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How to take care of a toddler from 5 AM - 8 PM while trying to manage work and phone calls. Then how to not fall asleep while I"m working on projects until 1 AM

How to take care of a toddler from 5 AM - 8 PM while trying to manage work and phone calls. Then how to not fall asleep while I"m working on projects until 1 AM. So learning how to function on 4-6 hours of sleep.

divbzero 6y ago
I have a renewed appreciation of so much that we usually take for granted, chief among those are the contributions of our teachers and child care professionals.
- golemiprague 6y ago
  Most teachers don't have to deal with toddlers and the ones that do don't have to do another job while taking care of the toddler. It is not such a big deal unlike being a full time housewife which does have to take care of toddlers while doing other house jobs. The economic value of a full time housewife is probably bigger than many of the jobs done by women in the office.
afurculita 6y ago
Same here. Also trying to learn a new language without a dictionary: the toddler's cry, and trying to learn to make myself fall asleep on command, but being awake in the same time.
cmdshiftf4 6y ago
>Then how to not fall asleep while I"m working on projects until 1 AM. So learning how to function on 4-6 hours of sleep. Try to take a ~30 minute nap in the evening somewhere that is quiet and comfortable but not the bed you sleep in. 4 hours isn't sustainable for long, but I've found a nap in the evening is sufficient to let me run effectively on 5-6 hours. I say somewhere that isn't your bed because I've found that if you settle in the bed it can be far more difficult to get moving again, and also you can start to associate the bed with naps and have more difficulty getting to sleep when you mean to later, and staying asleep.
- nogridbag 6y ago
  I'm in the same boat as the parent poster. Honestly it's hard to even find 30 minutes of free time and I only have one toddler. I'm the play person and my wife works multiple jobs (remote) so she's on calls most of the day. Seems the rest of our free time is is spent either cleaning or cooking. If by any chance I do have time the only place to sleep that's not my bed is the floor. We sold all of our furniture and moved during the middle of this pandemic and all the dang furniture stores are closed!
tonyedgecombe 6y ago
Sometimes you have to accept you can't do everything.
- TeMPOraL 6y ago
  In similar situation like the GP (infant, a full time job + few other part-time commitments); learning how to accept that I have less hours in the day than I need.

divbzero 6y ago

I have a renewed appreciation of so much that we usually take for granted, chief among those are the contributions of our teachers and child care professionals.

golemiprague 6y ago
Most teachers don't have to deal with toddlers and the ones that do don't have to do another job while taking care of the toddler. It is not such a big deal unlike being a full time housewife which does have to take care of toddlers while doing other house jobs. The economic value of a full time housewife is probably bigger than many of the jobs done by women in the office.

afurculita 6y ago

Same here. Also trying to learn a new language without a dictionary: the toddler's cry, and trying to learn to make myself fall asleep on command, but being awake in the same time.

cmdshiftf4 6y ago

>Then how to not fall asleep while I"m working on projects until 1 AM. So learning how to function on 4-6 hours of sleep. Try to take a ~30 minute nap in the evening somewhere that is quiet and comfortable but not the bed you sleep in. 4 hours isn't sustainable for long, but I've found a nap in the evening is sufficient to let me run effectively on 5-6 hours. I say somewhere that isn't your bed because I've found that if you settle in the bed it can be far more difficult to get moving again, and also you can start to associate the bed with naps and have more difficulty getting to sleep when you mean to later, and staying asleep.

nogridbag 6y ago
I'm in the same boat as the parent poster. Honestly it's hard to even find 30 minutes of free time and I only have one toddler. I'm the play person and my wife works multiple jobs (remote) so she's on calls most of the day. Seems the rest of our free time is is spent either cleaning or cooking. If by any chance I do have time the only place to sleep that's not my bed is the floor. We sold all of our furniture and moved during the middle of this pandemic and all the dang furniture stores are closed!

tonyedgecombe 6y ago

Sometimes you have to accept you can't do everything.

TeMPOraL 6y ago
In similar situation like the GP (infant, a full time job + few other part-time commitments); learning how to accept that I have less hours in the day than I need.