re: 5 Hour Energy

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I have a week and a half old baby and I am not getting much sleep

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One cannot grasp the true definition of the word tired until they have children....

For maximum effect, give the child the 5 hour energy. Game-changer

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Wrong, look at the label and see how much sugar is in a Rock star. Unless you are pouring 3 tablespoons of sugar in that Starbucks then they are right.

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Have you not seen them drizzle that caramel on like 50% of those drinks?

I will grab a sugar free redbull every once in a while if I'm dragging arse in the morning. It's got about the same caffeine as same serving of coffee, and is probably as bad for me as a diet coke. I think when you see people with the huge cans of monster and stuff, then yeah, it's a lot of caffeine due to volume and also a ton of sugar if not sugar free.

Ralphie May used to drink Cuban coffee. He said that stuff was so strong that he would have to take a hit of cocaine just to calm him down....


Of course he is currently dead, so maybe that isn't such a good idea.

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People exaggerate way too much. Everyone talks about how hard they have it because they want others to think they are doing something special. All we heard from people through pregnancy and childbirth/infancy is how hard everything is. It ain't that hard. Get your kid on a sleep schedule and you will be fine.

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Like your experience is the only one. My sister had 2 children that slept constantly from the get go. My sister used to have to wake up her son to get him to eat, otherwise, he'd just stay sleeping. She had no idea what difficult children were until she spent a little time around my son when he was first born.

My son was hell for 3 months. He wanted to be fed every 3 hours, which is fine. But you were lucky to get him back down. So at best, you were up every 3 hours. But most of the time, you got him down 45 minutes before his next feeding. My wife and I did shift work and it was the only way to stay sane. It wasn't overly difficult, but we didn't get a whole lot of time together during the week as one was always sleeping.

At around 4-5 months he started getting better and now at 3 years, he sleeps from 7:45 to whenever we wake him up. But I believe it can be tough for some. I spent plenty a night driving around in the car in the middle of the night to see if it would put him to sleep only to have to wake up at 5 a.m. and go to work.

Water and pure caffeine tabs sold at your local drug store.