Partner returning to work

Sleep during the day as / when you can and be comfortable with some jobs going undone around the house - you’ll soon find your routine x

I didn’t find it too bad really when he went back to work. If you can try and get a few hours sleep before baby “last feed of the night” let your husband do that and get baby to sleep then you take over and do the nighttime feeds. I also had my daughter to take to nursery. X

I take our toddler to bed at 8pm and get some sleep then and My husband stays up to do the “last feed” about 10/11. I then do the night feeds while he sleeps through and he does the first morning feed about 6 before he leaves for work. It works for us as we both get an uninterrupted chunk of sleep. It does mean we don’t really get a lot of time together but we know it’s just for a short time. Just try and find a routine that works for you and communicate when one of you us struggling with being tired and help eachother where you can x

What’s your night routine with feeds? I go to bed at 9pm, partner does the 11pm feed, brings baby into the next to me, she wakes around 2.30/3.30 so I take her for that feed, then put her back in next to me until 6.30 where we are all up for the day (I have a 5 year old who I take to school). This way I get some solid hours of Sleep and my partner sleeps around 12-6am so he has 6 hours before work.

Thanks everyone for your advice!

My husband goes back tomorrow too. We're planning on me going to bed at 8, him feeding her milk expressed last night and then bringing her up at 10. He will then go sleep in the spare room and I'll sleep in with her for the rest of the night. She usually wakes at 12, 3 and 6ish..

Rest when baby asleep if possible, can he help at weekends so you have some rest? Or consider co-sleeping

You might find that when your husband has been taking the baby in the morning he is actually just sleeping for a few hours with him, so if you want to keep sleeping at this time your baby is already used to it. This is what I found. Baby sleeps in a next to me at night but then co-sleeps with husband has gone to work

Not sure what time your partner works or anything but I normally sleep from when he gets home which is like 6pm till like midnight and then he goes to bed and I sleep between feeds with baby if I can through the night that works for us cause I'm getting atleast 5 hours a night