Struggling with exhaustion as a parent? Discover the real difference between sleep deprivation and tiredness, how it affects your health, and practical ways to manage it.
With busy routines, family life and workload, we tend to get a little tired and exhausted sometimes. This feeling of extreme tiredness is called exhaustion. There are several reasons behind this feeling, such as, sleep deprivation, sudden change in routine, or any stress-related problem. To a certain degree, exhaustion can be manageable but when it starts disrupting our daily routine then it becomes an alarming situation that needs immediate attention. It can affect your health and safety and shake you to the core.
After four children I can honestly say that one of the things I was not prepared for was how little sleep I would get as a parent. I mean, don’t get me wrong, at no point did I ever think it would be easy being a parent, not in the slightest.
Sleep deprivation is a killer isn’t it? I mean actual torture! Being sleep deprived is not just about feeling a bit tired, it’s way more than that as any parent will well know. New parents will steal just four hours and 44 minutes of sleep in an average night during the first year of their […]
Sleep. It’s a naughty word in our house to be honest. Mainly because in the last 11 years I’ve not had that much of it. To say I get irritated when other parents gloat about their babies and children who have been sleeping through since they left the womb would be an understatement. We’ve always […]