No lie! @DocSchmidt Take a breath, already!!!! I hope you don’t talk that fast normally, esp. to your pts. or the nurse. You’re talking so fast, it’s hard to catch what you’re actually saying! SLOW DOWN, please!!! Otherwise, I love your videos!
This is why these things should be done while young because the older you get the more tired you seem to get from just life in general. Hope you can keep all those balls in the air, makes me tired just thinking about all of it, 50 to 60 kinda does that to you.
As a father of a 3 week old and a paramedic of 10 years, “The difference is that the baby is cute” is the truest set of words ever. If my 3am call is for a stubbed toe, prepare to die. If it’s for my screaming 3 week old it’s all cuddles and feeding.
The pacing of Dr Schmidt's speech made me feel his descent into sleep-deprived madness inside my own body. They eventually sleep through the night, but you will never not be listening for them. And you just deal with unpredictable crises during the day. Unless they get sick, then you're cleaning projectile vomit off the walls at midnight.
Oh gosh. Two of my kids had reflux and projectile vomiting as infants. It looked like something out of a horror movie. But stomach viruses in little ones (think toddlers) are the absolute worst!
LOL sorry dad... I have horrible reflux, even as an adult and a cruddy immune system. My dad had to clean up vomit in the middle of the night many a times growing up. My brother I think threw up more than me... but he always made it to the toilet... that was a "skill" I lacked. My parents learned if I was sick to put a bucket next to my bed, it helped to lessen incidents.
The listening for them the rest of your life is true for my mum. Once, after I had moved out, I was visiting for some days. In the middle of the night I felt sick and barely made it to the toilet before vomiting. Before I was finished my mum stood in the door with a glass of water ❤️ Granted, the bathroom is right next to my parents' bedroom, but still!
Oof yes, stomach bugs are the bane of every parents existence. We have a whole system now, even the kids have it down. It makes the bugs easier to weather but no more fun.
As a doctor and a mum of two boys ( 8 and 3 years old ) this made me smile . Never have I been more tired than in the first weeks after they were born 😂
Watching him talk that quickly like he’s highly caffeinated while talking about newborn sleep deprivation made me need a nap. Congratulations to you guys!
This makes me smile, because my little girl is 37 years old today, and I still worry about her (...and she sometimes keeps me up at night!), even though she lives 100 miles away and is now married with her own children!!!
Many congratulations on the new arrival Doc Schmidt! Hospital night shifts are hard, I know! But being a parent is a 24hr full time job, can't yet imagine!! Wish you and your family all the best ❤️
Ironically, I had the easiest days when my son was a newborn. I had a difficult pregnancy and delivery and could not really breastfeed, so he was on formula from day 1. This was a hidden blessing, since it meant I could sleep 6 hours straight (10pm-4am) in the other room while my spouse took care of him and fed him formula whenever he woke up. Then, at 4am, we’d switch rooms: I took care of him while my husband was sleeping 6 hours uninterrupted from 4am-10am in the other room. So, shockingly, we both felt well-rested even in the first weeks. And even though he did wake up often to feed/pee/poop, the person responsible at that moment also had plenty of time to read, write, and listen to podcasts in the armchair next to his crib. I remember those days as a relaxing time. Of course, all this relaxation was only possible because we had no other kids. Things got harder later on, around 3 months, when he got colicky and we both had to be awake all night at the same time, frantically trying to calm him and ease his pain. Good luck, doc! The best years, I think, are when they are between 18 months and 3.5. Old enough to talk to you and reveal their fascinating reasoning and speech skills developing, but not old enough to have angry and teenager-like tantrums. Enjoy it!
My husband and I did mixed breast and bottle feeding and those 5-6 hours of sleep were life giving! Although in the very early days I couldn't relax and sleep when the baby wasn't asleep!! That took some practice!
Oddly enough I found your channel and binged your TikToks sitting up all night feeding my newborn daughter this summer. I was a shift worker for 10 years. I’m with you 100%, children are more tiring than shifts.
Congratulations on your new little one. Hold her tight because one moment she's a little snuggle bunny in your arms, next she's heading out the door for college and your standing there wondering where the heck the time went...
When I brought my 3rd child home from the hospital I sat in bed and looked at her sleeping peacefully knowing full well I would be up feeding her within a couple of hours. I let the recognition that I wasn’t going to have a solid night of sleep for a long time sweep over me. Then I thought about how cute my sweet baby was and got comfy for my two hours of sleep. (And I still decided to have one more after that!). Teenagers are tough, but they do sleep really well!’ Congrats Doc Schmidt! The sleepless (baby related) nights won’t last forever. They’ll just seem like it! :-).
@@hiimpercy that's just how doctors talk. They have a limited amount of time to get a lot of information out and a lot of times their brains just move fast
First thing, congrats on the baby you’re gonna be a wonderful dad! Second, thank you for speaking so quickly I have ADHD and you speaking at a billion miles a second actually helps me digest the information better than speaking slowly.
