Do you have kids? Remember a beautiful thing called sleep? CNA Lifestyle’s Shamala Rajendran, mother of two, remembers it fondly.
I had a dream last week. I was in San Gimignano, a small town about an hour away from Florence, Italy, deciding what gelato I was going to have. My husband, who had picked three flavours, was looking very pleased with his jumbo selection. There was a light drizzle, and the wind was cool.As I leaned in closer to peer into the glass counter, I heard a faint voice. “Can you pat me?” It sounded familiar.
I’m pretty sure there are countless women like me who are constantly reminding themselves of items to check off on the many to-do lists in their heads. In fact, a recent study presented at the American Academy of Neurology revealed that only 48 per cent of women with children reported at least seven hours of sleep – compared to 62 per cent of women without children.factor linked to insufficient sleep was having kids in the house.
I spent the first five years of my married life largely focused on work, travelling the world with my husband and building our first home. The next five years, we had two children. With them, I’ve realised how my capacity for patience, pain threshold and energy reserves have evolved. That continued for two years before she decided her thumb was a better soother than mummy’s warm body. Hooray for small victories! I got my sleep back and reminded myself how thankful I was to have a husband who insisted on investing in a king-sized bed.
He hasn’t learnt how to throw himself onto our bed just yet, but he uses his voice very effectively when he wants to be soothed.
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