Parenting
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Is there a worse part of the parenting life then bedtime?
Our 2nd was horrendous, up till she was nearly 2 every night was a struggle. Be standing in her room sssshing her to sleep and then when you think you had it you would I try and slink off without a sound. Only to hear 5 mins later her crying again. Glad those years are way behind us, now it’s the occasional nightmare or coming into our room at 2am to ask if they can go to the toilet... after standing creepily for a few minutes at our bedside ( thankfully they go to the wife’s side) -
@Virgil I find the dream giggling and singing more creepy... In the dead of night she laughs or sings a little song, it was shake it off by taylor swift one night. She also says "(her dad's name) look at this mess you've made".
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@R-L said in Parenting:
@Virgil I find the dream giggling and singing more creepy... In the dead of night she laughs or sings a little song, it was shake it off by taylor swift one night. She also says "(her dad's name) look at this mess you've made".
Ha our oldest does that too, she will start saying her sisters name and say random things like it’s her fault or she can’t play at the moment.
Kids are weird
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Miss 12 got busted messaging on her phone at midnight on a school night. Very unfortunate she tried to fire back at her Mum with "You and Dad are on your devices until all hours!"
I don't give a shit. Mrs TA, however, seems to hold a grudge about the fact she IS on her iPad a lot and generally watches videos to fall asleep at night ... which science has said is fucking awful for you, but what do THOSE people know?
Is that the equivalent of us reading until midnight with a torch under the covers back in the day?
I'm with Mrs TA in that you shouldn't always trust the science, I had bad insomnia for years, but found watching old sitcoms has me to sleep pretty much within 15 minutes. It might be a bad way to fall alseep but it's better than being awake all night. (Although, it's probably a mixture of my going to sleep pattern - which the experts always suggest - and the switching off of my brain).
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Miss 12 got busted messaging on her phone at midnight on a school night. Very unfortunate she tried to fire back at her Mum with "You and Dad are on your devices until all hours!"
I don't give a shit. Mrs TA, however, seems to hold a grudge about the fact she IS on her iPad a lot and generally watches videos to fall asleep at night ... which science has said is fucking awful for you, but what do THOSE people know?
Is that the equivalent of us reading until midnight with a torch under the covers back in the day?
I'm with Mrs TA in that you shouldn't always trust the science, I had bad insomnia for years, but found watching old sitcoms has me to sleep pretty much within 15 minutes. It might be a bad way to fall alseep but it's better than being awake all night. (Although, it's probably a mixture of my going to sleep pattern - which the experts always suggest - and the switching off of my brain).
It's the blue light from device screens that keeps you awake. iOS has options to filter that out in the evening to help combat that.
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@R-L we had a bizaare period for Miss 11 (3 or 4 years back) and she was diagnosed with 'Alice in Wonderland Syndrome'
She would come into our room, and stand there, looking wired AF, talking to us, sometimes clear, other time incoherant about seeing shapes, colours etc, you pretty much had ot wake her up, which sometimes resulted in her becoming hysterical.
Saw specialists, had scans, all brain activity normal, eventually stopped and didnt come back (also normal with the condition apparently)
We found that the episodes usually preceeded a change (end of school holidays, going somewhere) so trigger was usually anxiety/excitement.
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@taniwharugby said in Parenting:
@R-L we had a bizaare period for Miss 11 (3 or 4 years back) and she was diagnosed with 'Alice in Wonderland Syndrome'
She would come into our room, and stand there, looking wired AF, talking to us, sometimes clear, other time incoherant about seeing shapes, colours etc, you pretty much had ot wake her up, which sometimes resulted in her becoming hysterical.
Saw specialists, had scans, all brain activity normal, eventually stopped and didnt come back (also normal with the condition apparently)
We found that the episodes usually preceeded a change (end of school holidays, going somewhere) so trigger was usually anxiety/excitement.
That would have been scary to go through.
