My son is 6 weeks old and I'm absolutely wrecked. My wife and I are trying to split night duties but honestly we both just end up awake anyway. I come home from work and I'm useless. How long until he sleeps through the night? My buddies with older kids keep saying "it gets better" but I need a timeline here because I'm running on fumes.
Six weeks is still brutally hard. Split duties help but honestly the sleep deprivation is just something you have to survive. It gets better around week 12 when they can go longer between feeds. Hang in there.
Real talk, the 3am feeds stopped destroying me around 4 months when he could sleep longer stretches. Before that we just accepted we were both zombies. It's a sprint, not a marathon.
This phase is temporary even though it feels eternal. Around 10-12 weeks ours started doing longer stretches. Coffee becomes your best friend until then.
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Can your wife pump so you can do a full shift one night while she sleeps? When I could take the whole 10pm to 6am block, my wife got actual rest and everything felt more manageable.