Celebrating Our Son's First Birthday… How Did It Go So Wrong?

About this episode

Matthew and Ryan discuss their experiences with sleep anxiety and their son's first birthday celebration that almost turned into a disaster.

This week we're running on VERY little sleep and a lot of coffee lol. Ryan opens up about the sleep anxiety he's been dealing with while Lincoln has been waking through the night, although he's not fully awake, but clearly distressed. We think he might be experiencing night terrors , and we're trying to figure out what’s normal, what’s not, and how on earth parents cope with the exhaustion that comes with it. On a much more magical note, we talk about our trip to Disneyland Paris to experience the brand new World of Frozen before finally sharing Lincoln’s first birthday , which was meant to be a beautiful milestone… but very nearly turned into the world’s biggest birthday disaster . Sleep deprivation, Disney magic, and a first birthday we won’t forget anytime soon. New episodes to watch and listen to EVERY Tuesday. WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN DUMMY CONFESSIONS? 📩 Send us your most embarrassing or funny confession in a DM to our Instagram or send your voice note to daddiesovernight@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/daddiesovernight/ 📲 Or find us at @daddiesovernight on socials, and don't forget you can WATCH the episode on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@daddiesovernight TikTok…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matthew, Ryan

Topics covered

• parenting
• sleep anxiety
• night terrors
• Disney
• birthday celebration
• family experiences

Keywords

• sleep anxiety
• night terrors
• first birthday
• Disneyland Paris
• parenting challenges

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Disneyland Paris

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