Ability to sleep while caring for infant predicts relationship satisfaction

A couple who can sleep while caring for an infant is a couple that’s more likely to last. Results of a new study show first-time parents’ relationship satisfaction is related to the amount of sleep they get.Investigators studied 22 couples 7 weeks after the birth of their first child.Self-reported relationship satisfaction tended to be higher when parents slept longer, as measured by actigraphy.