Being a dad is pretty much like being on call, lol. Being a parent is a 24/7 job. But sleep training really helped my son develop a sleep schedule at three months old.
Love the perspective! Congrats on the babby :) My wife and I are thinking about having one in the next year or two! Seems like no matter what it’s going to be difficult, but in the end, definitely worth it (both for this grueling medical training process and for having a cute babby!)
Congratulations. I've often thought that the medical system is designed to create medical mistakes by mistreating staff to the point where they're no longer competent, and yet it's considered not a problem.
Congratulations! I was most tired when I had baby #4, the other 3 kids were really little too, and husband was working overtime. I don’t know how I made it on about 3 hours of sleep for a few months. Much more well rested now, but I am gearing up for having to stay up late during the teen years! It will be a challenge for this early bird ha ha.
My son, with autism and ADHD, used to cause me to only sleep for 3 hours a night... I was a single parent at the time. I don't know how I survived. Adrenaline!
For my husband and I, what really helped was setting the 7am deadline. After I was up overnight with our daughter, I knew for sure I could hand her to him and go to sleep at 7am when he was up and get 3-5 hours of straight sleep. And even though that's not much, if I got 3-5 hours of sleep in chunks overnight, I could still get 8 hours on average every day. So by noon I was functional. It also helped mentally to know there was a deadline.
Congratulations! I have four girls & I remember those days well. It’s ok to let her fuss for a few minutes, she‘lol slowly learn to soothe herself back to sleep. I always found it hard to sleep when the baby napped but if she fell asleep while nursing, I was out like a light. The first months are rough, but it gets easier. You’ll find a routine that works for you. Also, you’re not obligated to take advice from strangers about it, either. Try it, perhaps, but if it doesn’t work, try something different.
WAIT WAIT WAIT are you really telling me my Dr's kids are more important to him than me? That he loves them more? That's he's more vested in them than in my heart burn etc? You just blew my mind and crushed my realty Doc!!!!😂😂 I'm gonna check out your parenting for a bit but I suspect it will be amazing!!! Afterwards we can talk about how your wife and yourself feel about adopting an almost 50 yr old daughter. I'm over this adulting thing.😂😂Good video Doc
As a physician assistant who works 7 on/ 7 off, one week of days, and one week of nights a month, and the parent of a son who is turning 21 next week, I concur that what you've said is 100% accurate and I wish you a lifetime of joy with your cute daughter! 😊
Dr. Schmidt first off I want to congratulate you and your wife on the new little human. It is very exciting and also sleep deprivation is difficult. I had three newborns, at separate times, and the lack of sleep all the worry is worth it. I am very proud of my not so little humans and I know you'll be a wonderful father, and your wife a wonderful mother.
Baby is harder! I’m a veterinarian that shares call and works at a busy practice. I felt that internship made me proficient at being very sleep deprived… waking every 2hrs to nurse baby and try to stay awake was harder. Also, baby woke up every 2-4hrs for the first 3-4mo of life and I was back to work full time at 7wks post partum. If I get a call about a patient, typically the nature of the problem would wake me up. Congrats on the new baby!!
Congratulations on your new baby! My first two children were 14 months apart. So, my oldest thought that was a great age difference. He's 35 and completely exhausted.
Hospitalist NP here. I take call 14-21 nights a month. I also have two children. It is a very similar state of sleep deprivation. I have described my phone as a newborn more than once. My kids are a lot cuter than my phone for sure… Hang in there, doc. It doesn’t last forever.
Important question: how is Ms. Doc Schmidt doing? She’s dealing with the sleep deprivation after having grown an entire person and then expelled said entire person, plus all the associated hormones and healing and bodily fluids that come from that. Please let her know someone asked about her, too ❤️
Also, when Baby Doc Schmidt is about 4/5 months old, look for a Sleep Consultant. Mine saved my sanity as a new mom of twins with a military husband who was always gone.
As a teacher I want to commend you on how superbly you can make coherent sentences and speak in paragraphs at a very high speed, with apparently, reduced sleep. Well done. Each word was crisply enunciated, each idea clear. I only wish I could be so coherent in my lectures.
Congratulations on parenthood and on your ability to still form so many coherent sentences! I survived being a first-time parent of twins with no help during the day (they were born just before the first lockdown) and my twins actually had an arrangement where they could be awake together but never asleep together for months. 🤦🏼♀️ I wouldn't wish it on anyone and you're a trooper! This, too, shall pass.
Sweet video. Babies ARE cuter : ) I nursed my daughter - which meant that when she was tiny, I did 90% of the nighttime care - which worked great, since I was a stay at home mom, and my husband was working long day shifts to support us. And, on days he was home, he'd let me sleep late while he took care of her. And at nights when he needed to turn in early, I was happy to sit up late with her. Having a TEAM with a newborn makes all the difference. My Mom had it much harder, since she was widowed when I was a newborn - the older I get, the more I appreciate all she did!
