The stories about parenthood and how you’ll never sleep again are almost all true. Sho and I have been New Parents™ for a good two months and seven days now, and we evidently still lack sleep. The bags under our eyes are darker than they’ve ever been, we respond to messages in an impeccably delayed manner, and our sense of time is warped on a whole other level. On a good night, we get about three to four hours in with a much lower probability of interruptions for milky time or a diaper change from the kid compared to our first two weeks with him. We’re still constantly dazed though, sometimes dozing off in the middle of a feeding or improperly taping on a diaper. The worst is when the kid just won’t sleep and the sun is already peeking through the window, screaming, “Heeeyyy, suckas! I’m back!” We’re doing pretty well now. Although we’re still excessively tired and yearn for a nap in the middle of the day, I think a routine—albeit an erratic one—has been established. So, what do you do when things are good? You add a little something to make it even better… or more chaotic. […]
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