You’re Just Tired
You’re not tired of teaching or your kids or your home.
You’re just tired.
You’ve got bedwetters, breastfeeders, night terrors, pin worms, teething, insomnia, thunder claps, fevers, bronchial infections, and more wrecking your sleep—sometimes for years.
Get some sleep.
- Swap with your spouse or partner.
- Bring in grandma or grandpa.
- Hire a babysitter.
Find a way to protect a night or two of undisturbed slumber.
The house-cleaning can wait. The laundry can be worn mildly dirty. What cannot wait is sleep. It is the chief anti-depressant, it’s free, and you deserve it.
If you are running on empty or are long past empty, it may be worth it to go away alone for a weekend (bring the nursing baby and no one else). Restore your mind, energize your body, revive.
Make no life decisions while sleep-deprived. Get rest. Then re-evaluate. Your kids will seem less irritating once you feel rested. Promise. I’m heading to bed early tonight. Hope you can too.
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