Moxie Momma
Why "Go the F--- to Sleep" Resonates With Parents
The language may make your ears bleed, but for those with young children, it is funny.
Sleep deprived parents the world over have found a book to which they can relate. It is not written by Dr. Seuss and it won’t tell you how to become a better parent, but it just might make you laugh hysterically. Every parent has been there, the baby is up at 2:00 a.m. and there is no sign of sandman gracing the nursery. You feed the baby, you rock the baby, you sing to the baby, you read to the baby, but the baby just won’t go to sleep. After a couple of days, or, as was the case with our son, a year, that amount of sleep deprivation can cause one to think some crazy thoughts. Now, while many people may have thought it, uttering the phrase, ‘go the f*ck to sleep,’ rarely passes the lips of even the most frustrated parent, but, one man…
