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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Add me to that list, but that's obvious, I guess. LOL.
Meldi
Again, not my dh, but he is in sales. If he takes too much time off, doesn't keep in contact with customers, isn't there when they need him, well, the deal just might go somewhere else and that would cost him A LOT more than the vacation pay.
Sad as it is.
Meldi
Well, I would hope that she's learning the importance of sleep, lol.
Yesterday? No nap. Today? He%% on wheels. She's only just-turned-two.
I don't wish to spend 14 hours a day distracting an overtired child.
Yes, I do stress when she doesn't take a nap. But have I created a 'stress-mosphere' (cute, btw), I don't think so. She laid up in her room for a while yesterday, refused to sleep and then we played on the beach for the rest of the day. But, inside, I stressed because I knew that last night would be a battle (it was) and today would be worse (it has been, thus far). She's just not herself when she is overtired. I don't think 8:30-6 is enough sleep for a 2 year old.
Meldi
He'll take off at the end of fiscal. But not quarterly. His clients are all over the map (hospitals, universities, etc.) if he had just one, like automotive, it would be a lot easier.
His counterparts take vacations (I know, because they often ask him to cover). I think he's sort of a workaholic. I had to force him to go snowboarding this year.
Meldi
I don't agree that "vacation" is only appropriate if you travel.
Karen
"A pocketknife is like a melody;sharp in some places,
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