Lots of our friends have told us that the first month with a newborn is, to quote one friend in particular, "pure hell". Others have told us that its one big sleepless blur, but its awesome. However, they've all also said that you start to settle in after that. When did you find a rhythm when you felt like you were getting the hang of it?
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Closer to 2.5 months here. I wouldn't say it was he'll before that and we had a lot of other stuff going on but by 2.5 months I didn't feel like I could pass out at any given moment if I shut my eyes for more than a millisecond.
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I think around 8 wks...I kinda felt like I knew LO a little bit, and had a handle on feeding/changing/napping. Of course, then things changed! That's the only constant with babies--that nothing stays the same!
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I wouldn't call it pure hell...I mean it was hard and I was massively sleep deprived, but I was just running on auto-pilot. I'd say we got into a rhythm around 6 weeks or so.
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Right around 3 months. Just in time for me to go back to work! Boo!
Like @hilsy85: said, I feel like things are constantly changing. Once you get into a good rhythm with your schedule, something seems to throw a wrench in it!
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@FutureMrsMcK: That is good to know! Our friend scared us! haha
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Around 8 weeks.
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I wouldn't call it pure hell. It has its difficult moments but we settled in rather quickly.
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One month!
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I don't think it's hell but I still struggle balancing everything and my son is almost 10 months.
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I thought the first 2-2.5 weeks were the worst, and then it has been getting progressively better. I'm not sure there's rhythm yet (6 weeks), but it feels like there could be, soon, if there isn't.
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I remember "joking" (read: not joking at all) that I felt like it had been one really long day when people asked how things were at 4 weeks. I started feeling more comfortable at 7 weeks and now, at three months, we're definitely in a good routine! I go back to work in two weeks though so we'll see how I feel then
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I felt more like me and comfortable in my new role around 4 weeks, DS fell into a routine around 6 weeks!
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I definitely felt completely clueless the first couple of weeks, but slowly started to get into more of a rhythm after that. I'd say I felt pretty comfortable around 6-8 weeks.
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