I recently returned to work after having my baby and I'm on night shifts for the first time. It's a good setup that lets me spend more time with my baby during the day, but I'm so exhausted. Any long-term survival tips for a new night-shifter?

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Blackout curtains, a mostly consistent sleep schedule, and being mindful of when you are having caffeine, if you are. I really like night shifts, but it took a few months before I adjusted to them.

Follow LPN 1s advice and see how flexible your hospital is with scheduling. Bracketing my shifts each week made such a difference for me. I worked three 12s, Thursday Friday Saturday one week, Monday Tuesday Wednesday the next. Then I'd be off until the cycle started over. Having six straight days of nights followed by a week off made it easy for me to get in and out of work mode. The few weeks I had to work random schedules were awful. It's so hard to be up all night one day, off the next, and then back to nights a day later. Your body never gets the chance to adjust and you wind up in a perpetual fog.

Whoops, typo. *Sunday Monday Tuesday the next, not Monday Tuesday Wednesday. So six days on, followed by eight days off.

Give yourself grace in those early months, especially now that you have a baby as well. I felt guilty about being so tired, but once I realized it’s just part of the adjustment, I stopped being so hard on myself. Your body does adapt over time.

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