The Question New Moms Are Still Asking Years Later: Will I Ever Sleep Again?

My kids are three and two years old, and they still constantly wake through the night

This kid looks like they’re ready to sleep. Don’t be fooled! My kids sometimes seem like they’re ready for bed, but they will party for another two hours before finally going to sleep! | Photo by Minnie Zhou on Unsplash

I’m glad my husband is a real partner, not an Instagram Dad ™, the ones who look cute in pictures, playground, and kids’ parties but aren’t involved when shit hits the fan daily. I don’t know how I would cope otherwise.

I have two kids, a three-year-old and a two-year-old. The eldest will be four in January, but she still wakes up during the night, sometimes more often than my friend’s newborn baby. Neither girl was ever a good sleeper; hands up, that has been the most challenging part of parenting for me.

The constant wakes throughout the night, the very early mornings, the longest bedtimes. I didn’t know sleep could be this horrendous, and to be honest, I didn’t know it could be this bad for this long, either; I’m still lying to myself that we must be close to the finish line now.

That could be a picture of my girls at bedtime. It seems accurate enough. | Photo by Allen Taylor on Unsplash

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