Having kids can be a joy, but it can also be exhausting. Our community recently shared stories of the crazy things they did when their kids were young, and their bodies were massively sleep deprived.

...dropped him.
“When my son was a year old, he got sick with a respiratory infection. The only way he could sleep was if I held him upright against my chest. I'd done this alone for about three nights, so I'd been awake the whole time. In the wee hours of the morning, I was propped up in my bed holding him, and I fell asleep. The next thing I knew, he was on the floor crying! I had fallen asleep and dropped him! It was so traumatic, probably more for me than for him!”
—mom_maxmaven

—Compiled by Laura Motta

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