How do you ladies get yourself out of bed? I have been struggling lately to get up before my daughter. We recently moved her into her own room and for the first week I barely got any sleep. Combo of her not sleeping well and me worried about her. Now 3 weeks later, I’m waking up exhausted even when I sleep for 7-8 hours at night. I think I’m over sleeping but I have no motivation to get up any earlier. What are your motivations? I used to ‘reward’ myself with a good cup of coffee at a local care

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I have no advice for you but same. I had been waking up at 530 and exercising and getting my life together before my now 6 month old wakes up. Now I roll out of bed when he’s screaming at me. I was hypothesizing to my husband if could be related to weening from breastfeeding or maybe my thyroid getting out of whack. I dk what it is but I’m exhausted.

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I used to be able to work so much earlier than I do now and have no problem doing it but now I feel like it takes more of a toll on my body and I see other people living on 6 hours of sleep but by 2:00pm every day I’m exhausted and getting up for 6:30 is a struggle when I used to be able to get up at 4:30 no problem

Every morning I have the greatest intention to get up 2-3 hours before my daughter to get some work in and ‘be ahead of my day’ I just can’t get myself out of bed and end up getting up 1 hour before her and then just checking my emails and that’s it before she wakes up

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Can you share morning duty with your partner? Perhaps switch off every other day? They get baby up and entertained while you get ready, etc. I have found it's pretty impossible to do it all myself.

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Or perhaps even hire a morning sitter ;)

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Not sure how old your daughter is but if you still find yourself worrying about her in her own room, look into the Owlet sock. Best purchase I ever made for my daughter (and me!!)

I commiserate with you. Wish I had some advice. Hang in there!

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I start a new schedule at work next week and the only way I can make sure to devote enough time to my daughter and work. I figured out that I should start work by 4:00am every morning to have enough time for both

I feel you so hard on this. I feel like I hit a wall in the mornings. The only way I can get up at 5am now is if I’m in bed by 9:30. I didnt sleep well when we first moved our baby into his own room too, so I get it. Your body may be telling you to slow down and catch up on some of that rest you lost.

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