Why I'm No Longer Exhausted Despite Not Getting Enough Sleep As A Toddler Mom

Hi, I'm Alexandra.

And as a mom, I don't struggle to fall asleep.

If anything, 99% of the time I am actively trying not to doze off in the middle of traffic.

My issue was that, no matter how many hours I got, I never felt rested.

That's because the sleep I used to get just a month ago was anything BUT restful.

It was broken, shallow, broken up by midnight monsters under beds, my husband's 5AM alarm, and trying to get a head start on laundry before it swallowed the whole house.

My body was screaming for rest, but my brain wouldn't go deep enough to actually get it.

My doctor said it was hormones. My mom said it was just "the toddler years."

My body said I cannot keep doing this.

Our daughter's bedtime routine didn't help either… An hour minimum. Milk, stories, bathtime, back rubs, "one more hug", the whole negotiation process.

So I'd get to bed at 11. Up at 5:15.

One or two interruptions in between. Do the math – it's ugly.

And yes, I have optimized our bedtime routines with no-screens, the white noise machine, blackout blinds…

But nothing made a dent in how I felt in the morning…

It felt like my brain didn't know how to shut off anymore.

Then a mom in my playgroup mentioned something I'd never heard of – binaural beats. I thought she was describing some kind of SPA treatment.

But she swore up and down that it helps her "maximize her sleep" and "get 8 hours worth in just 5"… which sounded crazy (and that's why I looked into it).

I learned that the brain operates across five frequency states.

When you're a tired, overstimulated mom, your brain is still running in what they call a beta state – high alert, stress mode, the same gear it's been in since 6am.^[1]

Getting to deep sleep means your brain has to shift down through several stages first.

That transition is what takes forever and gets interrupted.

So you wake up without getting enough hours in that restorative sleep stage.

I also found that regular sleep aids do not help this transition – but German scientists have found a way to do that with sound.

Apparently, most external sleep aids like white noise, lo-fi music, meditation apps only play passively in the background.

But European research suggests that certain sound patterns help guide the brain toward deeper sleep.^[2]

In simple terms, the brain can follow external cues.

The idea is this – play the right sounds into both ears, and your brain starts to slow down on its own.^[2,3]

It was very interesting to find out that specific sounds can increase deep sleep time…

As well as help you sleep for longer, fall asleep faster, and wake up fewer times during the night.^[4,5]

That's what binaural beats are (not a SPA treatment!)

Here's what happened when I tried binaural beats

On the first night, I put on Lily's track right after bathtime.

She was asleep in 14 minutes! I almost cried.

Then I put on my track and was out like a light. I even had no dreams.

One week in, I was less foggy in the mornings.

I was getting the same broken hours – but something about the quality felt different. It was like my body was catching up to all the sleep I lost over the years… I stopped needing a second coffee by 10am (which is huge because I'm up at 5:15am).

Three weeks in, I noted that Lily settles in under 15 minutes consistently. And that I wake up way more refreshed instead of depleted before the day even starts. So that's worth gold to me.

That's why I 100% recommend a personal frequency plan that takes 1 minute to set up – and that is used by over 47,000 families (including mine)

It's called InnerFlo – and all you need to do to get started is answer a few questions.

Then I got audio tracks designed to support sleep and relaxation in as little as 10 to 15 minutes, with progress tracking to help me see what works the best.

That includes:

• audio tracks matched to my needs,
• multi-device access,
• ongoing progress tracking,
• and the ability to use it for both mine and Lily's bedtime routines.

In other words, this is a custom nervous system support tool that creates no dependency and requires no prescriptions.

Binaural beats are non-invasive. There are no chemicals, no sedation.

So if you struggle with something similar, this is for you.

If you're a mom who's not "an insomniac," you're just chronically under-rested, running an irregular schedule, dealing with hormones, and a kid who treats bedtime like a personal attack…

InnerFlo has a 2-min quiz that builds a custom audio plan for you.

Feel the difference in 10-15 minutes – you have nothing to lose.