WOH and sleeping issues
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WOH and sleeping issues
| 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.

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A 5 year old who requires parental hovering in order to prevent him/her from starting fights, breaking something or eating all of the pigs-in-the-blankets is indeed a 5 year who can't behave, even if they were prevented from doing all of the above by a parent. Good manners come from the ability of a child to exhibit some level of politeness and self-control. A 5 yo child is neither well-mannered nor well-behaved if their actions and movements have to be monitored and controlled at all times by a parent. By that age, they should have been taught better.
Laura
But the parent is ultimately responsible. If it's my 2 yr-old with a rock in his mouth, and neither I nor DH are there to remove it, I'm upset with myself or DH that we even allowed something so serious to happen. If my child swallowed the rock and choked or if my kid ran out into a busy street and got injured, I couldn't forgive myself. That's why I guess DH and I hover - every 10 minutes or so, we check on all 3 of the kids: where is the 3rd kid if not with us, etc.
I have yet to be in a big social setting while my kids run off in 3 different directions and I just sit and socialize for hours and hours. In fact, not even for 10-15 minutes yet!
Bwahahaha on it being possible to "force" candy on a kid. Man, they really hate that. How selfish of that parent.
(Kentucky Fried Chicken is my personal favorite, though.)
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