Do you ever get to a point where you feel well-rested as a parent?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m pretty sure my friends with elementary kids are well rested. They aren’t that old yet and kids are self sufficient and no longer needy.

At some point, kids start stressing you out again when they hit adolescence.

My older kids are 10 and 12. If we only had them, we would be extremely well rested. We also have a 4yo though who keeps us very busy.

My kids are 10, 8, and 5, and we’re decently rested, but still plenty stressed thanks to the pandemic. So, thanks, pandemic, for stealing these golden years from us, on top of every other shitty thing you’ve done.

[Anonymous]

Never. Cause you trade a baby monitor for campus emergency alerts that only happen in the middle of the night.

[Anonymous]

Yes, but we have one kid. Plenty of breaks and chances to sleep in when it’s a 2:1 ratio.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, yes, I occasionally have that morning or day where I am full of energy and sunshine. When that happens I start looking over my shoulder bc that’s usually when someone gets sick or a colleague suddenly leaves or etc.
i pretty much can fall asleep at a moment’s notice, anywhere. My entire family including my kids makes fun of me esp when i tell them THEY ARE THE REASON I AM ALWAYS TIRED. Lol

🤣 My kids are still too young to understand but I’ve definitely started telling them they’re the reason I’m going grey

[Anonymous]

I have a 5 and 8 year old and I feel pretty well rested now. I had a terrible time with 0-2. I'm miserable when I don't get enough sleep. I can never be one of those swim parents who gets up at 5am to drive a kid to practice.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 12 and 9. About four years ago during thanksgiving I had an amazing nap. I don’t remember another time feeling well-rested.

Beware early-morning sports.

[Anonymous]

Not until they both went to college. I always always got up with them for the bus. The best part of the pandemic and online learning was all of us getting enough sleep on our natural schedules.

[Anonymous]

We’ve got 8, 6, 3. We’re pretty well rested and to the extent we’re not it’s because DH and I stay up too late.

So far we don’t do weekend activities. Our 2 after school activities are both done by 6 and are walking distance from our home. We have to prioritize rest for everyone.

I hope to keep this up as long as possible!

[Anonymous]

Bahahaha. No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are both in college this year and, yeah, I'm starting to get some good sleep.

My kids are 18, 16, and 14, and I am totally waiting for this to happen.

[Anonymous]

Maybe around age 10 to 12 when they start sleeping later on weekends. After about 14 however, the waiting up for them until curfew starts and you’re sleep deprived from starts the other end. I can’t wait for college!

[Anonymous]

I was JUST THINKING THIS. Mine are 3 and 6. I love them so much but I'm so freaking tired.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 31, 28, 27, 25, and 20.

I’m still exhausted. Not even kiddding. It’s just a different kind of exhausted.

[Anonymous]

Actually, when I began working again.
I really LOVED the moment after the usual hectic morning of getting the kids ready, walking them to school, jumping on the subway, then settling into my workstation with a hot cup of morning tea and slowly checking emails and the workday's task ahead without being interrupted. The last 3 words are important - focusing without being interrupted.
I entered this magical world when my youngest entered kindergarten and I hit the job market pronto.
That un-interrupted morning tea was the best well-rested moment of my day.

Now that I work from home, well, it's OK I guess. The kids are older and don't need me as much but I have to look at the laundry and dishes all day and get distracted by the home chores that need to get done. So since lockdown, my morning teas no longer feel like an escape.

[Anonymous]

My kids are 10 and 8 and I get 8 hours a sleep a night.