WOH and sleeping issues

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-15-2003
WOH and sleeping issues
2315
Sun, 05-22-2005 - 10:34am

We were at a dinner party last night at the home of one of dh's coworkers. They have 2 boys, 6 and 4. They have a bunch of sleeping issues (kids 'scared' at night, won't fall asleep in their own bed, won't go to bed without mom or dad cuddling them, etc.) The mom blames herself because since she works all day and misses them so much she tends to cuddle with them late at night and they fall asleep in a pile on the bed all together. She said that if she SAH, they wouldn't have the same issues.


I sah. For us, bed time is a rigid, welcome respite at the end of the day. Dh has no desire to keep them up either, lol.

Meldi

Pages

Avatar for laurenmom2boys
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:16pm
Hey!!! Did I miss your 40th? What day in June is your birthday, Felicia? Are congrats in order?
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:17pm
You can expand your definition of fun, but you can only take that so far.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:19pm
I have so many hot buttons because I do -

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:22pm

I really like what I do also - and who I am.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:24pm

That doesn't fly here.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:25pm
You're very lucky. That's an impossible thing to make happen, but delightful when it does. My 2 DDs are very close, too. They're out shooting baskets together right now, not coming inside on time.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 9:26pm
Thanks, it just passed.

<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 11:17pm

I sometimes find things about parenting that are stressful-not things my kids necessarily do, but more my reactions. I wonder sometimes if I am doing it right, if I should have made a different decision regarding them, etc. That stresses me. I worry about them, worry about something happening to them. That stresses me too.


But I cant honestly think of a negative about parenting. I really cant. Maybe because overall I tend to be more of a *glass half full* type of person?


Dj

"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-22-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 11:27pm

Depends on what shape and

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-22-2003
Mon, 06-06-2005 - 11:28pm
nt.

Pages