10 sats \ 5 replies \ @DEADBEEF 25 Oct \ on: Parents’ Corner: It’s not easier alter_native
I hate to be the downer here but we’ve had two kids for a few years now and we’re still waiting for it to get easier. So far there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. If anything it has just gotten way harder in the last year.
What happened in the last year to make it harder in particular?
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Our youngest has now decided that sleep is overrated and our oldest is now in school so I get to bed very late (3am) and then have to get up at 6:30am to get our oldest off to school and then I have to go to work on just over 3 hours of sleep. Plus we had 6 months of continuous sickness where at least 1 person was sick at all times in our house.
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This is what I’ve learned.
Everybody always said, “it’s hard.” Or “it’s a sacrifice.”
But I wanted to know why is it hard? What am I sacrificing?
The answer is my body and health. If I want time for myself, I have to stay up late which compromises sleep and my health.
So the sacrifice is time for myself. Which I’ve learned I have to rebrand as time with the kids is for myself.
Or longer nature breaks with my phone on SN 😅