❤ Parent Survival
Sleep deprivation reality, shift sleeping, when to call for help.
Parent Sleep Deprivation: The Honest Numbers
It's 3:14 a.m. You've been up four times already. You can't remember if you gave the last feeding or your partner did, and you briefly stood in the kitchen holding a diaper instead of a bottle…
Shift Sleeping for Couples: How to Actually Make It Work
It's 3:14 a.m. and you're both awake, both miserable, both silently furious at the other for breathing too loudly. You've been taking turns getting up in a chaotic, uncoordinated blur of elbows and…
When Sleep Deprivation Becomes Postnatal Depression
It's 3am and you've been awake for the fourth time tonight. You pick up your baby, and instead of the fierce, animal love you were promised, you feel — nothing. Or worse, a cold, creeping dread.…
If You're the Non-Breastfeeding Parent: Your Job Is Bigger Than You Think
It's 3 a.m. and your partner has been feeding the baby for the fourth time tonight. You're lying there awake, wondering if you're supposed to do something — or if you'd just be in the way. Here's the…
Asking for Help: A Script for People Who Hate Asking
It's 3 a.m. and you've been awake since 1. Before that it was 11:30, and 10. Your partner is doing the next stretch, except your partner also has a 7 a.m. meeting and you can feel the guilt radiating…
Going Back to Work on No Sleep: Survival Tactics
It's 6:47 a.m. Your alarm went off forty minutes ago. You've already been awake since 2 a.m., 4 a.m., and 5:15 a.m. Today is Monday and you are due on a video call at 9:00. This is the reality for a…