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Set 7 alarms on your phone, one to wake you up each hour. Go to work the next day and try to do your best work. Do this two months before the baby comes and y
by aantix 7y ago
Set 7 alarms on your phone, one to wake you up each hour.
Go to work the next day and try to do your best work.
Do this two months before the baby comes and you'll already be adjusted to your new mental norm.
I'm only half-kidding. The eradic sleep is tough - babies through toddlers wake up for all sorts of reasons. Depending on the child, it could be years before you sleep consistently through an entire night.
That being said, the first time your baby smiles at you, or when they offer a drink of their juice because they are being thoughtful, when they say "love you" the first time, when they are genuinely excited to see you after a long day.. No other feeling like it.
- jedberg 7y agoMy wife and I worked out a deal so we didn't have to do this. She was pumping so either of us could do a feeding. I would take the feeding around 1am so she could pump then. Then I would go to sleep. She would pump and feed overnight. I'd wake up around 7 or 8, and then do the next few feedings while she slept till around noon, when she'd get up to eat and pump. Then she'd take a nap at some point with the baby midday so she could get her hours in, albeit split up. We did this through the entire paternity leave. By the time I went back to work I was able to get about six hours a night after doing the late night and early morning feedings.
- kraftman 7y agoWe did shifts like this too, it worked really well.