text: 3 Sure-Fire Ways For Sleep-Deprived Parents to Feel Better: If you (or someone you know) are a sleep-deprived parent it is likely that your new baby is keeping you up at night. No surprises there, that’s what babies do. There’s a reason why sleep is such a hot topic among mother’s groups, and between parents and carers, forever and always, here and everywhere. It is perennial. Whether you co-sleep, bed-share, have a nursery or not, a cot or a Moses basket, how much rest you get has a massive effect on your experience as a parent. And sometimes it can feel like your beautiful baby never really sleeps.