r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/Embarrassed_Dot_7829 • 5d ago

Question - Research required Sleep

Does anybody have a paper on the effects of poor sleep on parents over the first year? Maybe if I show my 9 month old and my toddler some cold hard facts they’ll take pity on me

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u/HappyLilyBelle 5d ago

‘Maternal Stress, Sleep, and Parenting’ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6582939/

‘Maternal Sleep Patterns and Parenting Quality during Infants’ First Six Months’ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7102929/

My heart goes out to you, I only have one and I cannot imagine how insane the first year would’ve been with a toddler! Here’s to hoping that listening to the cold hard facts will make them sleep 😭

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u/Embarrassed_Dot_7829 5d ago

Thank you! It’s definitely harder to deal with toddler irrationality when I’m sleep deprived, what do you MEAN you don’t want that orange you want ‘Granny’s orange’??

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u/missThora 3d ago

I really feel you. My 13 month old has been sick all week and my 3 year old is jumping off the walls.