'll get to that new normal. And your body can do amazing things with small amounts of sleep!</p> <p>Plus, you're teaching in the classroom soon right? Those kids will keep your mind crazy occupied, so you'll barely have time to miss your sweet little lady :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063250 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:49:54 +0000 pmerr 1063250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Commenting to follow. I'll be going back when LO is about 6W </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063244 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:44:55 +0000 Bookish 1063244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: it went ok. They threw a ton at me at work, so I was crazy busy. Probably for the best. :p pumping was pretty awkward, and I just barely made enough, but at least I got a decent amount.</p> <p>And then AF showed up. Sigh. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063026 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:45:38 +0000 MrsH 1063026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: big hugs! Hope the coffee was readily available. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063018 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:43:15 +0000 MsMamaBear 1063018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It gets better. My LO is 2 and I just now make it out of the house okay since we both sleep well and she doesn't wake up. Now the 1st few months back after maternity leave? NO IDEA how I survived! It was rough! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1063010 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:39:48 +0000 swedishfish 1063010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: How did your day go? I cried on the way to work and a little during the opening breakfast but I was alright for the rest of the day as long as I didn't focus on it. Pumping during lunch will be an adventure!</p> <p>Thanks for all of the advice and encouragement, ladies! I made it through today. Hopefully it will be a little easier leaving tomorrow and then I have a four day weekend. Thank you, Rosh Hashanah! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1062418 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:16:34 +0000 Bookish 1062418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: :) Thanks. I'm surviving. I'm being kept busy, and as long as I don't look at her picture, I'm good. But of course I'm looking at her picture... :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1062392 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:10:13 +0000 Boheme 1062392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: @swedishfish: Thinking about you both today and sending you hugs! I hope you're both making it through the day ok. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1062384 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:07:41 +0000 Bookish 1062384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a wreck all night. :( I've been chugging caffeine all day, which I'm sure is not helping my pathetic supply....but man, this is hard. I cried pretty hard this morning. Super hugs, I was wondering how you were doin </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061488 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:14:42 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1061488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @Smurfette: said, caffeine has been the key so far. I've been back at work for about 2 1/2 months, and I'm still trying to figure out how people do it. Good luck starting back; it's hard, but leaving LO will get somewhat easier as time goes by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061344 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:32:16 +0000 DillonLion 1061344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Going to bed as early as possible, new clothes, and coffee. And Hellobee! That's how I make it work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061331 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:27:07 +0000 mrs. wagon 1061331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So. Much Coffee.... </p> <p>Good luck!! It all gets easier and easier as you settle into a schedule and rhythm!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061322 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 08:24:23 +0000 blackbird 1061322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Aw good luck today!!! </p> <p>You just drink a lot of coffee and keep telling yourself that it does get easier! </p> <p>And I have gone to bed at 830pm before! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061279 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:57:58 +0000 JoJoGirl 1061279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm also just in my second week but I can tell you every day it gets a little easier. We were up a lot of the night last night with gas pains (or something) and I am just chugging coffee at work today. Trying to appreciate that I can sit and have a cup of coffee with nobody crying :) (Well, at least not in my presence, I know she's screaming her head off at home with DH :( ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061274 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:54:18 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1061274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept saying to myself, "they grow up so fast and before you know it this will all be behind us"... And it does go fast. My girls have (mostly) been sleeping through the night for about a year! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061249 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:45:36 +0000 looch 1061249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Give yourself some time to work out the kinks in the schedule. I was finally in a good groove 5 months in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061243 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:39:16 +0000 Revel 1061243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck! I'm only on my fourth day (second week) and while it is still hard, nothing has been as tough as that first day. Hang in there and just get through today! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061240 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:36:36 +0000 hellobeeboston 1061240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agreed with others - it gets better!! We were down to one waking a night before he started sttn, and I just got used to it - definitely a coffee drinker again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061232 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:31:38 +0000 Adira 1061232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander started sleeping longer around 11 weeks, right before I went back. I'd do a dream feed (where I actually ended up waking him, oops) at 9:00 p.m. before I went to bed and then he'd sleep until 5:00 a.m. Good luck to you! &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061175 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 07:04:27 +0000 cmomma17 1061175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: it's hard, but you can do it. Be patient as you figure out a routine that will work for you. Big hugs! I'm still adjusting and I've been back well over a month! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061168 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:59:17 +0000 mediagirl 1061168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: HUGS! That first day and the first week in general is the worst. It does get easier, even though it doesn't feel like it ever will because it feels like someone is tearing your heart out.</p> <p>As for being a WOHP, it's hard. Keeping to a schedule is the best thing we ever did for ourselves and our daughter. The routine helps her know when mealtime is, when bedtime is and when wakeup time is. </p> <p>The days that suck the worst when you've been in the routine for a while? When the baby is up all night and so are you. Then you have to go to work. Hello, zombiemom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061161 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:53:36 +0000 Smurfette 1061161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You just get use to not sleeping. It sucks. Caffeine helps.</p> <p>Good luck!! Prep as much as you can the night before, so in the morning all you have to do is throw everything in the car. You will find your groove! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061156 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:53:08 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1061156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All I can say is it gets better. </p> <p>Find a good routine so you aren't going too crazy, even if the routine means getting up four times a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061145 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:32:38 +0000 regberadaisy 1061145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It gets better. It becomes your new normal and you get used to it. My LO was a crap sleeper and super high needs so being at work was actually less tiring! Hahah.<br /> The hard part was the 4 month regression. That's when coffee came back into my life. :) </p> <p>And do as much as you can the night before to prep for the next morning. Have pre-made breakfasts ready. Prep bottles, have outfits figured out, coffee ready to go, meal plan etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061141 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:21:28 +0000 edelweiss 1061141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>aw, 10 weeks seems so little! i was a zombie for a while when LO went through at least a month of 4.30am wake-ups. i started going to bed really early--that helped a bit, but i think it's just hard! all of us moms deserve a big pat on the back. and a massage, and mani/pedi. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/wohms-how-do-you-do-it#post-1061138 Tue, 03 Sep 2013 06:17:14 +0000 Ra 1061138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went back when B was 8 weeks. It's rough. I sobbed the first few days I left. It gets easier though, I promise. </p> <p>As for the logistics of it, my husband helped out A LOT the first week. He took care of most of the nighttime feelings just because he knew how stressed and, I hate to admit, fragile I was was at that point. He really took one for the team. </p> <p>After that, we started taking turns with the night wakings. Last week, at 10 weeks, he magically started sleeping through the night. He usually wakes up around 5 and I try to feed him and let him play when I shower and get ready. Then, I pass him off to DH. This morning, DH fed him and now they're both sleeping in bed. </p> <p>It's trial and error but you'll develop a routine. You learn to function while tired. My kids don't even notice my zombie-like nature. </p> <p>You got this! Good luck! </p> <p>Oh, also, coming home to LO is the best feeling in the world! </p>