8 Reasons Why Parents Are More Exhausted Than Everyone Thinks They Should Be

At first, people understand that bringing new life also brings exhaustion. People ask new parents if the baby is sleeping through the night as if that is the magical key to them feeling like a fully functional human being. But, every parent knows, it is not. I’m quite sure that it is a scientific fact that parents never feel like fully functional human beings again. Or maybe they just change the definition of what “fully functional” means, so that it no longer implies anything closely related to “rested.”

Here’s why parents are so exhausted:

1. They never sleep through the night. Never. Again.

Sleeping through the night initially means sleeping for longer than two- or three-hour stretches. Once your infant gets past that point, people seem to forget that doesn’t mean jack. At first, parents wake up in a panic when the infant doesn’t wake them up, and they check on them, adrenaline rushing, thinking they’re going to find something very wrong.


Christine Skoutelas
Christine Skoutelas
Christine Skoutelas is a half-assed blogger who uses writing for procrastination and stress-relieving purposes. She blogs under the pen name, A Morning Grouch, which downplays the fact that she is more than capable of being generally grouchy throughout the entire day. The good news is that she is, at least, a grateful grouch. She believes most of what ails her can be cured with a good laugh (or cry), a long run, and a hearty glass of red wine. You can read more of her half-assery at amorninggrouch.com.

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