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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Not living in the USA most definitely helps. The age of your kids makes a difference. My youngest is 16 months old and in his phase where he has no awareness of danger and sleeps like shit still and my gas tank is empty 24/7 by the shitty quality of sleep with the constant mental energy spent making sure he doesn't kill himself. And that is when everyone is healthy.

I would litterally kill for them, but it is easy to understand why people feel like they do, especially with the current economic and societal context.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Maybe we got lucky with our kid's sleep? I remember it was awful while my partner was on mat leave, but now they sleep through the night most nights so it's usually other shit that'll keep us up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Were almost there. The oldest can manage herself for a little while in the morning and sleeps well

The youngest one is up at 5:30 - 5:45. It fucking sucks. And he still wakes up every other night.

6 more months and we should be over the bump.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't mind the early waking too much since that's when I get up for work anyway!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I am not a morning person, so waking up at 5:45 is brutal.

I do my own schedule, so I usually go back to bed after the morning routine, because I am mostly useless otherwise.

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