baby-lag
n. Extreme fatigue and disorientation due to the sleep deprivation associated with parenting a baby.
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2012
New parents who mistakenly put milk in a washing machine and socks in a fridge are not going crazy…they are suffering from 'babylag’.
1993
Of course, our daughter had slept. It was her parents who were paralytic with fatigue. We slept in shifts. Mother and daughter sat on the balcony overlooking a pool, a busy four-lane thoroughfare and off in the distance, the beach, while father recovered from 'baby lag.'
—Jane French, “Travelling with baby,” The Globe and Mail, March 06, 1993
1965 (earliest)
Jet lag strikes suddenly. The victim disembarks from the..plane feeling gay as a sprite, dashes through customs, checks into home or a hotel,..greets friends and in the course of the next few hours falls into a light coma.
New York Herald Tribune, February 23, 1965
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Jet lag strikes suddenly. The victim disembarks from the..plane feeling gay as a sprite, dashes through customs, checks into home or a hotel,..greets friends and in the course of the next few hours falls into a light coma.
New York Herald Tribune, February 23, 1965