THIS IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE NARRATIVE AND MUST BE CENSORED: For New Parents, Dad May Be The One Missing The Most Sleep. “The allure of the studies that include fathers is that much of the earlier research focused only on mothers and their level of fatigue. But a family with a newborn typically involves a parental partnership of some sort, and the role of the nonbirthing partner can be critical. And the sleep deprivation and fatigue of the nonbirthing partner go unrecognized by their birthing partner. . . . In other words, the women didn’t think the men were as sleep deprived as the men felt, and the men thought the women were moodier than the women felt.” Hmm.

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In addition to these short-term effects on function and mood and potentially long-term effects on partnership, sleep deprivation can have more acute consequences. Again, fathers bear the brunt.

A 2012 study of 241 new fathers found that even though they got less than six hours of sleep a night — interrupted sleep, at that — they still worked “long hours.” The fathers, completing a questionnaire when their infants were 6 and 12 weeks of age, were tired, and that fatigue seemed to feed into reduced vigilance about safe behaviors in the workplace. Without the ability to compensate for lost sleep during the day, these fathers simply rode out their fatigue while working.

Add to this that men tend to work more dangerous jobs and you’ve got something significant, though this story quickly pivots to . . . how women should be sure to take care of themselves.