Sleep When The Baby Sleeps
As a mompreneur, this advice is doubly important!
“Sleep when the baby sleeps," new parents are advised from almost everyone who’s been there. This is actually the advice most often given by well-seasoned parents (based on my own experience, no stats here).
The trouble is the best time to get things done IS when the baby is sleeping. Especially to an obsessive-compulsive, perfectionist workaholic, this advice seems counter intuitive.
And then the mini meltdowns/breakdowns start to hit. At first, you might just be cranky. A couple of outbursts, short-tempered moments, inability to laugh at misgivings.
That’s not so bad right? Manageable?
But if you let this go long enough, you are causing longer-term problems, both physically and to your relationships. You see, getting enough sleep is non negotiable. Once you accept this fact, you can start prioritizing it, strategically planning for it, and flexibly working around it.
So you can be a happy mother, partner and business woman.
