[blparent] falling asleep?
Nikki Fugett-Dobens
nfugett at cinci.rr.com
Tue Feb 2 16:58:00 UTC 2010
Leslie,
I know how you feel. Just having a newborn makes you tired enough, I have
almost dozed off with Mackenzie laying on my stomach when she was that
little. I just tried not to let myself get too comfortable. I sang to
Mackenzie sometimes, which kept me awake, or tried to get myself interested
in something that wouldn't make me tired, maybe a tv show, or putting your
baby in an backpack carrier, and doing other things around the house. I
hope this helps a little.
Nikki
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 9:54 AM
Subject: [blparent] falling asleep?
> Hi All. I was wondering if you could give me any ideas, as I'm running
> into
> a problem that could be potentially serious. Its happened a few times
> where
> I've fallen asleep with my baby in my arms. The first time it happened,
> one
> of the nurses saw it and she informed me that I could potentially
> suffocate
> my baby by doing this. The problem is that I don't always know I'm getting
> sleepy unless someone tells me I am or until I start nodding off. I had a
> sleep study done in 2004 and the specialist said I have a non 24 hour
> sleep
> cycle and the only way to remedy that is to get a full 8 hours of sleep at
> the same time every night. Well, we both know that's virtually impossible
> now that I'm a new mom. Have you ever had this problem and if so, what
> kinds of things did you do to stay awake while holding your baby? One
> thing
> I've tried was having the radio on and that doesn't seem to help. Andy's
> really worried about me too. He doesn't want me to fall asleep and
> accidentally smother the baby. I don't want that either. I'm just at a
> loss of how to solve this issue. I've heard other blind people having the
> same problem since they don't get the light stimulation.
>
> Leslie
>
>
>
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