Everyone says, “sleep when baby sleeps.” But how on earth am I supposed to do that? My parents and in-laws were with us for the first year but now we are on our own. My wife is an artist and I am an occupational therapist. We set our hours so that one of is with him at all times. My wife at least can sleep while feeding him but I don’t have any chores that I can do lying down. When our son sleeps is the only time I have to get anything done at home! If I slept I would wake up to piles of laundry, nothing to eat, stacks of unopened mail, and no time to take a shower, let alone read a book or go to the gym.
Baba of a 1 year old in Ann Arbor
As this was one piece of advice I followed early and often, let me tell you how I did it. In order to sleep when baby sleeps, you need to work when the baby is awake. I have talked about this at La Leche League meetings and many people say that they wish they had heard this advice earlier, so I am going to try to spell it out. Read the rest of this entry »