What should a mother do if she does not get enough sleep while taking care of her child?

Although women are mentally prepared after ten months of pregnancy, they will become much busier when there is one more person in the family. However, after the baby is born, the woman's rest cannot be guaranteed because of the baby's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, and she may even suffer from severe sleep deprivation. This is very detrimental to the mother's physical recovery. So, what should you do if you don’t get enough sleep because of taking care of your children?

If conditions permit, the hospital stay can be extended

If the family's financial situation allows, we still recommend that mothers stay in the hospital for a few more days after giving birth. In this way, not only can nurses deal with their own illnesses in a timely manner, but family members can also take care of their children with peace of mind, allowing mothers to have more time to rest. Some experts also said that if mothers stay in the hospital for a few more days, they can reduce the symptoms of postpartum depression. The reason behind this is probably because mothers have enough rest time.

During the day, mothers should take time to sleep

During the day, mothers are busy feeding their babies, coaxing their babies to sleep, and sometimes they have to do housework, which will lead to mothers not getting enough sleep. At night, the baby needs to get up frequently to drink milk, which will cause the mothers' sleep quality to become very poor. Therefore, when the baby is resting, mothers can sleep with the baby. Taking a short nap during the day can help mothers gradually recover their strength.

Let family members help share the burden

Giving birth to a healthy baby causes great damage to the mother's body, so it takes a long time for mothers to recover. Therefore, when you feel that you are unable to do so, you can ask your family to help take care of the baby. For example, when the baby does not need to drink milk, the family can take care of the baby.

Because newborn babies sleep more, if you can sleep with the baby and make up for your sleep in time, you can alleviate the symptoms of lack of sleep. In addition, you need to adjust the baby's schedule, try to reduce the time for feeding at night, and dim the indoor lights when going to bed, or turn off the lights when sleeping, so that the baby can initially have the concept of night and day, and will sleep more at night, and the mother can also have enough time to rest.