Dad of four kids and two grandchildren. Enjoy every minute of sleep. Take a nap in the middle of the day for no reason other than you’re bored. Remember that day. It will get you through the dark times. 🤣
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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Sleep while you can
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mac@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Reminds me of this from the before-times:
Randelung@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mom: Dad! Come help with the kid!
Dad: I can’t, I have to do data entry!
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Just take a nap until your water breaks. :)
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Given I’m a dude, I’d be okay with this
derry@midwest.social 1 day ago
Pro tip right there.
Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
This is really true. The sleep deprivation is probably the hardest part. My first kid would fall asleep with his eyes open so if you moved, HE. WOKE. UP.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My heart quails
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
So real. So very very very fucking real. Mine just turned 2 and has only just started sleeping properly. Most nights.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The first half a year nearly broke me. I haven’t entirely recovered, seven years on. Sleep dep is the great enemy.
Mine was rock solid from 6 months to almost 3 years, when latent ADHD broke the spell and laid low my highly disciplined bedtime regimen.
My kid is the morning lark to my night owl, fully time blind, restless to the point of disability, and haunted by bad dreams. I’ve got no right answers to that. Bags under his eyes at seven. Wish I knew how to improve his sleep to how it was 5 years ago. He used to sleep like a rock from 7pm to 7am, every single night, even if I had loud guests. I miss it.
Cris_Color@lemmy.world 1 day ago
🫂
For both you and him. I’ve got a severe circadian rhythm disorder- that’s absolutely brutal. 🫂
billwashere@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just had six days with grandchildren 2 & 6 (parents were in Alaska) and I have no idea how I did this before.