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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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:40am
Your expectations are lower than those of most people I know.
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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:40am
I don't think that she is talking necessarily about a vacation as in going away somewhere but as in taking vacation time away from work. We generally only take a vacacation trip every other year but I still use up all of my alloted vacation time on the years we don't go away. (As I am using some up this week). I think that the break from work is what is important, what someone spends on that break less important and subject to personal likes and dislikes.
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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:44am
Epcot is part of Disney World. Perhaps you don't understand what Disney World is.
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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:47am

So perhaps

Dj

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:49am

I didnt choose a career path that required that kind of intensity because I wouldnt have wanted it. I dont think its healthy for family life or personal life for that matter. Isnt that part of the reason you are no longer in the field?


Dj

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:51am

Yes, the use of day would certainly have made it clearer.

"Over the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction."


Advice on greeting your DH from Housekeeping Monthly (1955)









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Mallory (age 3)

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:51am
Maybe it's just mid life crisis week here, who knows....no, I don't wish I were about to turn 20, or even 30, again.

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:53am
Because they're 5 and 3?

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:54am
If I have nothing planned, I'd rather go to work and save up my time off for when something comes up.

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Tue, 05-31-2005 - 11:58am


That was the phrase I was originally responding to.


Dj

"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

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