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Fresh parents without relatives to help out.
by Tade0 7mo ago
Fresh parents without relatives to help out.
- prepend 7mo agoCheck out the screen time log for fresh parents. I remember the first few months being so crazy. Feedings every two hours, and each feeding took an hour. But still time for naps, short walks, etc. part of the survival was to work in little microbreaks when the baby was sleeping.
- sersi 7mo agoI've never read as much on my kindle as when my son was born. I didn't want to use my phone so any micro break was spent reading. Much harder to do now that my son is 4 years old, I'm less sleep deprived but there's less opportunities for micro breaks when I'm with him.
- skrebbel 7mo agoHuge difference between constantly being in passive alert mode waiting for the kid to wake up and cry their heart out, and proper uninterrupted “I know have x minutes for myself, no matter what” time.
- KellyCriterion 7mo ago> being in passive alert mode AH, MANY THANKS! That was the wording I was actually looking for when our twins arrived - I couldnt even sit down to read a printed newspaper article with 2 pages....
- skrebbel 7mo agoYeah it's awful huh. People think you get time when the kid sleeps but really it's just.. the worst :-) Sure thing my kids were cute when they were small but I'm pretty glad they're bigger now!
- Mashimo 7mo agoIf it's winter, put the baby in the pram outside, while you do a quick sauna session?
- Maxion 7mo agoWe still managed fine. All young kids sleep quite a lot. Newborns a crapton. Older kids who don't are old enough to sauna too.
- mannyv 7mo agoInfants sleep a lot. You have to adjust to their schedule, though.