I am SO tired. How do you make a newborn sleep?

Guatemom i really do feel for you but can sympathise with you i had five children and went through much the same as you only difference was that at seven am each morning i would have to be up and have my kids ready as i drove a school bus and would have to take my children with me ,I didn`t have anyone to help care for them as hubby was already at work but my children were not very good sleepers at all and the first one was still waking up so much at night we actually documented that on one night he woke thirteen times through the night need less to say i was just so exhausted but the worst part was that none of my five ever slept through a single night until they turned three years of age .It was a very trying time indeed .The only thig i can suggest is if you start them in a routine i put the little ones that i care for down at 10am let them have a couple of hours sleep and then they are woken up they are kept awake until two then they all go down again .It does take time for a proper routine to be set but having two is a bit more difficult especially when you have a deadline to meet .Is there anyone who can sit with your children for a couple of hours a day just to give you a little bit of time for you to complete your things ,remember you need to keep well so that you can continue to care for your little ones and if you get down too far it`s really hard to come back ,i learn`t this the hard way .All the best i hope it works out for you

I was where you were a number of years ago. Sleep is essential for basic functioning so somehow you must get some sleep. My advice would be to appeal to your husband to allow you to get some much needed sleep when your husband is around. Let him have some control over the kids while you rest and regenerate yourself. As for getting your infant to sleep, at one month old there really isn't much you can do short of taking him back into bed with you. If you are that tired, then by all means take him back to bed with you after he has nursed just so you can get some rest. Eventually, when he reaches a certain weight he will begin to eat less frequently during the night, but right now he needs his nourishment. Good luck!

Yes, it's indeed tired to have two little baby at home and have to work for dateline. My autie always uses her tactic, to softly tap the baby leg in the afternoon, so that her baby doesn't sleep too long in the afternoon. After that, my niece is too tired at night and doesn't wake up in the mid night, and it save a lot of hussle.

Hang in there! As you know, this will eventually pass but unfortunately you will just have to get through it. I remember coming home from work at midnight, going to bed about 1:30 or 2:00 and then getting back up at 5:00am. My wife left for work at 5:30 am until 9am. So on top of getting up early without much sleep, I had 2 kids to wake up at 7:15 to get ready for school and then pack everyone into the van for about a 3 minute ride to school. I was hard but now those days are gone just like it will be for you. Of course you don't want the days to pass too fast with your kids, it'll just be nice when you get a few more hours sleep to be a little more awake for them.

I have the same feeling of you ! My baby is a girl,she is one year old now.now I feel it easy to take care of her because she can sleep for a worlle night.but it is dificult when she was one year old ago.she always wake up at least twice one night.so I can't sleep well.You will feel well when your baby grows up a little,and you will find how lovely he is!My dautor is all the world for me !I love her very much!