Neither of us gets more than four hours in a row. I do most of the night because I'm feeding, my partner does the mornings before work calls. And every few days we end up in a stupid argument about whose tiredness counts more. No family nearby to give either of us a break, and I start client-site work in a few weeks, so it's about to get worse. Did anyone find a split that ended the contest over who's more tired? 🤷
Up feeding as I read this, so, timely. We have the same argument, always around 3 am, and it's never really about the tiredness. No answer yet.
What worked for us was each of us having one protected stretch that was never interrupted, even if the baby screamed. Mine was 10 to 2, my partner's was 5 to 9. It didn't make us less tired, but the arguments stopped because nobody had to ask.
Dad here, also awake. We do shifts. My partner takes 9 to 2, I take 2 to 7 with expressed milk. The fights stopped once neither of us was 'helping' the other.
We haven't started a bottle yet, so 2 to 7 is all mine for now. But the 'helping' point landed. My partner says 'I'll help with mornings' and that's exactly the sentence that starts it.
Shifts worked for us too, with one change: whoever was off slept in another room with earplugs. Lying next to the baby 'off duty' isn't off duty.
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