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To think DH and I just want the other to take the kids

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whenyourebothsoflippingtired · 01/03/2025 14:47

Sort of a bit light hearted but …

DD didn’t sleep last night. Don’t know what was up but she kept waking up (so I couldn’t get to sleep) and then woke 1-3, got her asleep in her cot at 315, then DS woke at 6.

DH took them so I could sleep a bit but I only went to bed at 330 and was still up at 8. DH slept more than me but only a bit.

I mean, there’s no answer here is there? Truth is we’re both tired out, doing all we can, and just desperate for a break that never comes. The answer on here is to let your partner take the children for a bit but when you’re both running on empty that’s so hard to do.

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FlyingHighFlyingLow · 01/03/2025 14:53

Right here with you. 15 month old just cannot settle, teething with a horrible virus. Howling all night. Neither of us has slept in 2 weeks, both working full time too. We've been having to work evenings etc to make up hours - basically one of us is working, other looking after baby. Obviously we've both caught it too so both feel like shit on top of the sleep deprivation.