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Dr Devika Bhushan's avatar

Great piece on sleep protection, Molly! I especially love this part:

"Let’s start with an eye on those early days — encouraging non-birth parents to take leave or demand leave, share nighttime responsibilities, and split caregiving tasks in those early days (I really do think this creates a divergent neurobiological path that carries throughout life). Let’s remind moms that their sleep is equally if not more important. Let’s lean into equal partnership and away from maternal martyrdom throughout the parenting journey. Let’s stop perpetuating the “just suck it up” mentality that normalizes shitty sleep as a price of motherhood."

YES, YES, and YES!

Thanks for including my story, and I'm looking forward to our conversation next week.

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Amber Adrian's avatar

Another thing that would be helpful is for co-sleeping, something that's safe if done safely, to stop being demonized by the medical establishment. Once I tried it (3rd kid), I realized that we're doing this to ourselves.

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