I’m so tired.

My partner is working nights now and I’m having a hard time adjusting. I miss him being there with me at night and it’s difficult to fall asleep. Lately when my LO wakes up in the morning I am so exhausted we move to the living room and I put on Ms Rachel for him, and either relax or doze off on the couch. I feel guilty for this. He’s 15 mos old and I wanted to wait on tv longer than I have, but it’s just me, and I’m tired. I can’t force him to go to sleep and I wouldn’t want to. But sometimes I fall back asleep for like two hours, and when I don’t get enough rest (I wake up very frequently at night for 2-45 mins depending on why) my head hurts so bad and I just don’t feel functional. If he wakes up early (6-6:30 is early for him) I get frustrated because of how exhausted I am. He has his morning milk when he wakes up and breakfast between 8-9 am (feeding him right after the milk never goes well; always turns into him getting frustrated and I don’t want meals to be negative) then he will chill in his bed or I take him to go play if he’s not feeling like hanging out.

Does anyone have some sort of suggestions on what I can do? I put him to bed around 7-7:30 normally and he falls asleep by 8:15 at the latest, usually up by 7:30 but I’m not falling asleep until after 12 now and I just don’t feel rested. My partner gets home from work at 5:30am and I want to be up to see him for a bit but I just can’t get up. I kinda feel like I’m failing my family m

Posted Nov 1, 2025, 1:14 PM UTC

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