After 3-4 sleepless nights, Erin2 realized that taking care of herself had to become a priority.
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I had just not slept in so long. So I knew that you know, for me to be taking care of a young baby when I was like, literally so sleep deprived that I felt like I needed to go to the hospital. Like I knew that you know, I shouldn’t be taking care of a baby when you’re like that. Like I was very – my thoughts were very scattered. I was constantly like crying. I had very mild hallucinations because I hadn’t slept in four days. And so I know that it’s really important as a parent that you have to sometimes put yourself first. Like on the airplane, you have to put the oxygen mask on first before you can help someone else. And I was like out of oxygen for lack of a better way of saying it. And I was at the end of my rope mentally, physically everything that I knew I couldn’t take care of him anymore.
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