You're super busy in the day and possibly at night for work, but you're still available for your baby at night. That's an amazing dad right there. Congratulations and best wishes! Splurge on consistent self-care and extra help like there's no tomorrow
When your daughter is ready for it I recommend the Owlet sleep training program. I’m a nurse that works night shift, and at about 3 month my daughter would sleep but not with a schedule. We used Owlet’s program and the first day she took 3 naps and slept 12 hours through the night, and she would rarely wake up overnight. She’s almost 2 now and still sleeps like a champ. It certainly saved my sanity. Good luck dad!
Congratulations on the bambino doc Schmidt. Advice my mom got from my grandma when she had her babies.. just sleep whilst the baby sleep.. even if you have so much to do.. your body and your sanity will thank you for it
Aw. I remember when my daughter was born. That whole first year I kept saying that I couldn’t wait until she was able to sleep through the night. She is turning 4 in a couple of weeks and she still wakes up a couple of times a night!! Now my first born, he was sleeping through the night by 4 months
Gorgeous! Congratulations! Loved the comment about putting the pacifier back! I was up at 4 am yesterday with my 5 month old, just holding his little hands while he passed gas! Lol. He didn't even open his eyes! Just cried and writhed for a bit, then let rip! Then...peace! Hahaha!!
Congratulations on your sweet baby girl! I love all your stories. I would like to request that you slow down a little. I am hearing impaired and if I miss one word, I'm already a paragraph behind! 😅
Man, I can relate to your point about working on call and the anxiety that comes with not knowing if you're getting 0 calls or many many calls overnight. I'm always ready to jerk awake at a moments notice on those nights, every other weekend. I'm not a provider though, just desktop support at a hospital. And usually when I have to show up I'm cranky and they're cranky too! 😭 I don't know if I could handle being on call while parenting a newborn, that shit is for the birds. I wish you, wifey and baby many restful nights!
Probably the hardest is combining the two... having a fragile preemie/baby/child who is also hospitalized, especially in NICU/PICU for a long time. Not only is there a near vertical learning curve of care for your child, worry about making an error, fear over immediate and long term outcomes, a chaotic noisy environment, crushing worry, constant sleep deprivation, poor diet, extreme stress, no respite... there's heartbreak, trying to juggle the demands of others, and (for Americans) catastrophic cost. And if you're a single parent, or trying to work at the same time... It's horrific. Best wishes on your newborn, take lots of video, they are so precious and rare when brand new.
Congrats on new baby! It’s a bit unsettling and worrisome that we put our lives in the hands of people who are constantly sleep-deprived. It sounds negligent. Am I completely off for feeling that way?
Not at all! Most of us in the health care field feel the exact same way. Unfortunately, we (especially those of us still in residency / Fellowship) have little to no control over the hours that we work, putting ourselves and potentially our patients at risk. And unfortunately these concerns have been brought up time and time again without any change(likely due to hospitals bottom-line/ attempts to save money by having fewer Personnel work longer hours) and we can only hope that there will be real change with the push of the public as well
My oldest is 25 now, but she was a baby that woke up every 2 hours for over a year due to medical issues. I worked as a nurse back than and did a week of night-shift every 4th week, because she was in daycare during the day, I slept better than normal and would be less tired after a week of night-shifts than I would be at the end of a regular week 🙃 😆
And i thought the speech in Gilmore Girls was too fast for me to follow... Dude slow down.. Speed's 55 mph! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Congratulations on your baby and as a sleep deprived medical professional/ mom to a 8 yr old... I feel you deep in my core... Hang in there... It gets better... ☺️
With that very thoughtful, fast, exhausted commentary, I want to thank you for allowing me to make the decision that I would like to be an on-call ICU doctor for 2 to 3 weeks straight rather than have a child. ;-). (Congratulations 🎈 to you and your wife!)
You get PTO as an MD. A parent never clocks out. On-call means you can be called into work, a standby that is always used. Grandparents are the closest to PTO.
For anyone who is having trouble understanding such fast speech , go to the 3 dots in upper right hand corner and change playback speed to 0.75x or even 0.5x it helps tremendously. Good luck doc , and congratulations!
I am not in the medical field but I remember the moment I realized being a parent is the hardest job because you truly get NO BREAKS. Even hypothetically if you have a date night or go to work or whatever, you’re usually still worrying and thinking about your baby.
