"When you have kids, one of the first things you lose is dinner. You also lose sleep, money, free time, and the ability to have sex. But the loss of dinner is somehow one of the more conspicuous personal sacrifices. Before kids, I would eat dinner at what I considered to be a normal time: somewhere between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. That's a good time to eat dinner before you walk out the door to get shitfaced for the evening."
"A few weeks ago I called my best friend Howard to chat on the phone. Howard and his wife just had their first kid, so I was checking in on the new parents, and on my spiritual nephew. I was gonna ask all of the usual questions. Is the baby sleeping well? Is the baby eating? Have you wanted to punch the baby yet because it wouldn't stop screaming?"
A phone call with a friend revealed how a newborn rearranges daily life when the friend says they are 'just sitting down to dinner' at 4:45 p.m. Parents often lose dinner time along with sleep, money, free time, and sexual intimacy. Newborn care routines like bathing, feeding, burping, reading, and putting to bed can consume hours, forcing caregivers to steal small windows for necessities. New parents experience chronic exhaustion and seek calories and brief respites whenever possible, leading to private moments alone, such as hiding on the toilet to get a moment's peace.
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