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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Registered: 09-15-2003
Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:04pm

I guess I would be amazed/impressed by a new

Meldi
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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:05pm

Hope the zoo was fun!


I wouldn't have a problem waking up enough to get up on most nights if I could go back to sleep in 5 minutes, either.

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Registered: 09-25-2003
Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:07pm

Then maybe I'm not the one with sleep problems after all.


Virgo
 
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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:07pm

Praise God, neither of my children has ever gotten sick while I've been out of town (knock wood three times!!).


So -

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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:09pm
In other words, you wouldn't have been interested in going on the trip in the first place, and your reaction would have been different, so you really can't comment on this particular scenario, because you can't relate to it one iota.

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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:09pm
Since when is Meldi the prototypical SAHM?
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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:10pm
Technically, I don't.

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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:11pm

Sure! I had polyps and a deviated septum (sp?) which were causing my chronic

Meldi
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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:13pm
Sure I can comment on it. I wouldn't have been interested in going on a trip for my own reasons. If on a trip for other than my own personal reasons, I wouldn't have gotten bent out of shape about a sick child visit. If I had gotten bent out of shape about a sick child visit, I wouldn't have blamed my husband for it.
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Tue, 05-24-2005 - 3:13pm
Don't know what you consider early but I'm regularly in bed between 9.30 and 10 p.m. and have been since my kids were born...Of course it wasnt till they were 6 or 7 months old I ever got more than 3 hours uninterupted sleep on a regular basis.

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