Gosh congratulations on becoming a new dad and to your OH for bringing the little love into the world. Also mate you could rival the Scots for talking fast I love it 🤣 Again congratulations on your new bub
Hi Dr. Schmit ,Yes night shift is hard . My late husband did three shifts. Afternoon,nights plus days.Your schedule is very stressful Congratulations to you and your wife on birth of your daughter. Well best to employ a nanny maybe to help out.It is a rewarding time bringing up your daughter. Planning and having to be organised. Can anyone close like your parents from time to time hep a little if possible. I perfectly understand the duress your wife plus yourself are under.I worked as a nanny for a few doctors some years back. Interesting to say the least. All of you do a lot. Wishing you and your family many blessings. Thank you so very much. Kindest regards.That word was help ,missed the L out by mistake.
How is your wife doing? For us, The sleep deprivation came later as our first baby would never, ever sleep longer than a 4 hour stretch until she was 2. Then the second baby came and he never slept it felt like AT ALL. The youngest is 4 and now we sleep 🥳 at least until 6 am on our days off! It does get better and it’s all worth it. Now sometimes I think fondly on those early sleep deprived days when I would just stare at their sweet baby faces.
You’re sounding a little sleep deprived there, Doc. Don’t worry she’ll be sleeping through the night before too long. Welcome to parenthood. Hang in there
Being on call is cancer... The most I worked in 1 swoop was roughly 40 hours. Started Sunday morning and left monday night. I have struggled and changed my residency due to those work hours. It's horrible for the body. Felt so sick for the most of it, switched from a flu to another flu. Had arrythmias, trouble falling asleep after 30+ work hours, sounds impossible but there I was... In the western world 5 PM to 7 AM seems a lot more humane than what befell me. Thanks for the the vids!
Congrats on the new dad status! My wife and I are expecting our first in June and we are both in healthcare. I had this very question on my mind. I appreciate the perspective and info!
The baby is harder because you’re right there is no shift end time or days off from it, ever. Mine are 10, 8 and 2 now and all sleep through the night, you’ll get there too one day. And now I’m a medical student, must be crazy! I have been a nurse for 13 years and done night shifts then gone home to look after kids all day so I’m very familiar with sleep deprivation. Nothing beats the newborn weeks for sheer exhaustion.
Congratulations on the baby. I work 12-hour nights right now. We rotate every 3 month from 12-hour nights to 12-hour days. It can get rough at time. Anyway about to start work. Goodluck getting sleep my friend.
Congrats! 🎉 I agree. I remember college years I would stay up all night to type 8-13page papers and I would be able to handle being that kind of tired. Now having a 3yr old and a 1yr old is a different kind of 🥱. I’d say more exhausting being a parent lol🤪
I think you could possibly get a Guinness world record for fastest talker, check it out. Congrats on the baby 👶🏻
No, he's actually coherent. The fastest talker spoke so fast you could barely understand what they're saying
No lie! @DocSchmidt Take a breath, already!!!! I hope you don’t talk that fast normally, esp. to your pts. or the nurse. You’re talking so fast, it’s hard to catch what you’re actually saying! SLOW DOWN, please!!! Otherwise, I love your videos!
This guy and Hank green. So fast. Just because their brains operate at that level.
This is why these things should be done while young because the older you get the more tired you seem to get from just life in general. Hope you can keep all those balls in the air, makes me tired just thinking about all of it, 50 to 60 kinda does that to you.
@@JaimeDornanLady he editted out a lot of the breaths..
As a father of a 3 week old and a paramedic of 10 years, “The difference is that the baby is cute” is the truest set of words ever. If my 3am call is for a stubbed toe, prepare to die. If it’s for my screaming 3 week old it’s all cuddles and feeding.
Lol I’ve heard that being cute is a baby’s defense against natural selection and/or survival of the fittest. 😂 I think Mother Nature did right.
The pacing of Dr Schmidt's speech made me feel his descent into sleep-deprived madness inside my own body.
They eventually sleep through the night, but you will never not be listening for them. And you just deal with unpredictable crises during the day. Unless they get sick, then you're cleaning projectile vomit off the walls at midnight.
Oh gosh. Two of my kids had reflux and projectile vomiting as infants. It looked like something out of a horror movie. But stomach viruses in little ones (think toddlers) are the absolute worst!
Me too! I can feel his sleep deprivation in my soul.
LOL sorry dad... I have horrible reflux, even as an adult and a cruddy immune system. My dad had to clean up vomit in the middle of the night many a times growing up. My brother I think threw up more than me... but he always made it to the toilet... that was a "skill" I lacked. My parents learned if I was sick to put a bucket next to my bed, it helped to lessen incidents.
The listening for them the rest of your life is true for my mum. Once, after I had moved out, I was visiting for some days. In the middle of the night I felt sick and barely made it to the toilet before vomiting. Before I was finished my mum stood in the door with a glass of water ❤️
Granted, the bathroom is right next to my parents' bedroom, but still!
Oof yes, stomach bugs are the bane of every parents existence. We have a whole system now, even the kids have it down. It makes the bugs easier to weather but no more fun.
