Baby sleep - why did no-one tell me?

"Why did no-one tell me that we'd get literally no sleep when we had a baby?". JK wishes someone had told him that baby sleep isn't continuous and is broken up so you never get decent sleep. What do you wish someone had told you? We'd love you to share your thoughts below.

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[oquobmp]

No matter how much you THINK you're prepared....you're not!

[Kateplus_x]

Loved this! No matter how many times people tell you about the sleep torture, nothing can prepare you for it. My husband has the ability to sleep through absolutely anything though... convenient 😐 x

[katie_ellison]

The 20 minute sleep is the worst! When you have a new baby and already have a child, they normally tag team so I would settle the baby around 5 and at 6 my toddler was ready to start the day. Aaaaah!

[AlexGladwin]

Lol, loved this. You guys always brighten my day! The 20 minute is a killer - thoughhhh to be fair both my boys have slept through the night since they were a few weeks. I got very lucky! X

[DearBeautiful]

Love this! Everyone tells you that you won't sleep but they don't fully prepare you for it thats for sure. The breaking up of the sleep into teeny little bits is a total killer!!! We also used to fall into the trap of waiting up a bit longer, thinking that they weren't going to sleep for long and knowing how hard it is to be woken up... and those are always the occasions that they would have a nice long stretch of sleep and it would get wasted while we tried to stay awake waiting for them to wake up. x

[IsabelBrandon]

the 20 min 'sleep' is DEFINITELY the worst, so glad that is in the past!

[riaclark_x]

The second night after having Noah, I was exhausted so when he grizzled in the night... I poked Matt and said 'can you just check Noey please?' ... His response, in a delirious haze said 'Ree, he's gone out with his mates... He's fine!'... I did every night time wake up from that day hahaha. Thankfully I don't need much sleep but I agree there's warnings about lack of sleep and then there is the hard truths. When you have teenagers, you may sleep again pretty much sums it up! 💕

[Staceyleighfromthesoul]

HAHA this is what my husband said, I do nights i can cope with it... How wrong was he lol. Love you guys! x