{"id":73265,"date":"2024-04-09T16:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T09:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/?p=73265"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:01:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T07:01:33","slug":"im-a-tired-mom-but-i-still-stay-up-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/im-a-tired-mom-but-i-still-stay-up-late\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m A Tired Mom But I Still Stay Up Late"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>My husband was heading to bed shortly after 10PM one night. \u201cYou coming?\u201d he asked. My answer was no, even though I was so tired.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>I just needed a few minutes to myself and the only time for that to happen was after everyone else had gone to sleep.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>It seems like I trend I keep hearing: moms staying up late even though they\u2019re totally exhausted. I could understand why some people, like your husband for instance, might be confused by this. After all, tired people should want to sleep, right?\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>But this special time when it\u2019s dark and everyone is snoozing is the perfect sweet spot for alone time.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>See, usually if I happen to have a minute of alone time during the day I use it to do more chores and housework. Nighttime is different.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u2665 This is the time I can watch something on TV that little eyes can\u2019t see. (Ahem, Shameless.)\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u2665 This is the time I can eat that last piece of chocolate cheesecake without little kids coming over opening their mouth for a bite.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u2665 This is the time I can allow my shoulders relax, let my whole body fall into cushion of the sectional.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>\u2665 This is the time I can read a book that wasn\u2019t written by Dr. Seuss.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>I\u2019ve talked about being an introverted mom and it\u2019s own unique set of problems. The biggest one is that we absolutely need alone time. It\u2019s essential to our well-being and allows me to be a more patient and loving mother.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Whether you are an introverted person or not, you may need that time to unwind and let your mind go blank before you drift off to sleep.\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:' color:>Tell me, do you stay up late after your kids have gone to bed so you can have alone time?\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband was heading to bed shortly after 10PM one night. \u201cYou coming?\u201d he asked. My answer was no, even though I was so tired. I just needed a few minutes to myself and the only time for that to happen was after everyone else had gone to sleep. It seems like I trend I\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":73277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-73265","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-moral-story"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IM-A-TIRED-MOM-BUT-I-STILL-STAY-UP-LATE.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefinejournal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></span></h4></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p></span></p>