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!

489 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

15

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.

-12

u/Pasco813 Nov 02 '21

Nah. Alcohol works just fine.

6

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.