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100% having the same experience. It's mind bending how tired you can get.

We recently all had the flu, 2 nights of the baby having a fever and both of us being sick and also having a fever was one of the most testing things in my life.

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Best advice I heard on this, is for partners to take turns to get sleep if possible. Perhaps it's obvious, but we didn't do that initially. You really only need 3 hours or so (in my experience) and the insanity starts to subside.

My wife and I had a spare bedroom - we used to alternate nights down there when our child would scream all night.

Try having a kid with febrile seizures. Mine runs 105 fevers casually for 5 to 7 days. We have to check her very often to make sure she is not going into a seizure.

Sorry.

But it’s not a contest.

Oh no did not mean it that way. Not that I want a trophy for sleeping less lol. My point was as a new parent things can get a lot worse in terms of sleep deprivation. I was not prepared for it.

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