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C is 3 weeks old. I have a hard time napping when she does during the day. She's usually only good for one long nap a day so its my only chance to get anything done. But she sleeps for some longish stretches at night, so on average, we both go down around ten, wake up and feed for an hour around two or three, both sleep until seven. Sometimes she will sleep another hour or two after that, sometimes not, and if she does sometimes I will sleep too, or I take my shower. I only really sleep during the day if we slept badly the night before but I'm realizing I'm not really getting enough hours overall.

Oh and sometimes I break the rule of going down at night when she does. That's the absolute only time Dh and I have together so sometimes after she goes to sleep we stay up and watch a show and talk. I think that time for our relationship is as important as sleep.

I tried to because it was the only time I could sleep. It meant a lot of day sleeping for me, too. In those early days, don't beat yourself up for not getting a lot done. Eventually your LO will start to sleep better and you'll hopefully be better rested at night, but if that's not now don't feel bad. Early postpartum is about survival. We had a messy house and not a lot of quality time then, but it eventually got better. He still doesn't STTN at 8 months, but we have longer stretches so I feel much more rested, and he goes to bed by 7:30 so DH and I get time together. You'll make it eventually, but don't feel bad for not being there yet!

I hated being told to sleep when the baby sleeps b/c...I could never do it. I tried, but the intervals were so short in the night when she was a newborn, I would be up quite a bit.

The sleep will hopefully get better in the next couple of weeks! Usually between 8-12 weeks they begin to stretch out their sleep, and hopefully you can catch some more ZZZs too!