WOH and sleeping issues

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Registered: 09-15-2003
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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Registered: 03-16-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 4:13am
There were times when DS's preschool buddies were leaving that I felt I really should slip their mom a $20 for having renting them, they kept DS from interrupting whatever I was working on for so long. You get a good personality combo, you don't hear from either one for an entire afternoon.
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Registered: 03-16-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 4:24am
That really isn't the question when a FRIEND'S TWO YEAR OLD is putting a rock in her mouth and you, an adult, are standing right there and can see both that she's doing it and that her parents, for whatever reason, can't see that. (IME, it really isn't the question if it's a TOTAL STRANGER'S TWO YEAR OLD who is putting a rock in her mouth and you, an adult, are standing right there and can see both that she's doing it and that her parents, for whatever reason, can't see that.)
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Registered: 03-16-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 4:29am
I would wager there are an awful lot of women with reconstructive implants from having mastectomies that you've seen that you wouldn't know about because she didn't get 'em to be impressing anyone with her bosom, just trying to have a matched set.
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Registered: 01-29-2004
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:07am
How will it make your children's lives more comfortable in the long run?
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Registered: 01-29-2004
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:10am

How do you force a child who no longer needs a nap to take one anyway?

Are you suggesting anyone on this board has done that?

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Registered: 03-12-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:22am
Finding the bright side is good! I have been traumatized by vomit though,lol. My now 13 yo dd once threw up all the way down my staircase(about 20 steps). The mess was so bad that I cried when I had to clean it up. I can't erase that from my memory. I am also stuck with the trauma of rotavirus hell. I kid you not my dd threw up over 30 times! That was a nightmare.
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Registered: 03-12-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:26am
Oh. I am sorry I came across as insensitive. I can certainly understand that reasoning for wanting implants. I would consider them too if I were ever in such a situation.
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Registered: 03-12-2005
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:28am
They will be able to adjust to different situations without freaking out perhaps.
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Registered: 01-29-2004
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:32am
I'm sure it was just the motion of the car that put your child to sleep. Otherwise, we'd all blast music next to our kids' cribs.
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Registered: 07-20-2004
Wed, 06-08-2005 - 6:35am

Hmm...he slept in the car when piano music played; didn't sleep in the car when piano music didn't play.


Obviously, it must have been the car..... (you know..except...not)

Karen

"A pocketknife is like a melody;
sharp in some places,
flat in others,
and really annoying when it's stuck in your head."

Karen

"A pocketknife is like a melody;
sharp in some places,

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