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		nakedrobot2 on Feb 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body This might explain why new parents look 5 years older after 1 year of having their first child (in my admittedly anecdotal sample, including myself)

colmvp on Feb 26, 2013 [–]

As a single guy, I didn't realize how much sleep a parent loses until staying with my cousin and her newborns. It's like being a soldier constantly living on the front line.

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