October 2026

New Dads and Sleep Deprivation: What a 2025 Study Found

New fathers genuinely lose sleep, and researchers can now measure exactly how much. A 2025 meta-analysis found fathers average about 6.6 hours of sleep postpartum, with questionnaire scores showing what researchers called “significant disruption” to sleep patterns and quality. Mothers still fare worse on most measures, but fathers aren’t simply unaffected. Here’s the finding that

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