Strangely, this was the thing that changed most dramatically for me work-wise in the months after my daughter was born (in March). The first few weeks are insane sleep-wise and I was a zombie. After that, I have found I don't need to go back to my old sleep levels.
My routine now (works for me, running a business in two timezones - GMT & PST) is:
London office: 9/9.30 --> 5/5.30
Home for bathtime (the baby's!)
Baby into bed ~7.30pm
No work or computer until after 10pm - when I now find I can do a good chunk of productive work (I never used to be able to do this and get up the next morning consistently).
Essentially, having a daughter did what all those years of trying to hack my sleep patterns couldn't do. I don't know if it was being thrown in at the deep end or a change of motivation, but either way...
The late shift also helps because our Seattle-based crew are online then.
My routine now (works for me, running a business in two timezones - GMT & PST) is:
London office: 9/9.30 --> 5/5.30
Home for bathtime (the baby's!)
Baby into bed ~7.30pm
No work or computer until after 10pm - when I now find I can do a good chunk of productive work (I never used to be able to do this and get up the next morning consistently).
Essentially, having a daughter did what all those years of trying to hack my sleep patterns couldn't do. I don't know if it was being thrown in at the deep end or a change of motivation, but either way...
The late shift also helps because our Seattle-based crew are online then.