Wild question but I'm obsessed with data. Noticed that when I get bad sleep, my 8yo is somehow worse behaved the next day. Like it's contagious or something. Wondering if other dads have noticed similar patterns? Or am I just looking for patterns that aren't there lol
Been saying this for years. My kids are little mirrors of my energy levels. When I'm well-rested I'm patient, when I'm dragging they're dragging and acting out. Interesting that you're actually measuring it though.
Dude this is actually fascinating. I've been tracking my sleep with a Fitbit and my wife swears my mood on 5-hour nights directly impacts how the kids act up. Never connected it to their behavior though. How are you correlating the data?
Have you ruled out confounding variables? Like maybe bad sleep means you're also stressed about something else happening that week? Not saying you're wrong, just seems like correlation city without more data points.
The Oura ring is sweet for this kind of deep tracking. I'm jealous you can actually use the data for parenting insights. Mine just tells me I'm tired and my kids are chaos agents regardless.
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This might be onto something real. When I'm exhausted I'm way less patient and probably give off stressed energy that the kids pick up on. Not sure if it's the sleep itself or just parenting worse when tired.