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I find having kids in my late 30s hits really hard because of this. Biologically, I can see it being best having kids in your early 20s when you're made of rubb

I find having kids in my late 30s hits really hard because of this. Biologically, I can see it being best having kids in your early 20s when you're made of rubber and can bounce back after lack of sleep.

hackernoteng 3y ago
Yeah have the young kids in your 20s. Thats why you dont need sleep in your 20s. Also has benefit kids are grown and moved out by the time you hit 50...
lolinder 3y ago
I had my first in my mid twenties and there wasn't a lot of bouncing back happening. In college you can bounce back after an all nighter not just because you're younger but also because it's an opt-in single event and you can opt out of the next one when you recognize that you're sleep deprived. You can also do what my brother does and regularly sleep in till 10 to make up for the late nights. Once you have kids there's no opt out mechanism, and sleeping in isn't an option any more. There's not really an opportunity to bounce back from the sleep loss, even for a younger adult.
- hipjiveguy 3y ago
  but your body is more resilient when you're young - you will learn this eventually, but hopefully not :D, in that you are healthy forever !
silverquiet 3y ago
I hear this all the time regarding bouncing back after lack of sleep when younger, but I have to say that I never really experienced it - I was always completely shot after a (rare) night of not sleeping. To the point where I actually essentially lost consciousness involuntarily for a few hours on one occasion. Then, when I was in my 30's I suffered a bout of sleeplessness for a bit and found I could actually "function" to some extend during the day, though it was a bit dicey. It really gave me a fear of situations that might involve sleep deprivation - one reason among many I never thought I could handle medical school for instance.
- yosito 3y ago
  I'm in my late 30s, and physically healthy. Mentally, I can function better on low sleep than I could in my 20s. But two weeks ago, I had five nights in a row of 4 hours of sleep. By the end of the week, I ended up in the hospital with chest pains and doctors were concerned it was a heart attack. In the end, things checked out fine, but my body definitely can't handle the stress of lack of sleep like it used to.
  - QuercusMax 3y ago
    I had 4 kids in my 20s, and I dealt with a lot of lost sleep. Since I hit about 36, I've found that a poor night of sleep, such as from a red-eye flight, will wreck me for about 2 days.

hackernoteng 3y ago

Yeah have the young kids in your 20s. Thats why you dont need sleep in your 20s. Also has benefit kids are grown and moved out by the time you hit 50...

lolinder 3y ago

I had my first in my mid twenties and there wasn't a lot of bouncing back happening. In college you can bounce back after an all nighter not just because you're younger but also because it's an opt-in single event and you can opt out of the next one when you recognize that you're sleep deprived. You can also do what my brother does and regularly sleep in till 10 to make up for the late nights. Once you have kids there's no opt out mechanism, and sleeping in isn't an option any more. There's not really an opportunity to bounce back from the sleep loss, even for a younger adult.

hipjiveguy 3y ago
but your body is more resilient when you're young - you will learn this eventually, but hopefully not :D, in that you are healthy forever !

silverquiet 3y ago

I hear this all the time regarding bouncing back after lack of sleep when younger, but I have to say that I never really experienced it - I was always completely shot after a (rare) night of not sleeping. To the point where I actually essentially lost consciousness involuntarily for a few hours on one occasion. Then, when I was in my 30's I suffered a bout of sleeplessness for a bit and found I could actually "function" to some extend during the day, though it was a bit dicey. It really gave me a fear of situations that might involve sleep deprivation - one reason among many I never thought I could handle medical school for instance.

yosito 3y ago
I'm in my late 30s, and physically healthy. Mentally, I can function better on low sleep than I could in my 20s. But two weeks ago, I had five nights in a row of 4 hours of sleep. By the end of the week, I ended up in the hospital with chest pains and doctors were concerned it was a heart attack. In the end, things checked out fine, but my body definitely can't handle the stress of lack of sleep like it used to.
- QuercusMax 3y ago
  I had 4 kids in my 20s, and I dealt with a lot of lost sleep. Since I hit about 36, I've found that a poor night of sleep, such as from a red-eye flight, will wreck me for about 2 days.