I’ve had a history of anxiety and some insomnia through out my life. I’m a 33 year old male with a two year old son and a week old baby girl and an awesome wife.

When my son was born I was experiencing a lot of anxiety which lasted about a month. I was finding it extremely difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep. My wife could sense it was having a bad affect on me and in the last two years she’s done a lot of the night shifts. My anxiety died down and we’ve all been happy as Larry since.

My baby girl was born a week ago and my son came home from the in laws a few days ago. He’s been sleeping awfully for the last few weeks. I can feel my anxiety ramping up heavily as pretty much he’s my sole responsibility during the day and night. Last night he woke 4 times. The first at 12:30 and I didn’t sleep from 12:30 onwards. My mind can’t relax after tending to him at night and I lay in bed unable to sleep until his next wake up.

I’m genuinely worried now, is this something I can maybe adapt to and get used to or am in in trouble. Have any parents gone through similar things and is there light at the end of the tunnel or any advice? All i want is to be my family’s rock and my fucking mind doesn’t seem to want to let me.