Overprotective mum alert

I have literally turned into my worst nightmare, my newborn is 6 weeks and is having me up around 3 times a night and doesn’t sleep much during the day so im pretty exhausted. Im doing the night feeds solo as my husband is working, im being offered support from family to look after my baby and I get some rest but I can’t seem to let go and allow it, in my eyes no one can do it as good as me and I know he will be well looked after for the 2/3hrs, I just don’t know how to ‘let go’ I know I need to take the help but I just can’t seem to. Before being pregnant I was so chilled and laid back and now I don’t even recognise myself 😂 Has anyone else been like this, any tips would be appreciated 🙈
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Have them watch your baby a few times with you there so you can get more comfortable to the idea of other people looking after them then realistically it is a case of force yourself to let them watch them and it’s easier after I live with my mum and it took me untill I had an infection from birth and got extremly ill that I had to let her look after my baby as I was physically not able too and it’s a lot easier now I still miss her life mad and it takes me a while to get to sleep even though she’s only downstairs or in the room next to me but it will get so much easier after the first few times it’s just pushing yourself to actually let go but I deffo think my mum watching her in front of me made it easier to give me that push xx

And keep in mind if your struggling and tired baby can sense that and it’s no good trying to look after your baby if you get too exhausted and can’t do it properly so your doing it for your baby! If your not okay babys not okay❤️

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I felt the same way. I just let my family look after him in the room with me for a few hours and just take it slowly there's no rush. When I finally got comfortable enough to leave my LO alone with someone I got a camera in the living room so I can still watch and check up on my baby as and when I wanted to make sure which gives me some peace of mind x

Set an alarm for 7AM! Wake them up, change ther nappy, top and tail them ,don’t let them sleep If they go to sleep carry on with changing them, then washing them down! Have the telly on! All the lights on! Feed them a bottle Keep them awake until 9AM! Let them sleep until 10! Wake them for a bottle! Feed then Change there bum! Keep them awake until 12! Let them go sleep until 1PM! Wake them up feed them Change there bum! Keep them awake until 2! Let them nap until 3! Hoover and make noise feed them at 4! Keep them awake until 5! Change them! Let them nap to 6! Wake them up, change them wash themdown ! Feed at 7! Then Swaddle or not Put them in moses basket or wherever they sleep with the monitor on but out of the living room! In the bedroom! In the dark or night lights on if u nationallu sleep with one on i do Leave them there

You go bed at 10!!! Sleep until they wakes up! When they do wake up, go fetch bottle without them, don’t move them from the bed! Get someone to hold her with dummy or just let them cry it doesnt take that long to make a bottle, feed them, swaddle them, put them back down! They gotta learn to distinguish night time from day time! Keep setting your alarm for 7 am each morning , and repeat, You’ll be tired at first, but it’ll work! It’s how I got my babie to sleeping through by 1 month old X x x

I was like this with my first. The only person I would let watch her was my mum and in our living room. Was also very laid back prior.

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