When the evenings feel the longest

There’s a point in the day where everything shifts.

Late afternoon moves into evening,
your energy dips,
and somehow everything feels harder.

For the first five months, I was scared of what every night would bring.

I don’t think that feeling ever fully went away - my eldest is a teenager and I still catch myself wondering if he will sleep tonight.

Surviving the purple crying period was brutal.
There was no thriving in it — just surviving.

Nothing worked like it did the day before.
Yesterday’s rhythm meant nothing today.

And at the same time, you’re being bombarded with “just try this” advice —
from people who mean well, but aren’t the ones in it with you.