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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When five year olds are playing together, 9 times out of 10 they can solve the problem on their own. I usually back off and observe. Voila...they solved it themselves. If need be I will intervene. Kids this age need to learn problem solving skills on a social level. If you jump in everytime you hear "give me that car back" " that's mine" and so on you are depriving them of neccessary problem solving skills.
If two 5 year olds are unable to play together for any length of time without parents getting constantly involved then they haven't learned those skills and are rely WAY too much on the parents to solve them.
Oh, I don't
PumpkinAngel
Mine would have slept in the stroller/pack n play on the beach in the shade or while sight seeing
PumpkinAngel
Happy Birthday Felicia!!
Linda - wife, mother, grandmum &nb
When my son broke his arm I was literally standing 3 feet from him. Literally. There was nothing I could do to prevent it as it happened so fast. No one could have. You just can't prevent *everything*. I mean really. What am I going to do when the kids come over. Stand over them like a referee at a wrestling match ready to pull back the offending party at just the precise moment that broken limb or stitch causing injury is going to occur? I have spent countless hours observing 3 year old, 4 year olds and now 5 year olds together and there is absolutely no reason to believe that these children can not play together without a trip to the ER, much less a trip to the bathroom for neoporin and a bandage.
I know it for a fact because I saw it and still see it on a weekly basis.
My kids have attended (they were invited, btw)
PumpkinAngel
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