| ▲ | andrepd 13 hours ago |
| > On average, the German study, which looked at nearly 40,000 people in total, found that parents who had at least one child under six years old reported sleeping about seven hours per night. Non-parents received just 10 minutes more sleep per night, for women, and 14 minutes more per night, for men. I'll trade 15 minutes of sleep for a lifetime of joy, thank you :) |
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| ▲ | wiseowise 13 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| > on average Not sure where are those lucky ones, but I've met half a dozen parents that became literal zombies during the first years because of a lack of sleep. From what they've reported, 2 hours is a lucky night. It does get better later on, after 2(!) years. |
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| ▲ | cullumsmith 13 hours ago | parent [-] | | I have five children and find this very difficult to believe. Even the "worst" of it (age 0-3 months) was never anything close to that bad. | | |
| ▲ | magicalhippo 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | My neighbors' first kid had colic and they said the baby slept for at most 20 minutes at a time the first year. So yea I imagine that'll turn you into a zombie. They also said after a year they got a tip about a chiropractor (IIRC), went there and after 5 minutes the colic was gone. A real mix of emotions they said... | |
| ▲ | parrellel 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | My second screamed every night for two years. It was fun. | |
| ▲ | mothballed 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | None of your kids had colic? Every caretaker (experienced parents) that tried to releive us completely lost their mind within hours. And it never ends, for months. | |
| ▲ | lotsofpulp 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Both of my kids woke up their mom 2 to 4 times at night to feed for at least a year. One was a terrible sleeper, only 8 hours max per night, he still basically goes to sleep when the adults do and wakes up when the adults wake up. Sometimes before. |
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| ▲ | phoronixrly 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| A person's definition of a 'lifetime of joy' may exclude caring for children. |
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| ▲ | pitched 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | A lifetime is a long time. Much longer than children are children. | | |
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