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Just so you know, I can barely read your third response (it shows up in a bright yellow font on my iPad).
When i was on nights years ago, I would lay there and force myself to try to sleep. This was before herbal remedies were used by the masses, boy I wish I knew about them then.
My advice: if it is a scheduling issue (no one to watch the kids), you need to find someone who can watch them. Put your pride aside, ask a friend, relative, find someone in the neighborhood who needs some extra cash who you trust. Find the money in your budget if you are strapped for cash.
If you don't get the sleep you need, you are useless to your children and your patients.
Um if your husband isn't working and isn't sleeping from working nights as well, he needs to do his part. It's only fair. I don't have kids, but the nurses I work with who have kids and whose husbands are working during the day put their kids in day care a few days a week. It's the only way for them to have enough rest to be responsible at work and with their kids.
jwill85
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I work 3rd shift 11p to 9a. I have 4 and 5 yrd old boys at home. When am I supposed to sleep? How do u set a schedule and raise kids and be a wife? I'm like a fish outta water...I'm floundering. Any ideas