Parenting
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I had to leave because Katie and the girls were dancing in the kitchen.
Katie (36): Everybody watch! Is this twerking?
Imogene (11): Do it like this…
Caroline (9): Can I have a marshmallow? (while twerking)
Katie: Is it?? Somebody answer me!!
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ROFL @Matt you perfectly captured the dynamic in my household practically on a daily basis. IDK what it is with the twerking and bootysmackin' (but I probably started the latter).
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In all seriousness though, our 3 year old daughter is in the separation anxiety phase and it sucks. She will throw tantrums anytime she can't see us. If I have 1 bit of advice, it's start a bedtime strategy YOUNG and be consistent.....your sleep schedule and romantic life rely on it.
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@Matt yeah, we did it for too long with both kids. Now, it’s more like we’ll read a story and cuddle in their room till they crash, then we bail (if we don’t crash too) lol. Eventually they get the hang of it and stop sneaking in in the middle of the night.
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we didnt do the cosleeping thing either as soon as ours was big enough to be out of the basinet
own room own cot then own bedstories and a cuddle before lights out and then off we would go
3 nights into the new house and so far Jacob has been great and no anxiety or issues at all so far touch wood
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@Brian We moved Baby H to her own cot and own room a few weeks back, mainly because it was way to hot in our room at night while hers has 2 windows so could get a draft. She's taken to it well.
When she gets a little older, I'm thinking that we will never entertain that it is a possibility that she could get into our bed. If she never thinks it, how could she want it?
(I feel for my cousin though. Her 4 year old still can't/won't sleep in a separate bed. I have no idea how they managed to conceive their latest addition (~7mo), but I gather they have had more success in getting him to sleep in a separate room.)
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Yeah the rule is that if our 3 year old falls asleep anywhere, she will be moved to her bed, but usually we're already there at bedtime for a story. the 13 year old boy just needs to be reminded to zip it and go to sleep at lights-out time. The issues come up when one of us crashes in the daughter's room, or she wakes in the middle of the night. It's okay though if we don't always wake up where we should be.
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@WhiskeySandwich said in Parenting:
It's okay though if we don't always wake up where we should be.
I have some personal experience with this.
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@Matt
Waking up in random places is a right of passage in growing older, would say growing up but some never get to that stage@EdH
We moved into what was then the back bedroom when Jacob was born as it got the brunt of the afternoon sun here and would easily reach the high 30s in summer at night due to the crap way they build houses here and the residual heat from the day no way we were letting a baby sleep in those conditions even with air con on the go -
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I love this thread, it sure brings back fond memories of those years!
I’ll call myself a veteran (I’m not really). We have two teenagers 16 and 18.
If you thought parenting infants was tough work, wait till their hit their teens :).
My advice is this … keep things simple, your time is the biggest and most important thing you can gift your children. Be kind, patient, and love them for who they are.
Last, have fun, joke and laugh. If you look carefully in the second photo, you’ll see how the kids and I love to spoil moms perfect family photos.
