I might try and earlier bedtime. See if it helps. I don't expect him to sleep until 8, but later than 6 would be a big improvement. As it is he goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30, and gets up around 6. The other issue is supper. If I want him to go to bed earlier I have to feed him earlier. Which means making a separate meal for him every night. Schedules are frustrating.
Post by scorpioscuba on Mar 22, 2017 11:52:45 GMT -5
Average sleep requirements at that age is 10-12 hours. If he is getting that and not taking forever to fall asleep you might just be stuck with a 6 am wake up. But I dunno, I guess I feel that comes with parenting. Sacrifice and all that 😉
NellieOleson, I remember that monstrosity of a stroller. I'm so sorry that your mom is being this way about this toy. It makes no sense.
I text her earlier and told her I didn't mind if she wanted to give it to the girls, but that I really thought it was too much of a baby toy for dd1. I can tell she's annoyed since she didn't respond to any of it. Oh well.
I wish I wasn't so stressed out about a dumb stroller. It makes me feel crazy!
I might try and earlier bedtime. See if it helps. I don't expect him to sleep until 8, but later than 6 would be a big improvement. As it is he goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30, and gets up around 6. The other issue is supper. If I want him to go to bed earlier I have to feed him earlier. Which means making a separate meal for him every night. Schedules are frustrating.
I make an early dinner for myself and the kids, and leave a plate in the fridge for my H to eat when he gets home.
Average sleep requirements at that age is 10-12 hours. If he is getting that and not taking forever to fall asleep you might just be stuck with a 6 am wake up. But I dunno, I guess I feel that comes with parenting. Sacrifice and all that 😉
I don't get up when he does. He comes down and watches cartoons until M gets up. I just really need his attitude to change, and I think at least part of the problem is that he's overtired.
I might try and earlier bedtime. See if it helps. I don't expect him to sleep until 8, but later than 6 would be a big improvement. As it is he goes to bed between 7:30 and 8:30, and gets up around 6. The other issue is supper. If I want him to go to bed earlier I have to feed him earlier. Which means making a separate meal for him every night. Schedules are frustrating.
I look at it differently. I'd rather have a regular schedule my kids can count on that ensures they are fed at the right times and get enough sleep. At least for me, this prevents (~90%) of fussiness/crankiness/whinyness. I choose a schedule over the alternative, even if that schedule isn't all that convenient for me personally.
Average sleep requirements at that age is 10-12 hours. If he is getting that and not taking forever to fall asleep you might just be stuck with a 6 am wake up. But I dunno, I guess I feel that comes with parenting. Sacrifice and all that 😉
I don't get up when he does. He comes down and watches cartoons until M gets up. I just really need his attitude to change, and I think at least part of the problem is that he's overtired.
If he's going to bed at 7:30 or 8, he's probably getting enough sleep.
Maybe his attitude would change with some more one in one time? If he's spending two hours alone every morning watching tv that could be a big factor.
Post by scorpioscuba on Mar 22, 2017 14:56:57 GMT -5
dizzycooks, I should add that once the ice cream is melted around the edges enough my husband will flip it upside down in the carton to get the good stuff from the bottom too.
dizzycooks, I should add that once the ice cream is melted around the edges enough my husband will flip it upside down in the carton to get the good stuff from the bottom too.
Seriously?? 😳 Thats awful. It's bad enough we are all eating out of the carton. Animals I tell you.
Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 22, 2017 15:04:25 GMT -5
Lollipop, my kids are well-rested (bedtime between 7-7:30 and they get up about 6) and they still go through phases with really bad attitudes.
When DD1 was a baby her first 11 months she would go days on end without seeing DH because he left for work before she got up and went to bed before he got back.
I'm freezing. Like, over and above the usual "it's chilly out" cold. It's hovering right around 0° today, but it feels way colder to me.
H just told me that they had a guy with a rifle wandering around at his work today. Someone got shot. I'm assuming not H, because I'm pretty sure he would've led with that. Apparently the guy only fired one shot.
ETA: update: my husband is an ass. He was messing with me. Someone shot a pigeon that had flown into the warehouse. He's not funny
The kids not getting to see H is not something he and I are ok with. It's important to both of us that they get to spend at least a little bit of time with him most days. He leaves before they get up. I think one thing I can do to get them (mostly S) to bed earlier is to try to have supper ready close to when H gets home. That will give them a bit of time after supper and before bedtime. Instead of H getting home, us trying to figure out what to have for supper, and then making supper, and then rushing to get everyone fed before bedtime. Meal planning. It's on my list of goals for our life. Some of which are proving to be harder than others.
Post by NellieOleson on Mar 22, 2017 15:40:48 GMT -5
Lollipop -that is a great plan! It is hard to change habits, but I think if you made that change things would be much more relaxing for everyone in the evenings.
There is no way I could do the KonMari method. I do need to go through room by room and purge/organize. But I couldn't do the minimalist thing. I like my knick knacks and doodads. So far I've done the playroom and my ensuite bathroom. I need some sort of hanging jars or something in there though.
If I got go rid of all the things I don't wear but just can't let go (or have holes and I keep saying I will mend but don't) I wouldn't have much left. That would probably be just fine though.
Post by NellieOleson on Mar 22, 2017 18:46:04 GMT -5
I can't foresee going completely minimalist, I'm just hoping it helps me get rid of some things I don't really need or want, but have some kind of sentimental attachment to. Like we have 5 sets of dishes - only one of which gets used, and only one spare one that is worth saving. (Vintage Fiestaware that belonged to my H's grandparents.) The other three I have attachment to because of memories surrounding years of using them, but it isn't important, they aren't that special, and how many freaking dishes does one family need?
For the record, almost all the extra dishes are packed away in the basement. We don't have some crazy hoarder kitchen or something.
I also need help getting rid of baby stuff, because ITS OUR BABY STUFF! How many baths did I give little babies in that blue plastic tub? Hundreds. It's hard to let it go even though we have very much outgrown it.
Baby stuff is actually the easiest for me to get rid of now that I know we're done. I've kept a few things, but I'm selling/donating/handing down almost everything.
Getting rid of my clothes is hard. I always start to, but then go "but I have to keep this, I might fit into it/need it again" or "I wore this to some event and can't possibly part with it for sentimental reasons".
Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 23, 2017 1:56:32 GMT -5
I have no idea what konmari is, but since it sounds like some kind of cleaning method... Yesterday I finally went through our medicine cabinet and pitched (almost) everything that was expired the stuff that expired in nov 16 I couldn't bring myself to get rid of yet. Since there's not really such thing as OTC in Germany (I mean you don't need a prescription for everything but you have to go up to the pharmacy counter and tell them what you want or what's wrong with you like cold symptoms and they recommend something), I tend to buy meds in the U.S. And then just keep them just in case. I mean, when you need Imodium it's nice to have some on hand and not hope a pharmacy is open and then go tell the pharmacist you've got diarrhea, you know? But still, Imodium that expired in 2008 is also not likely to be helpful
Both of my kids were up at 6:30 this morning. I spent about 45 minutes trying to get M to go back to sleep in my bed, but when S came in for the third time to tell me that he couldn't get the Xbox to work, I gave up. I need coffee.
Post by crimsonandclover on Mar 23, 2017 10:39:04 GMT -5
Rome tomorrow! I'm excited and still paranoid I'm going to get sick... I think part of what is triggering this paranoia is that when I went on a business trip in February, I got really nauseated on the train trip back and puked about 5 seconds after I walked in the door at home.
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