"Sleep when the baby sleeps" is garbage advice.

I have an almost 7 week old infant, and people tell me this ALL. THE. TIME. I'm honestly sick of hearing it. When the baby is awake, every second is all about baby. And I'm breastfeeding, so more than likely my LO is attached to my boob. She's also colicky so a lot of my time is spent comforting her, trying to help her pass gas, crying while she cries because there's nothing I can really do and I feel so bad for her. While she's awake, I'm in mom mode the entire time.While she's asleep is the time I get to be a human separate from my baby. I don't want to spend that whole time sleeping. It's my time to do what I want with, or to catch up on things I've been neglecting while focusing on my child. Pick up the fast food containers around the house, clean the dishes, finally get to clean the bottles I've been using throughout the day, do the things that make me feel like myself, work on a few of my hobbies.Sometimes going to sleep for MAYBE 2 hours before she wakes up again screaming for food or crying because her stoamch hurts just doesn't feel worth it. My SO is great and he helps out a lot, hes a great father, but he just doesn't have boobs that make milk so theres only so much he can do to help with the baby. And sometimes she just wants Mom, whi doesn't have those moments?Stop telling new moms to sleep when the baby sleeps. We're exhausted and honestly it's not what we want to hear. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2RRNx2f