To prove that every mum has been through the trials and tribulations of attempting to get a good night’s sleep, we asked the Stylist team for their tips on how to get some much needed shut eye.

Trust the process:

“Don’t try and solve the tiredness; it’s not a problem to be fixed, it’s a fact. Your body straight after baby is in its fourth trimester and is in recovery so needs to be fuelled and rested. Only as time passes will you become less tired!”

Sleep while you can:

“I never slept in the day. MISTAKE. By the time my third child was born, I took all the naps. I think I was a bit nuts with my first – I wasn’t very good at relaxing, and had painted this ‘busy mum’ pic having lots of coffees, baby classes and walks and – in truth – that was all bullshit. I should have just chilled the fuck out.”

(Try to) enjoy it while you can

“It doesn’t last forever, and that first night they sleep through you stay awake poking them to check they’re okay but it’s magical.”

And finally…

“Dip in and out of the NCT group chat as needed – there’s always somebody who has a kid who sleeps through from the beginning. Avoid them. They are dicks. Or liars. Possibly both.”

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