u/Ashamed-Flounder-896

I am four days postpartum and my husband and I have been working in two to three hour shifts where I stay awake and feed the baby, then go sleep while my husband stays awake with the baby or sleeps in the nursery with the baby until it’s time for me to feed the baby again. I’m still not sure if we should switch to six hour shifts where one of us is awake the whole time monitoring the baby or if it’s okay to sleep when the baby sleeps, because I’ve heard that last recommendation from so many people. But I know that there is a less chance of SIDS if one parent is up monitoring while the baby sleeps. This is my first baby and I love him but it’s all so overwhelming that I’m beginning to dread the nighttime.