Our son is 6 weeks old and I don't think I've slept more than 2 hours straight in weeks. My wife and I try to split nights but it's still brutal. I went back to work last week and honestly work is easier than being home. Is that bad to say? I love my son but man I forgot what it felt like to sleep through the night. When does this get better? How are you guys surviving this phase?
Two hours straight is rough, brother. Make sure you and your wife are being patient with each other during this time - the sleep deprivation makes everything harder. You're in the thick of it but you're doing great.
I'm right there with you at 6 weeks. Some nights I feel like I'm hallucinating. The splitting nights thing helps but yeah, it's still rough. Hang in there, supposedly it gets easier around 3 months.
Man, those first weeks are brutal. Once you get past this haze, it does get better. In the meantime, throw everything in the crockpot for dinner so you're not adding cooking stress on top of no sleep. You got this.
Sleep deprivation at 6 weeks is no joke, literally. Your brain is running on fumes right now. Try to get at least one 4 hour block per night where one of you takes everything and the other just sleeps. Game changer.
This right here. At 6 weeks you're still in the trenches. The newborn phase is just brutal on sleep. Does your son have reflux or is it just typical newborn stuff keeping him up?
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Six weeks and two hour sleep stretches? That's brutal. It gets easier but I won't lie and say it happens overnight. You're in the thick of the survival phase right now. How's your wife holding up?