How do you handle living in small Tokyo apartments with a…
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How do you handle living in small Tokyo apartments with a newborn?
We have a very colicky 1 month old son, who is not letting us have much sleep. Whenever I look up advice online people will talk about taking shifts with one person sleeping in a seperate room, but we live in a small 1 bedroom apartment in Tokyo, and there simply aren't any other rooms to retreat to.
I do not get paternity leave and have to commute to Gunma where I have a factory job that involves handling heavy lifting and machinery. In recent days there have been a few near-accidents because I am so sleep deprived. One night my wife ordered me to sleep at a capsule hotel cause she was afraid I would get hurt at work.
My wife is fortunate that she can sleep at home during the day, cause the baby is mostly quiet and napping during daytime, but between 20:00 and 04:00 is non-stop crying hours.
I think I tried five kinds of earplugs and nothing can block the noise in our small apartment.
So I wonder what do other people do? If you have been in a similar situation I am very curious to hear about it.
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We have a very colicky 1 month old son, who is not letting us have much sleep. Whenever I look up advice online people will talk about taking shifts with one person sleeping in a seperate room, but we live in a small 1 bedroom apartment in Tokyo, and there simply aren't any other rooms to retreat to.
I do not get paternity leave and have to commute to Gunma where I have a factory job that involves handling heavy lifting and machinery. In recent days there have been a few near-accidents because I am so sleep deprived. One night my wife ordered me to sleep at a capsule hotel cause she was afraid I would get hurt at work.
My wife is fortunate that she can sleep at home during the day, cause the baby is mostly quiet and napping during daytime, but between 20:00 and 04:00 is non-stop crying hours.
I think I tried five kinds of earplugs and nothing can block the noise in our small apartment.
So I wonder what do other people do? If you have been in a similar situation I am very curious to hear about it.
#local
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