Our oldest having the odd night terror or calling out is bad enough. As a kid I used to sleep walk badly, according to the wife I still do the odd weird thing like sitting up etc... so fair to say I’ve no idea why our daughter does it to, must get it from her mother... -
Miss 12 got busted messaging on her phone at midnight on a school night. Very unfortunate she tried to fire back at her Mum with "You and Dad are on your devices until all hours!"
I don't give a shit. Mrs TA, however, seems to hold a grudge about the fact she IS on her iPad a lot and generally watches videos to fall asleep at night ... which science has said is fucking awful for you, but what do THOSE people know?
Is that the equivalent of us reading until midnight with a torch under the covers back in the day?
I'm with Mrs TA in that you shouldn't always trust the science, I had bad insomnia for years, but found watching old sitcoms has me to sleep pretty much within 15 minutes. It might be a bad way to fall alseep but it's better than being awake all night. (Although, it's probably a mixture of my going to sleep pattern - which the experts always suggest - and the switching off of my brain).
It's the blue light from device screens that keeps you awake. iOS has options to filter that out in the evening to help combat that.
I use my laptop but I don't think I've ever used the night shift mode ... I should probably do that even though it's not keeping me awake.
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eldest boy used to get those. Always between 10 and 10.30. and only if he was really tired
He would "wake up" and walk around, and talk about random shit to you, but in a hysterical way. You couldn't calm him down without "waking" him up. Then eventually he would go back to sleep, but only after he had yawned (that was the trigger for me to know he was all good).
Some of the shit he would be saying was weird. He would be asking me to help him (or not hurt him) and i would be standing right in front of him. Took me ages to work out he wasn't awake.
Next day he would have absolutely no recollection.
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@R-L said in Parenting:
contemplating whether to have a cup of tea
You spelled gin wrong. It's also far more effective than tea, and has no caffeine, along with the anti malarial that comes with tonic. It's basically a health drink.
So go and have two G and Ts and call me in the morning.
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@mariner4life yep same with Miss 11.
No recollection also, too much screen time was another trigger for her.
There were a couple of times we fully expected her head to spin around, very scary times.
Sometimes we could guide her back to bed and she would get in and stay until morning.
Edit: typing my reply on phone @Snowy got it
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Found it...
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I'm with Mrs TA in that you shouldn't always trust the science, I had bad insomnia for years, but found watching old sitcoms has me to sleep pretty much within 15 minutes. It might be a bad way to fall alseep but it's better than being awake all night.
Agree with that, however it's the other 8 hours a day she spends on the iPad that get me. First thing in the morning, and every spare minute thereafter.
Better off putting one of those hours into physical activity.
Also: bros before hoes.
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@taniwharugby I'm talking about the need to take a full license driving test, and also the contracting out of the testing to the AA and the introduction of the plastic photo license used for ID to buy alcohol. That was 1999 according to Wikipedia.
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My guy had a condescending attitude and a uniform, so I remember him as a cop.
Jeez, can you imagine that job? Having to be driven around by 15-17yo's every day, with little to no control on the car, ability to survive, etc. My heart wouldn't take it, and I'd get fired for saying some honest truths to them. Fark that.
That’s parenting material right there....
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@taniwharugby I'm talking about the need to take a full license driving test, and also the contracting out of the testing to the AA and the introduction of the plastic photo license used for ID to buy alcohol. That was 1999 according to Wikipedia.
Friends of my parents have a daughter ( probably in her early 30s now ) who won't drive purely cos she has failed the practical so many times. Apparently they nitpick everything these days.
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@taniwharugby I'm talking about the need to take a full license driving test, and also the contracting out of the testing to the AA and the introduction of the plastic photo license used for ID to buy alcohol. That was 1999 according to Wikipedia.
Friends of my parents have a daughter ( probably in her early 30s now ) who won't drive purely cos she has failed the practical so many times. Apparently they nitpick everything these days.
I had an ex-staff member who's daughter failed a few times in her home area. Apparently they were more lenient in another area 20 minutes down the road, so she went and got it first time
