• Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    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.

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      4 days ago

      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.

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        4 days ago

        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.

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            5 hours 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.