Should a 2Nd Shift DAD Mean a 2Nd SHIFT FAMILY?
My husband has been working 2nd shift and will be for the forseable future. The problem is that I’m just spread too thin and not getting near enough sleep (4-6 hours/night). My body feels normal and healthier closer to 9 hours. Anyway, for the last 4 years (since my daughter was born) I’ve insisted on keeping them on 1st shift time but I just can’t meet everyone’s (okay let’s get real: HUSBAND’s) needs and I end being the one cut short on sleep. It’s to the point that I am irritable almost all the time and I’ve got that “at the end of my rope feeling” daily. Repeated efforts to go to sleep before or just after hubby gets home (10:45) have not been respected. So, I’m seriously thinking about switching the kids (2 & almost 4 yr. girls) to 2nd shift with me. I’m thinking of changing bedtimes from 8pm-8am to 10:30 or 11pm to 10:30-11am so that they’d be up when he get’s home just in time to say goodnight. Well… actually we’ve just started doing this the last 2 nights. I’m just wondering
