"On the first night of Shavuot we usually go to synagogue and stay up all night studying Torah, " says Haddad, now a veteran ophthalmologist in New York.

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In a nutshell, then, by choosing food as your drug sugar highs, or the deep, soporific calm of carbs you can still make the packed lunches, do the school run, look after the baby, stop in on your parents and then stay up all night with an ill 5-year-old something that is not an option if you're regularly climbing into the cupboard under the stairs and knocking back quarts of scotch.

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They would also be happy if I gave them candy for breakfast and let them stay up all night watching horror movies.

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Moms who stay up all night and then wake up early to fit in a run and blow-dry their hair are not better mothers than those who stayed up all night with their baby and are struggling because they're tired, she said.

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He put some in his nose more or less out of curiosity, felt nothing, but was then astounded to find that he wanted to stay up all night writing music, and was still lively the next day.

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