how do you deal with the sleepless nights?

Well, to be quite honest there is not much to do about sleepless nights...lol. It's just a part of being a new parent. Some parents are lucky to have good sleepers and some are not. Just remind yourself that this will not last forever and soon your baby will be sleeping through the night or for most of the night that is. If your husband works then it's hard for him too because he needs his sleep to function. I am not sure of your situation but maybe he can let you sleep in on the weekends to get some extra sleep and he watches he baby? Sleep when your baby is sleeping. With my 2nd son I had to let him sleep in his swing in order to get some shut eye and I just slept on the couch beside him. I also have a 3 yr old so it's tuff. Your body will adjust to the lack of sleep, trust me. Just do what you can and expect to be tired. It's all part of the process! Good luck.

My son was very colicky and it wasn't until he was about 8 months old that I started getting a full nights sleep. The first 3 or 4 months were the worst though. The one thing I told myself over and over again was....trust me Jessica you will not have to go through this again once you get this one through this stage and then I would think of what I could say to convice my OB to tie my tubes!

Haven't got the tubes tied because of my age and only having one child but really considering having hubby fixed!! ha ha

Trust me it will pass but I know that it feels like forever now. Also, try to arrange a night to yourself (have your partner or grandparents or someone come over to help and stay up with baby one night so you can get a full night sleep)

Also, if you don't have one invest in a good rocker that kinda reclines back so you can dose while rocking baby.

If my little one (10 months) is having a really bad night, by the time it gets to 4am, i bring her into the big bed and let her sleep on my chest, she goes straight back to sleep that way. At least then i can think to myself that i'll have a couple of hours to sleep before wake-up time (that's if i can get back to sleep myself of course).

just sleep when baby sleeps, if you can, get a trusted family member to watch them for a few hours while you relax. most importantly look after yourself to, coz you cant look after baby properly if your not cared for to!! make sure your not to hard on yourself and dont worry about the housework and stuff to much, it does get easier, trust me!

Give him some DPH elixir that will put her to sleep and it will not harm her...

lol, im there too!!! i just remind myself that it WILL get easier, and take it hr by hr!!!