What have you given up?

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Registered: 07-17-2007
What have you given up?
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Mon, 06-30-2008 - 10:48am
What have you "given up" in order to have and parent children?

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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:44pm
Well since my kids go to bed around 9pm, I have more of a chance to do things during the day than after that time when I can't just get up and go out so I would really not nap during that time.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:45pm

There's nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't agree with me.


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iVillage Member
Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:46pm
ITA with you. My dh usually are up (together) for about 2-3 hours after the kids go to bed and I LOVE it as I actually can talk to him then without being interrupted-lol!!!
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:46pm

But again, you don't know that if their parents were different the outcome would be different, you are just seeing the outcome.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 09-04-1997
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:46pm
If the kids were young enough to need childcare during the day, I would have taken them to whatever location they were used to going, let them stay in aftercare, whatever. Or had the family involved work it out because they wouldn't have asked me to stay home with their kid knowing I work. If I had a nanny, I might ask the nanny if she could handle an extra kid for a couple of days for extra compensation, of course.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:48pm
I guess that's a big part of it.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 09-04-1997
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:48pm
It is just the case that a kid in puberty, who is growing FAST, needs more sleep than a kid who hasn't started into puberty. My kids were MUCH more able to get up in the morning or stay up later at age 10 than age 12-13. Baby Einstein has grown nine inches in the last fifteen months. He needs a lot of sleep!
iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:48pm

In general?

PumpkinAngel

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-08-2008
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:48pm

But it should be obvious to the parents that if they not as lax with bedtimes, they wouldn't have such a hard time getting them up in the morning.

Again my dh's mother let her kids do whatever they wanted, had no set schedules for her kids and if it wasn't for me, who was brought up with routines and schedules, he would still be the same way.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 07-03-2008 - 3:50pm
Do you check luggage or do you keep your luggage and your purse both in the compartment where your legs go?

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