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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Temperament and lifestyle probably are a factor. I just never felt that having kids meant that we would *have* to change our lives dramatically. I do much of the same things I did prior to having kids, the difference being they are usually included in those things now. And I have a temperament that allows me to be okay with things like extensive travel with small children, pushing a baby in a jogging stroller rather than running alone, and having my girlfriends over to my house for lunch or a barbecue as opposed to going out together at nightclubs.
Plus I had a really full and exciting young adulthood. I didnt feel like I was giving anything up that I would miss, and was really ready to move onto the next phase of my life-marriage and parenting.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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Dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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