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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"Even if the dog is in the same room with them...and he is awake?" I sincerely hope you are kidding. It is much MORE dangerous to have a dog and a toddler in a room together and not be paying attention.
I just don't know how one can talk about the possibility of getting woken up once or even twice in the middle of the night, even if you're prone to being awake for 40 minutes after each episode, as causing "sleep deprivation." To me, that's grossly trivializing what sleep deprivation is. If that's all it takes, I've been sleep deprived for years and years and years, since well before DS was born, and I certainly didn't have any problem holding down my job then. "It's all pretty bad and must reach desperation levels when it goes on for years and years." Do you know anyone, Felicia included, who has had desperation level sleep deprivation for years and years? Me neither.
Edited 5/25/2005 9:52 am ET ET by dogma_2
So your contention is that you have more need to be rested to do childcare than to work in an office?
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Umm, I thought I was being perfectly clear.
I would think some people would want to know about any danger, emergency, medical issue with their children (even if they can't be there to help) so they can pray for their child's safety and health.
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