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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I are both night owls who need a lot of sleep.  Pre-baby, I wouldn't make plans with friends until after 2pm on the weekend because there was a chance I might sleep until 1.  And I get angry if anyone wakes me up by accident.  Surprisingly, I handled the newborn sleep deprivation pretty well.  I attribute it entirely to the breast feeding hormones.  I had been afraid I'd get post partum depression, but instead I had the opposite reaction.  I was deliriously in love with my little nugget and somehow my body/brain gave me the energy I needed to take care of her.  My husband struggled with it a lot more, and I felt angry to see him sleeping so much.  I was so, so angry at him that first year.  Probably the hormones too.  With that said, my child is now 18 months and it feels like my husband and I are still recovering from the early months of sleep deprivation.  Our child sleeps 8pm to 8am, and has a 2 hour nap and yet we stupidly stay up as late as 12 or 1am.  Even so, that should be enough sleep for us, yet we are always tired and spend our weekends taking turns napping :([/quote]

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