The first six months of our baby’s life, husband and I were sleeping in shifts as our boy was a Level 1 Bad Sleeper. Thus, until we sleep trained around 7ish months, I watched a lot, I’m talking a lot of Netflix. In particular, the first couple months were a blur of bad reality TV at 2AM.
Out of curiosity, I just looked at the viewing history on my Netflix account. It’s pretty funny.
Here is it, a chronological history of the first six months of my baby’s life. I’m not including anything I dropped after an episode or less.
3-9 Days PP: The Good Place
As comfort fare, I watched the entire four seasons for the fourth time.
9-13 Days PP: Selling Sunset
The stakes on this show could not be lower. I was barely keeping my eyes open at this point. How I got through four seasons of this absolute hot garbage is beyond me.
10-30 Days PP: Dark
This one I watched with my husband as we rocked our colicky baby. We never actually finished it, as after two great seasons, it started getting really convoluted – at least too convoluted for our tired brains.
13-15 Days PP: Clickbait
I wanted a stylish, mindless whodunnit. I got it.
15-16 Days PP: Escaping Twin Flames
I totally forgot that I watched this. Holy shit were these people insane.
16-17 Days PP: Inside Man
Was this brilliant? Was this bad? I can’t remember.
18-22 Days PP: Another Life
I love sci-fi, and I like Katee Sackhoff. That’s my excuse for not realizing how truly horrible this show was until I was almost done.
23 Days PP: The Family
I think I wanted another cult show? I finished the whole thing and I remember basically nothing. I think there’s a cult infiltrating American politics?
24-26 Days PP: Drink Masters
I don’t even drink, even when I’m not pregnant/breastfeeding. And yet, I watched this all the way through.
26-28 Days PP: Welcome to Eden
I realize I could be practicing my Spanish, so I watch this sci fi series. It’s… oddly entertaining? But cancelled and ends on a cliffhanger.
29-70 Days PP: A Bunch of Standup Comedy
I watch Ali Wong, John Mulaney, Taylor Tomlinson, Michelle Wolf, Trevor Noah, Philly Wang, Bo Burnham and more.
32 Days PP: Black Spot
I remember nothing. A crime show that’s… French? Or possibly Polish? I have no idea. I watched two episodes and then dropped it.
33-34 Days PP: Painkiller
Ok, this was good. And my hormones could not make me handle the clips of moms talking about the sons they’d lost to opiates.
35 Days PP: Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Back on the comedy kick.
36-60 Days PP: Money Heist
Again for Spanish enrichment… I finally watch something decent.
I stop watching Netflix for a bit here, maybe to detox?
88-140 Days PP: Delicious in Dungeon
My husband and I watch bits of this when we get the chance, which is usually when I’m feeding baby boy before bed.
115-120 Days PP: Love is Blind Sweden
Somehow, Swedes are significantly less trashy.
120-122 Days PP: Love is Blind – Season 6
Ah, there’s the trash I wanted.
124-128 Days PP: The Ultimatum
Why, why did I kill brain cells over this? It’s not worth it, like Love is Blind.
132-135 Days PP: Perfect Match
Now this… this is so bad that it’s art.
137-140 Days PP: Three Body Problem
Based on one of my favorite book series, I’d been looking forward to this for over a year. It does not disappoint.
141-143 Days PP: Fool Me Once
Here, I enter my Harlan Coben era. So formulaic, but I’m so… so… tired as baby is waking up every hour at this point.
144-146 Days PP: Safe
Fully on the Harlan Coben train now.
147-150 Days PP: The Stranger
Another Harlan Coben. I think I see the formula now.
152-154 Days PP: Stay Close
Now I can spot the killer a mile away.
155-160 Days PP: The Innocent
Harlan Coben in Spanish? Somehow, that makes it seem a bit more sophisticated.
161-170 Days PP: Never Have I Ever
Is it weird for an adult to watch a show about high school students? Maybe, but this is pretty funny.
175-182 Days PP: The Good Place
I’m not making this shit up. I round out my six months of sleep deprivation and Netflix binging by watching The Good Place again. I must have been really struggling!
