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Article: Family Life: Tough times and little sleep for new mums; While the average mother gets just four hours' sleep a night during their baby's first four months, just 17 per cent of new dads regularly get up at night to help soothe their sleepless baby.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- March 17, 2001
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Having a baby ain't no teddy bears' picnic, as a survey published this week has proved.
Eight out of ten new mothers say the sleepless nights caused by having a baby threaten to wreck their relationships with their partners.
But while women are left tired and tearful by the sudden loss of sleep, most new fathers do not even wake up for their baby, still less get up in the night.
While the average mother gets just four hours' sleep a night during their baby's first four months, just 17 per cent of new dads regularly get up ...