Why New Mothers Are Missing Out On Sleep
September 14, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Baby Care, Breastfeeding, Mental Health
3.5 hours. That’s how much sleep most new mothers get each night for the first 4 months of their babies lives. That’s according to a study in the UK from Mother & Baby Magazine.
An article in the Guardian about the study repeated a number of statistics that might shock those of us who haven’t lived through this:
One-third of new mothers get even less than three hours sleep and this sleeplessness is affecting other areas of life, in particular marriage.
