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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 13112" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Lack of sleep can take away a vast amount of our coping skills. When we're already stressed for other reasons, it's just that much more to deal with. I remember trying to work full-time when difficult child 1 was a baby, who would wake for a feed every three hours, even at a year old. My brain and body adapted to not going back to sleep after the first feed, so I was getting two hours' sleep a night then driving the kids and myself an hour each way to work. I'd go over to the child care centre at morning tea and at lunch to breastfeed difficult child 1 (and spend time with him at lunchtime) then after the drive home, put him to bed and get my own dinner. Another feed at my bedtime then I'd get my two hours and be awake for the rest of the night. After two weeks of this I went to the doctor for sleeping pills.</p><p></p><p>I know now that a lot of this was difficult child 1's Asperger's. He was very clingy, very immature in many ways. Very dependent. I'm glad I stayed at work - I think I'd have gone mad if I'd been a stay-at-home mum with difficult child 1. But I definitely needed the doctor to help me out. I was barely functioning at home or at work.</p><p></p><p>Once I got some sleep, I was able to cope with everything else much better.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 13112, member: 1991"] Lack of sleep can take away a vast amount of our coping skills. When we're already stressed for other reasons, it's just that much more to deal with. I remember trying to work full-time when difficult child 1 was a baby, who would wake for a feed every three hours, even at a year old. My brain and body adapted to not going back to sleep after the first feed, so I was getting two hours' sleep a night then driving the kids and myself an hour each way to work. I'd go over to the child care centre at morning tea and at lunch to breastfeed difficult child 1 (and spend time with him at lunchtime) then after the drive home, put him to bed and get my own dinner. Another feed at my bedtime then I'd get my two hours and be awake for the rest of the night. After two weeks of this I went to the doctor for sleeping pills. I know now that a lot of this was difficult child 1's Asperger's. He was very clingy, very immature in many ways. Very dependent. I'm glad I stayed at work - I think I'd have gone mad if I'd been a stay-at-home mum with difficult child 1. But I definitely needed the doctor to help me out. I was barely functioning at home or at work. Once I got some sleep, I was able to cope with everything else much better. Marg [/QUOTE]
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