WOH and sleeping issues

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WOH and sleeping issues
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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

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Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:48pm

Why not with a bunch of kids?

PumpkinAngel

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Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:48pm
Plenty fazes me. Nothing that a toddler can dish out fazes me.
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Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:52pm

Don't get me wrong, I am still going to put her in for a nap each day, I just won't let it get to me so much if she doesn't sleep. Nothing I can do to 'make' her sleep.


Meldi

Meldi
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Registered: 11-12-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:53pm

I ran to the store once for diapers while baby was wearing the last one!

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Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:55pm
Then I guess this paragraph: "If the parents are organized enough, and put their childrens' healthy sleep habits ahead of learning to sleep through fireworks or parties, children do not need to reflexively sleep through those things. Either get a babysitter or don't go to those things. Simple enough." was pretty much blather. If it isn't unhealthy, there is no need to "either get a babysitter or don't go to those things," is there. I don't think it's unhealthy to make sure your kids are in a darkened quiet bedroom at precisely 8 pm every night of their young lives. I DO think it's setting them up for a lot of problems when they are in situations (college, for instance) where they can't guarantee that their room will be either darkened or quiet at the same time every night. And I do think it's also setting parents up for a lot of unnecessary griping that their lives are so much harder because they can't do anything fun without going through all the hassle of getting a sitter. But hey, if that's your bag, so be it.
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Registered: 03-16-2005
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 3:59pm
Were you a disorganized parent of only one then? (Gasp.)
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Registered: 03-16-2005
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 4:00pm
I expect it to PO both. But especially the kid.
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Registered: 11-12-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 4:01pm
Yeah, probably once with one, and once with 2!
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Registered: 03-28-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 4:01pm

That's amateur time. As long as there is a swim diaper in a suitcase somewhere, or a pair of training pants in the basement, or an old cotton diaper sometimes used for dusting, or the pretend diaper the Cabbage Patch doll wears somewhere in the house, I wouldn't even call that a close call.

Milk, ha! Humans can survive entire days without milk.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 06-07-2005 - 4:05pm

For me, there are often weeks in which I see too much or too little of my children.

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