As a doctor and a mum of two boys ( 8 and 3 years old ) this made me smile . Never have I been more tired than in the first weeks after they were born 😂
Our children are close in age. I have a girl turning 4 in a couple weeks and a boy that just turned 10. I feel you on the most exhausting time ever
Agree! Call is nothing compared to the never ending sleep deprivation of the fourth trimester! Stupidly expected residency to have prepared me for it…
Watching him talk that quickly like he’s highly caffeinated while talking about newborn sleep deprivation made me need a nap. Congratulations to you guys!
Holy crap, an hours worth of info in less than 5 minutes!
"You are a little more invested in this one" 😅😅😅😅
This makes me smile, because my little girl is 37 years old today, and I still worry about her (...and she sometimes keeps me up at night!), even though she lives 100 miles away and is now married with her own children!!!
That is beautiful. May Jesus bless you and your family 🥰
Many congratulations on the new arrival Doc Schmidt! Hospital night shifts are hard, I know! But being a parent is a 24hr full time job, can't yet imagine!! Wish you and your family all the best ❤️
Ironically, I had the easiest days when my son was a newborn. I had a difficult pregnancy and delivery and could not really breastfeed, so he was on formula from day 1. This was a hidden blessing, since it meant I could sleep 6 hours straight (10pm-4am) in the other room while my spouse took care of him and fed him formula whenever he woke up. Then, at 4am, we’d switch rooms: I took care of him while my husband was sleeping 6 hours uninterrupted from 4am-10am in the other room. So, shockingly, we both felt well-rested even in the first weeks. And even though he did wake up often to feed/pee/poop, the person responsible at that moment also had plenty of time to read, write, and listen to podcasts in the armchair next to his crib. I remember those days as a relaxing time. Of course, all this relaxation was only possible because we had no other kids. Things got harder later on, around 3 months, when he got colicky and we both had to be awake all night at the same time, frantically trying to calm him and ease his pain. Good luck, doc! The best years, I think, are when they are between 18 months and 3.5. Old enough to talk to you and reveal their fascinating reasoning and speech skills developing, but not old enough to have angry and teenager-like tantrums. Enjoy it!
My husband and I did mixed breast and bottle feeding and those 5-6 hours of sleep were life giving! Although in the very early days I couldn't relax and sleep when the baby wasn't asleep!! That took some practice!
"My kid's best years are when they're still pliant and don't have a will of their own". People are so transparent sometimes.
Oddly enough I found your channel and binged your TikToks sitting up all night feeding my newborn daughter this summer. I was a shift worker for 10 years. I’m with you 100%, children are more tiring than shifts.
Congratulations on your new little one. Hold her tight because one moment she's a little snuggle bunny in your arms, next she's heading out the door for college and your standing there wondering where the heck the time went...
When I brought my 3rd child home from the hospital I sat in bed and looked at her sleeping peacefully knowing full well I would be up feeding her within a couple of hours. I let the recognition that I wasn’t going to have a solid night of sleep for a long time sweep over me. Then I thought about how cute my sweet baby was and got comfy for my two hours of sleep. (And I still decided to have one more after that!). Teenagers are tough, but they do sleep really well!’ Congrats Doc Schmidt! The sleepless (baby related) nights won’t last forever. They’ll just seem like it! :-).
Damn. This doc talks so fast over a longish period. Get some well earned rest you probably deserve it!
Had to finish before the baby woke up 😋
indeed! how much caffeine is in this person?
@@hiimpercy It's probably a shorter answer if you ask how much caffeine is left for the rest of us.
@@hiimpercy the limit before it becomes a health risk
@@hiimpercy that's just how doctors talk. They have a limited amount of time to get a lot of information out and a lot of times their brains just move fast
First thing, congrats on the baby you’re gonna be a wonderful dad!
Second, thank you for speaking so quickly I have ADHD and you speaking at a billion miles a second actually helps me digest the information better than speaking slowly.
Doc you speak fast but every word is crystal clear. Not many people can do that and I applaud you for that.
Being a dad is pretty much like being on call, lol. Being a parent is a 24/7 job. But sleep training really helped my son develop a sleep schedule at three months old.
All the best Dad Schmidt!!! The baby is in great hands
Love the perspective! Congrats on the babby :) My wife and I are thinking about having one in the next year or two! Seems like no matter what it’s going to be difficult, but in the end, definitely worth it (both for this grueling medical training process and for having a cute babby!)
Congratulations. I've often thought that the medical system is designed to create medical mistakes by mistreating staff to the point where they're no longer competent, and yet it's considered not a problem.
I couldn't agree more with this statement! I wish someone would decide to reform this system!
Also agreed!
Congratulations! I was most tired when I had baby #4, the other 3 kids were really little too, and husband was working overtime. I don’t know how I made it on about 3 hours of sleep for a few months. Much more well rested now, but I am gearing up for having to stay up late during the teen years! It will be a challenge for this early bird ha ha.
