I don't know. I saw Hannibal. Serial killers are excellent at time management, very flexible with their sleep schedules, and they are in peak physical condition.
I WISH my husband had been able to take time off. Those first few weeks of sleep deprivation are fucking ROUGH on your own. I think you did the right thing and that the child is going to get dramatically better care because his parents are actually sonewhat rested.
New skill unlocked: "Lie with energy and in a few years fact checking becomes diabolical."