Losing Sleep After Having A Baby

Nothing prepares you for the kind of sleep deprivation that comes after having a baby.

It’s not just being tired — it’s a physical, emotional, and mental unraveling that can sneak in slowly… and hit all at once.

In this episode, we’re talking about sleep — the kind you lose, the kind you try to catch up on, and what we’ve learned through navigating newborn nights, nap guilt, co-sleeping, and shifting routines. We share what we got wrong in the beginning (like trying to power through on our own), the resentment that built up in the quiet hours, and the small but powerful shifts that helped us restore peace, both at night and during the day.

We walk through the products that helped, the rituals that didn’t, how we split night shifts, and what we learned about our own limits and needs. From bottle warmers to glow-in-the-dark pacifiers, to learning how to sleep in shifts, we cover the real, raw, behind-the-scenes in those early parenting years.

There’s no one “right” way to do it, but there are ways to do it with more grace, more presence, and more peace.

In this episode:

(01:12) - How sleep became the first major parenting battle (04:30) - What we thought would work (and why it didn’t) (10:00) - The agreement that created resentment (15:00) - Why sleep deprivation isn’t just physical (18:45) - The guilt & reality of “nap when the baby naps” (24:00) - The strategy that saved us (31:00) - Gears and products that helped (and what we’d skip) (42:00) - Co-sleeping: What worked with one kid vs two (55:00) - Intimacy, distance, and sleep: How we’re making it work (1:08:00) - What we’ll always remember from this season

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