New parent here. The sleep deprivation thing is real. There were moments early on where I would lay on the couch hoping to get a quick 15 minutes in and almost

New parent here. The sleep deprivation thing is real. There were moments early on where I would lay on the couch hoping to get a quick 15 minutes in and almost as soon as I closed my eyes I would have dreams. The interesting part for me, is that as soon as I realized these were crazy and not reality, I would instantly zap myself awake. It made things incredibly difficult and I would have to close my eyes with the intention of not trying to detect if what I was thinking about was real.