Which means Barwell has plenty of time to
catch up on sleep lost in the run - up to last election, should he choose to.
This is said to aid post birth recovery,
catch up on sleep lost during night feeds and build up her milk supply.
Not exact matches
Take some time to
catch up on that
lost sleep.
If you have struggled to get a good night's
sleep, you may well be tempted to grab yourself a quick nap and try to
catch up on a bit of
lost snoozing time.
Napping can certainly be a reasonable way of trying to
catch up on some
lost sleep and to recharge your batteries, but you do have to have a smart strategy about how you nap, otherwise you could easily end
up making things worse rather than better.
There won't be much time to
catch up on lost sleep, so give yourself the gift of rest whenever you get the chance so that you're at your best to care for your baby during his or her waking hours.
Many parents cope with around - the - clock responsibilities by
catching up on lost sleep during the day.
If you
lost your job last month and have a new job that starts this Monday, it wouldn't be so bad to
catch up on sleep and chores.
«We discovered mutant flies that couldn't
catch up on their
lost sleep after they had been kept awake all night,» says Dr Jeffrey Donlea.
«In this short - term study, we found that two long nights spent
catching up on lost sleep can reverse the negative metabolic effects of four consecutive nights of restricted
sleep,» said study author Josiane Broussard, PhD, now an assistant research professor in the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Collapsing
on the couch for an epic afternoon nap seems like the most obvious thing to do to «
catch up»
on lost sleep.
It's a common misconception to think one can simply «
catch up on sleep» by oversleeping some nights to compensate for
lost sleep on a previous night but unfortunately that is just a myth.
Fortunately,
catching up on lost sleep can reverse the effects of poor
sleep on insulin resistance (5).
Although it is possible to
catch up on lost sleep, we also need to take some extra steps to make sure we are making the most of the
sleep we are already getting, tack
on an extra hour or two each night, and make well - deserved and much - needed rest a top priority.
«I spent a good few days with my family, relaxing and trying to
catch up on lost sleep from the Le Mans week.