Sleep Regression

      Oh how I miss the days of sleeping in, or at least getting seven straight hours of sleep. No one talks about the sleep regression cycles your young one goes through. She was sleeping almost eight hours straight, but now it's cut up into sections. She wakes up at different times, and getting her back to sleep is a total nightmare. 

     I have tried to keep the same routine and we are sticklers for a set bedtime. She absolutely refuses to take naps during the day. I don't know how she is functioning. With her weird schedule I have found that my performance at school has drastically declined. I walk into work as a sleepless zombie. Lesson planning and grading no longer occur at home. If I cannot get it done during my work hours, it just doesn't get completed. This has somewhat made me more present at home. I'm no longer worried about making time to sit to complete these tasks. Having children has also reset my opinion on homework. We just don't do any. Those few precious hours in the evenings should be family time. Most students do not have the support at home to help them complete it anyway. After receiving only 50% of the work anyway, I felt like it was a losing battle. 

     People's unwanted opinions: 

     Everyone has an opinion, but they shouldn't always feel free to express it. New parents need support and gentle guidance, not a dictatorship filled with unnecessary comments. I do not need to hear how you raised your children. We are different people with different experiences. Even family feels entitled to have a say in how we raise our daughter. Clearly, they were not perfect parents themselves, so maybe they need to stay silent too. 

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