Props to you for raising 4 kids, working a full time outside job with only 3hrs. 👏 I think deserve a lot if rest. 🤗
At least teens can put themselves to bed and voluntarily sleep half the days on weekends! I also have four that are now all teenagers. :-)
My son, with autism and ADHD, used to cause me to only sleep for 3 hours a night... I was a single parent at the time. I don't know how I survived. Adrenaline!
Congratulations. The lack of sleep is so worth it. Her first smile will be so beautiful.
For my husband and I, what really helped was setting the 7am deadline. After I was up overnight with our daughter, I knew for sure I could hand her to him and go to sleep at 7am when he was up and get 3-5 hours of straight sleep. And even though that's not much, if I got 3-5 hours of sleep in chunks overnight, I could still get 8 hours on average every day. So by noon I was functional. It also helped mentally to know there was a deadline.
Congratulations! I have four girls & I remember those days well. It’s ok to let her fuss for a few minutes, she‘lol slowly learn to soothe herself back to sleep.
I always found it hard to sleep when the baby napped but if she fell asleep while nursing, I was out like a light.
The first months are rough, but it gets easier. You’ll find a routine that works for you. Also, you’re not obligated to take advice from strangers about it, either. Try it, perhaps, but if it doesn’t work, try something different.
WAIT WAIT WAIT are you really telling me my Dr's kids are more important to him than me? That he loves them more? That's he's more vested in them than in my heart burn etc? You just blew my mind and crushed my realty Doc!!!!😂😂 I'm gonna check out your parenting for a bit but I suspect it will be amazing!!! Afterwards we can talk about how your wife and yourself feel about adopting an almost 50 yr old daughter. I'm over this adulting thing.😂😂Good video Doc
Funniet commentso far...i feel u..🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow, that was some incredibly clear, very fast talking!
As a physician assistant who works 7 on/ 7 off, one week of days, and one week of nights a month, and the parent of a son who is turning 21 next week, I concur that what you've said is 100% accurate and I wish you a lifetime of joy with your cute daughter! 😊
Dr. Schmidt first off I want to congratulate you and your wife on the new little human. It is very exciting and also sleep deprivation is difficult. I had three newborns, at separate times, and the lack of sleep all the worry is worth it. I am very proud of my not so little humans and I know you'll be a wonderful father, and your wife a wonderful mother.
I appreciate your ability to annunciate well. I normally can't understand people who talk that fast.
I want your wife's perspective on this as well, after 2 months when the adrenaline wears off
I was wondering about the lack of mention of the other parent. 😉
Baby is harder! I’m a veterinarian that shares call and works at a busy practice. I felt that internship made me proficient at being very sleep deprived… waking every 2hrs to nurse baby and try to stay awake was harder. Also, baby woke up every 2-4hrs for the first 3-4mo of life and I was back to work full time at 7wks post partum. If I get a call about a patient, typically the nature of the problem would wake me up. Congrats on the new baby!!
Congratulations on your new baby! My first two children were 14 months apart. So, my oldest thought that was a great age difference. He's 35 and completely exhausted.
Aww that’s so exciting! Congrats Doc! She is lucky to have a dad like you!! Loved this video idea
Hospitalist NP here. I take call 14-21 nights a month. I also have two children. It is a very similar state of sleep deprivation. I have described my phone as a newborn more than once. My kids are a lot cuter than my phone for sure…
Hang in there, doc. It doesn’t last forever.
Important question: how is Ms. Doc Schmidt doing? She’s dealing with the sleep deprivation after having grown an entire person and then expelled said entire person, plus all the associated hormones and healing and bodily fluids that come from that. Please let her know someone asked about her, too ❤️
Also, when Baby Doc Schmidt is about 4/5 months old, look for a Sleep Consultant. Mine saved my sanity as a new mom of twins with a military husband who was always gone.
As a teacher I want to commend you on how superbly you can make coherent sentences and speak in paragraphs at a very high speed, with apparently, reduced sleep. Well done. Each word was crisply enunciated, each idea clear. I only wish I could be so coherent in my lectures.
Love how he said cuteness is key 🤣
Congratulations! Every parent faces these problems, so I'm sure you guys will be just fine. Good luck and your baby is incredibly cute btw!
Congratulations on parenthood and on your ability to still form so many coherent sentences! I survived being a first-time parent of twins with no help during the day (they were born just before the first lockdown) and my twins actually had an arrangement where they could be awake together but never asleep together for months. 🤦🏼♀️ I wouldn't wish it on anyone and you're a trooper! This, too, shall pass.
Hang in there doc! We appreciate ur hard work. Be safe out in the front lines. 🥰💛🙏🏼🙏🏼
Sweet video. Babies ARE cuter : ) I nursed my daughter - which meant that when she was tiny, I did 90% of the nighttime care - which worked great, since I was a stay at home mom, and my husband was working long day shifts to support us. And, on days he was home, he'd let me sleep late while he took care of her. And at nights when he needed to turn in early, I was happy to sit up late with her. Having a TEAM with a newborn makes all the difference. My Mom had it much harder, since she was widowed when I was a newborn - the older I get, the more I appreciate all she did!
