Life with a Newborn: Elf Gifs Edition
It's 5:34 am. My baby is asleep, but not for much longer. He's due to wake for another bottle any minute. So why am I awake? Surely, by my third baby, I'd know to sleep when the baby sleeps, especially at night. Except: does this actually work for most people? Especially in these early newborn days. I mean, baby is eating every three hours. By the time I've fed him, changed him, burped him, and gotten him back to sleep, we're already at least an hour and fifteen minutes into that three hours. Then I need to get myself back in bed and asleep, and I have never, ever, ever been someone who can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. So usually, by the time I fall back asleep, I might have an hour before the baby wakes up again. Anxiety and slight panic kick in. I am not Buddy. I'm more of a needs-a-solid-ten-hours-to-function kind of gal. Friends, sleeping in hour-long segments...
