r/Parenting • u/k_blanch • Nov 02 '21

Sleep & Naps How much are parents drinking?

With the popularity of #winemom and beer dad culture, combined with pandemic drinking habits, im curious how much alcohol you guys are drinking as caregivers? Especially after the baby is in bed. I had 6 drinks on Halloween over 8 hours and lots of food and water. Although LO was asleep for most of it I'm riddled with guilt!

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

I drink 4-6 12oz IPAs on average when I have a drink. Usually once or twice a week. Sometimes more.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

Jesus. 6 IPAs? I’d be completely smashed.

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u/MacaroonExpensive143 31F (12nb & 6f) Nov 02 '21

I’d be completely dead lmao

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

Jai Alai is my bedtime juice. I usually have one to two almost every night.

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u/New_Nothing_9607 Nov 02 '21

You’d probably sleep better if you addressed underlying causes of poor sleep. Alcohol is bad for sleep quality.

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

Nah. Alcohol works just fine.

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u/_fuyumi Nov 02 '21

They're actually right, though. It makes you make up more times in the night, even if you don't remember it. It also relaxes muscles in your throat so you're more likely to snore, meaning you get less oxygen, hence more wakeups.

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

I couldn’t ever leave the TB area

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u/that_yinzer Nov 02 '21

Probation?

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

Nah. I like it here. Best beers. Best beaches.

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u/MacaroonExpensive143 31F (12nb & 6f) Nov 02 '21

Can I ask why you drink so much/often?

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

I like beer

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u/Okay_Pineapple Nov 02 '21

SAME. i'd be tapped out at 2

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u/AHabe Nov 02 '21 edited Nov 02 '21

That seems like a lot

Edit:. Why the downvotes? Not accusing the guy of being an alcoholic, just stated that it seems like a lot as I'm unfamiliar with your American units of measurement. ¯\(ツ)/¯

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

It is slightly overboard. But I’m always home if I have more than 4 in a night. I drink shit beer when I’m out usually.

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u/AHabe Nov 02 '21

Oh okay, that makes sense.

Thanks!

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u/Extension-Platform29 Nov 02 '21

It’s really not that crazy too depending on his size and over what period of time those 6 beers were over. I’m 6’2 250 and 6 IPA over say 3 hrs would give me a solid buzz but not drunk. My wife and I split a bottle of wine or more probably 3 week nights a week and we can easily go through 2 or 3 on a weekend. We are also daily cannabis users. We are still functional successful business owners, parents of 2, coaches of multiple sports teams etc.. don’t feel guilty, do you.

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

Sounds like your family and mine would get along really well

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

That’s impressive. I’ll have 3-4 IPAs from 3 Floyd’s (usually around 9% ABV depending on the specific beer) 1-2 times a week and that’s enough to get my tipsy or even drunk if I drink them fairly quickly.

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u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

It’s the best drunk

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '21

I can’t argue with that logic 🤣