You're super busy in the day and possibly at night for work, but you're still available for your baby at night. That's an amazing dad right there. Congratulations and best wishes! Splurge on consistent self-care and extra help like there's no tomorrow
Wow. You need a vacation. Baby is worth everything and so rewarding. good luck with the sleep
When your daughter is ready for it I recommend the Owlet sleep training program. I’m a nurse that works night shift, and at about 3 month my daughter would sleep but not with a schedule. We used Owlet’s program and the first day she took 3 naps and slept 12 hours through the night, and she would rarely wake up overnight. She’s almost 2 now and still sleeps like a champ. It certainly saved my sanity. Good luck dad!
Waking up from a dead sleep to deal with a crisis, that gave the newborn ptsd right there!!!
Good luck! Nothing but the best wishes for you and your family. All the best to your patients too; especially Mr Jones.
Your daughter is very lucky to have a funny/ smart dad like you.
❤️😊🙏 you will be a great dad which will make you a compassionate caring Dr. I’m a grandma I know such things.
Good luck and enjoy your new status as father to the little beauty. It's amazing.
I know you love her, cherish every moment. Congratulations on your baby 👶girl
Doc you give Ben Shapiro a run for his money as the world's fastest talker! Does your mouth ever slow down to normal speed? LOL
Many congratulations to you and your wife!!! May God richly bless your little one!!! 🙏❤️🙂
Congratulations on the bambino doc Schmidt. Advice my mom got from my grandma when she had her babies.. just sleep whilst the baby sleep.. even if you have so much to do.. your body and your sanity will thank you for it
Aw. I remember when my daughter was born. That whole first year I kept saying that I couldn’t wait until she was able to sleep through the night. She is turning 4 in a couple of weeks and she still wakes up a couple of times a night!! Now my first born, he was sleeping through the night by 4 months
Gorgeous! Congratulations! Loved the comment about putting the pacifier back! I was up at 4 am yesterday with my 5 month old, just holding his little hands while he passed gas! Lol. He didn't even open his eyes! Just cried and writhed for a bit, then let rip! Then...peace! Hahaha!!
Yes congrats on the baby! So adorable! After listening to your story and how fast you talked my jaw aches! Lol!
Congratulations on your sweet baby girl! I love all your stories. I would like to request that you slow down a little. I am hearing impaired and if I miss one word, I'm already a paragraph behind! 😅
Man, I can relate to your point about working on call and the anxiety that comes with not knowing if you're getting 0 calls or many many calls overnight. I'm always ready to jerk awake at a moments notice on those nights, every other weekend. I'm not a provider though, just desktop support at a hospital. And usually when I have to show up I'm cranky and they're cranky too! 😭 I don't know if I could handle being on call while parenting a newborn, that shit is for the birds. I wish you, wifey and baby many restful nights!
This gives me a little relief knowing that taking calls will be easier than it was tending to my newborn!
I love how medical personnel are expected to work while sleep deprived. It never leads to any mistakes ever.
Wow you can talk super fast! Congrats to you and your wife with the new baby
Congrats on your new daughter doc!
Probably the hardest is combining the two... having a fragile preemie/baby/child who is also hospitalized, especially in NICU/PICU for a long time.
Not only is there a near vertical learning curve of care for your child, worry about making an error, fear over immediate and long term outcomes, a chaotic noisy environment, crushing worry, constant sleep deprivation, poor diet, extreme stress, no respite... there's heartbreak, trying to juggle the demands of others, and (for Americans) catastrophic cost.
And if you're a single parent, or trying to work at the same time... It's horrific.
Best wishes on your newborn, take lots of video, they are so precious and rare when brand new.
Congrats on new arrival. Best of luck on work.
Congrats on new baby! It’s a bit unsettling and worrisome that we put our lives in the hands of people who are constantly sleep-deprived. It sounds negligent. Am I completely off for feeling that way?
Not at all! Most of us in the health care field feel the exact same way. Unfortunately, we (especially those of us still in residency / Fellowship) have little to no control over the hours that we work, putting ourselves and potentially our patients at risk. And unfortunately these concerns have been brought up time and time again without any change(likely due to hospitals bottom-line/ attempts to save money by having fewer Personnel work longer hours) and we can only hope that there will be real change with the push of the public as well
My oldest is 25 now, but she was a baby that woke up every 2 hours for over a year due to medical issues. I worked as a nurse back than and did a week of night-shift every 4th week, because she was in daycare during the day, I slept better than normal and would be less tired after a week of night-shifts than I would be at the end of a regular week 🙃 😆
Love that you used discombobulated!! 🤣
And i thought the speech in Gilmore Girls was too fast for me to follow...
