24/10/2025
I have been contacted by DCU to help get new parents to participate in this study.
Shannon is part of a research team at Dublin City University (DCU) who are conducting a research study titled 'Restful Nights, Happy Days', looking at first-time parents experiences of sleep.
Sleep loss and postpartum fatigue are regarded as some of the most prevalent challenges during the transition into parenthood. They are associated with an overwhelming sense of tiredness as well as reductions in both physical and mental capacity. Depression, anxiety, stress, poor mood as well as less effective parenting behaviours are strongly linked with the severity of postpartum fatigue and sleep loss.
Despite this, sleep health is so often overlooked in postpartum care - this study hopes to change this! Through interviews with parents, they will develop a parent-informed sleep-education programme, based on the lived experiences of parents.
They are currently recruiting interested parents for one-to-one online interviews to learn about their experiences, attitudes and perceptions of sleep, fatigue and wellbeing.
It sounds like an excellent study. In my experience newborn sleep in a very challenging aspect of parenthood. So some strong researched based advise would be wonderful. Better again that it is coming from Ireland, as i know different cultures have different methods of coping. As well as sharing on this page, i am also tagging Baby Massage Ireland. Posting to their social media pages which will give a much further ranging reach.
