Christ. My son has a cough, and he crawled up into our bed last night. Spent hours coughing directly into my ear, slapping me with flailing hands, and crying for milk (which he then rejected after it was offered).
I mean that’s totally on you. Like it’s so obvious beforehand that u are not gonna get a lot of sleep once u have children. People nowadays really don’t think things through, do they.
Go to bed at 9PM, that should work out to around 8h even with kids getting up early and a few interruptions during the night. That worked for us at least when the kids were still infants/toddlers.
Not all kids sleep a regular schedule, despite their parents’ best efforts. I work with neurodivergent kids and every day there’s inevitably some kid who woke up at 4am, or didn’t fall asleep until midnight, or both.
No if course they don’t, neither did ours (youngest still doesn’t consistently at 7yo)…both our kids are ND. Key for us is division of responsibilities. One has them in the evening/night, the other takes mornings. Switch around however it fits your everyday schedule requirements. One can covee afternoons if adult naps are needed as well.
This still allows for pretty consistently getting a decent amount of sleep. If you’re a single parent, then yeah it’s fucked.
I love all these YouTube videos, health gurus and influencers encouraging me to sleep a full eight hours.
Y’all motherfuckers have never had children, have you?
Christ. My son has a cough, and he crawled up into our bed last night. Spent hours coughing directly into my ear, slapping me with flailing hands, and crying for milk (which he then rejected after it was offered).
I am in an absolute haze this morning.
That’s rough, buddy.
Or worked hospitality. These fuckers have never done an AFD or a clopen
Love the word “clopen”. It’s a terrible word and it gets the point across perfectly.
You don’t even get to finish “close” before you’re already opening. There’s no hyphen or breath time in-between.
It’s all just mashed together, rushed, and stressful, just like the shift it describes.
I mean that’s totally on you. Like it’s so obvious beforehand that u are not gonna get a lot of sleep once u have children. People nowadays really don’t think things through, do they.
The name fits your attitude perfectly :D
Go to bed at 9PM, that should work out to around 8h even with kids getting up early and a few interruptions during the night. That worked for us at least when the kids were still infants/toddlers.
what about people on 2nd or 3rd shift
Not all kids sleep a regular schedule, despite their parents’ best efforts. I work with neurodivergent kids and every day there’s inevitably some kid who woke up at 4am, or didn’t fall asleep until midnight, or both.
No if course they don’t, neither did ours (youngest still doesn’t consistently at 7yo)…both our kids are ND. Key for us is division of responsibilities. One has them in the evening/night, the other takes mornings. Switch around however it fits your everyday schedule requirements. One can covee afternoons if adult naps are needed as well.
This still allows for pretty consistently getting a decent amount of sleep. If you’re a single parent, then yeah it’s fucked.