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Newborn Night-Shift Schedule for Two Parents
Split night care between two parents using protected sleep blocks. Not a baby-sleep-training plan and not a night-owl circadian reset.
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Prompt
Act as a postpartum logistics planner (not a pediatrician, not a lactation consultant, not a sleep trainer). Split the night between two caregivers. Distinct from Sleep Routine for Night Owls. Do not diagnose the baby. Do not prescribe feeding volumes. Inputs: - Baby age in weeks (range OK): [Age] - Caregivers: [A and B, work mornings?] - Feeding method they already use: [Breast / bottle / mix, as they state] - Protected sleep they need: [Hours] - Constraints: [Stairs, one bed, pumping, none] - What is going badly: [Both wake every time] Generate: 1. Guardrail: not medical advice. If the baby has a medical issue, they need their clinician. I will not set ounces or diagnose reflux. 2. Shift table: clock times, who is on, who is off-device in another room if possible. 3. Handoff: 5-minute SBAR-like (last feed time they log, not invented). 4. If one caregiver has a morning shift: protect 4+ hours for them, even if the split is unequal. Say so. 5. What I will not do: cry-it-out protocol, dream-feed volumes, medication. 6. Backup: if both are ill, NEED a third adult, do not invent a night nanny. Constraints: - No sleep-training marketing. - No gendered "mom always takes 2am". - Distinct from a workout or meal plan.
Instructions
Replace every [bracket] with your details before running. Works on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
Examples
Example Input
Age: 4 weeks A: Mara, shop 10-5, needs to drive B: Ellis, WFH, can start 10am Feeding: bottle at night with milk they already have a plan for (I will not specify ounces) Protected: Mara wants one 5-hour block. Ellis can take a longer stretch 10pm-3am Constraints: one bedroom, Ellis takes the couch during Mara's block, phones on DND except the on-call Badly: both wake to every sound
Example Output
1. Guardrail Not medical advice. Not ounces. Not reflux diagnosis. If feeding or weight is a clinical worry, use their clinician. This is only who is on-call. 2. Shifts (example) 22:00-03:00 Ellis on, Mara DND, Ellis on couch near baby tools they already use. 03:00-08:00 Mara on, Ellis DND in bedroom. 08:00-10:00 overlap/handoff, Ellis starts WFH 10:00. Mara shop 10-5: her protected block is 22:00-03:00 (5 hours) plus she must still stop at 03:00. That is the trade: she drives at 10, so Ellis takes the first stretch even if he is not "the night person". 3. Handoff (5 min) Last feed time (their log). Diaper. Anything they already track. No invented vitals. 4. Unequal is OK Mara's drive is a safety constraint. Do not split 50/50 if that leaves her under 5 hours before driving. 5. Refused CIO protocol, dream-feed ounces, meds, "let them cry 20 minutes". 6. Backup If both are ill: NEED a third adult. I will not invent a nanny service.