Dude slow down..
Speed's 55 mph!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congratulations on your baby and as a sleep deprived medical professional/ mom to a 8 yr old... I feel you deep in my core... Hang in there... It gets better... ☺️
With that very thoughtful, fast, exhausted commentary, I want to thank you for allowing me to make the decision that I would like to be an on-call ICU doctor for 2 to 3 weeks straight rather than have a child. ;-). (Congratulations 🎈 to you and your wife!)
You get PTO as an MD. A parent never clocks out. On-call means you can be called into work, a standby that is always used. Grandparents are the closest to PTO.
So to sum it up the difference is the appreciation. Long explanation for simple answer love it. 🤣😊
Congratulations. Greatest joy I ever experienced
Good luck!!
You've got this.
For anyone who is having trouble understanding such fast speech , go to the 3 dots in upper right hand corner and change playback speed to 0.75x or even 0.5x
it helps tremendously.
Good luck doc , and congratulations!
Oh, and I saw your little one. She is beautiful beyond description!!
Awww Congrats Dr. Schmidt!!
I am not in the medical field but I remember the moment I realized being a parent is the hardest job because you truly get NO BREAKS. Even hypothetically if you have a date night or go to work or whatever, you’re usually still worrying and thinking about your baby.
Gosh congratulations on becoming a new dad and to your OH for bringing the little love into the world. Also mate you could rival the Scots for talking fast I love it 🤣
Again congratulations on your new bub
Hi Dr. Schmit ,Yes night shift is hard . My late husband did three shifts. Afternoon,nights plus days.Your schedule is very stressful Congratulations to you and your wife on birth of your daughter. Well best to employ a nanny maybe to help out.It is a rewarding time bringing up your daughter. Planning and having to be organised. Can anyone close like your parents from time to time hep a little if possible. I perfectly understand the duress your wife plus yourself are under.I worked as a nanny for a few doctors some years back. Interesting to say the least. All of you do a lot. Wishing you and your family many blessings. Thank you so very much. Kindest regards.That word was help ,missed the L out by mistake.
How is your wife doing? For us, The sleep deprivation came later as our first baby would never, ever sleep longer than a 4 hour stretch until she was 2. Then the second baby came and he never slept it felt like AT ALL. The youngest is 4 and now we sleep 🥳 at least until 6 am on our days off! It does get better and it’s all worth it. Now sometimes I think fondly on those early sleep deprived days when I would just stare at their sweet baby faces.
Awww, congratulations!! 🥰
Congrats!!! And I have adhd so I love your fast talking
You’re sounding a little sleep deprived there, Doc. Don’t worry she’ll be sleeping through the night before too long. Welcome to parenthood. Hang in there
Being on call is cancer... The most I worked in 1 swoop was roughly 40 hours. Started Sunday morning and left monday night. I have struggled and changed my residency due to those work hours. It's horrible for the body. Felt so sick for the most of it, switched from a flu to another flu. Had arrythmias, trouble falling asleep after 30+ work hours, sounds impossible but there I was... In the western world 5 PM to 7 AM seems a lot more humane than what befell me. Thanks for the the vids!
You're actually looking good! Not too pale, no dark circles under your eyes...
Omg, congrats and GOOD LUCK with your wild schedule! Lots of love to new mom and dad!
Baby Schmidt’s gonna be a speed talker for sure
Congratulations on the baby to you and your wife!
Congrats on the new dad status! My wife and I are expecting our first in June and we are both in healthcare. I had this very question on my mind. I appreciate the perspective and info!
I had to double check that my speed wasn't turned up 😅 Congratulations Doc! 🎉
CONGRATS!! 😊
Thanks!
Good luck, Pop! You're gonna do great.
The baby is harder because you’re right there is no shift end time or days off from it, ever. Mine are 10, 8 and 2 now and all sleep through the night, you’ll get there too one day. And now I’m a medical student, must be crazy! I have been a nurse for 13 years and done night shifts then gone home to look after kids all day so I’m very familiar with sleep deprivation. Nothing beats the newborn weeks for sheer exhaustion.
Those eyes say it all!!!! I feel ya doc
Congratulations on the baby. I work 12-hour nights right now. We rotate every 3 month from 12-hour nights to 12-hour days. It can get rough at time. Anyway about to start work. Goodluck getting sleep my friend.
Congrats! 🎉
I agree. I remember college years I would stay up all night to type 8-13page papers and I would be able to handle being that kind of tired. Now having a 3yr old and a 1yr old is a different kind of 🥱. I’d say more exhausting being a parent lol🤪
I didn't know you were married.
Congratulations on your little girl.
I'm glad you found somebody.
You're a good guy
A belated congratulations on your first child!
Wow some delivery.
We all need a bit of love from mother luck. Good luck!
This was the most stress filled TH-cam video I've ever seen lol