Sylvia Jeffreys reveals sleep deprivation is the biggest challenge of parenting
Before having kids, TODAY Extra host Sylvia Jeffreys experienced her fair share of sleep deprivation thanks to several years of early morning starts on the TODAY show.
However, the mum-of-two reveals that the impact of impaired sleep that comes with morning television is nothing compared to the torture of having two babies under two!
"People often ask me if my time on the TODAY show prepared me," she tells 9Honey Parenting. "No way! It's a completely different kind of sleep deprivation. On TODAY show, I was still getting seven-ish solid hours a night. With babies, you are only getting bite-sized chunks of sleep of one or maybe two hours sleep on a good night."
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"It feels like torture," she adds. "It's a real mental and physical challenge and the biggest challenge parenthood has thrown up for me so far.
Sylvia, who shares her two gorgeous boys Oscar and Henry with husband Peter Stefanovic, also reveals her top tips to help cope with sleep deprivation.
Watch the full interview with Sylvia in the video above
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