15/11/2025
Sleep deprivation is EXHAUSTING 🤯
So just getting my letter to Santa in early.. just incase 🎅🏼🥺
Another mum posted about this last week and she honestly took the words out of my mouth. Not to repeat her message, but to emphasise it, because we don’t talk about this enough.
It’s tough when one of the biggest things you value for your health, sleep, is the thing you’re barely getting.
The last few months have felt like an eternity of broken nights. We had a good rhythm around 5 or 6 months and completely took it for granted. Then teething arrived and everything changed. Casper now needs comforting once, twice, sometimes three times a night, and breastfeeding is often the only thing that settles him. Some nights I’m up for almost two hours, and getting myself back to sleep is another challenge.
I thought I’d be prepared. I’m a PT. I’m used to early mornings and long days. But this tiredness is different. It affects everything. How patient I am. How I eat. How I react. My motivation. It makes me cancel plans, forget things and question myself.
Motherhood is beautiful, powerful and full of love, but it’s also full of exhaustion and low-energy days. It affects how I show up and how steady I feel. Some days, even putting on a brave face feels like running a marathon.
And with so many mums going through this, I can’t help but wonder where the real support is. I’m excited to go back to work, but I still think… how are mums meant to be switched on and hardworking while running on months of broken sleep?
If you’re in this too, please know this:
You’re not failing.
You’re not doing anything wrong.
You’re doing your best in a chapter that is beautiful and unbelievably hard.
You’re tired, but you’re still showing up. And that counts. 💛
