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It's going to be a long day (self.parenting)

submitted 5 months ago by orangeNgreen to c/parenting

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My 14 month old had a short wake up at 2:40am. For whatever reason (work stress, mostly) I couldn’t get back to sleep. I’ll be running on about 4 hours of sleep and caffeine today.

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[–] Anticorp 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I ran on 4 hours of sleep per night for the first six months of my son's life. I didn't even know that a human can get that tired and still be alive.

We just got a new puppy and I'm new parent's level of tired again.

[–] Tot 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My oldest was such a terrible sleeper, we were basically zombies for the first 6-8 months. I got rear ended on my way home from getting some diapers. The woman said she was tired because she had a new puppy. I told her I was tired because I had a baby. I was too tired to have any sympathy for her. Looking back, now I feel a little bad for being so snippy. Puppies are no joke.

[–] Anticorp 2 points 5 months ago

He has to go out in the middle of the night, and early in the morning, and he takes constant attention throughout the day. I forgot how much time and effort puppies take after living with older dogs for a decade and a half. Idk why I thought this would be cute and fun. Babies are definitely still harder though, especially if they're colicky.