ah, my mother; baby names

[flea]

Email subject line: How many mothers and grandmothers

Content: Are discussing the article "Whose Bed is it Anyway?"
in today's NYT. Don't all those exhausted families
sound silly and wimpy? And don't their bedrooms seem
too fancy for them to deserve everything going right.
Too bad raising good kids, kids with boundaries, isn't
their top priority...Can you imagine sharing your bed
with 5 year old Dillopie?????And 8 year old Casper?
Oops you mean you intend to?
Actually, the part of the article I did like was the
statement by the mental health pro that setting
boundaries for children is important and the bedtime
is a part of that. KEep up the good work! (KEep
trying, that is.)
Do not be offended by this message. IT is meant to be
funny.
love, D

Note to mother (and everyone else watching): If you have to SAY "Do not be offended; this is meant to be funny," maybe you should just keep quiet.

I haven't even read the article yet. Ugh.

Born to Beth and Matt: Jonah Peter
Born to Connie and Truman: Truman, to be called, we think, Tucker, or something. Sisters are Wilder and Annabel.

Comments

[hecubot.livejournal.com]

I read the article. It was easy to find because it was their Most Emailed today, so I suspect that it's the kind of thing that's shooting from Grandparents to their Daughters concerning their Grandchildren today.

I think there's a big generational divide on the issue. One interesting thing about the article was that it focused on reluctant co-sleepers.

But I do think that expediency drives this issue. I know that with Emmett we just about killed ourselves keeping him in his crib. It just took so much time to get him back down to sleep every night. Forty-five minutes to an hour, and that was so disruptive of your sleep pattern. And even if you did get him down, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't wake up ninety minutes later.

It's just so much easier to do whatever gets everybody to sleep quickest. And everybody's more rested and able to function.

Though my experience with Emmett was that it was easier to keep him in his bed after he turned 4. (Somewhere in there anyway.)

[casperflea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my issue with my mother is that she doesn't think I should be co-sleeping once the kid is past 6 months (and she'd prefer 3). I think, under two years and nursing at night, why the hell not if it isn't killing you? And then ovet two years, siblings can sleep together.

Casper actually does sleep through like a charm now, with what I consider normal exceptions, whether anyone is in bed with her or not. The deal is, we have to lie down with her to get her to go to sleep. Which is not that big a deal, to me, though I wish she were tired earlier.

[minim_calibre]

But I do think that expediency drives this issue. I know that with Emmett we just about killed ourselves keeping him in his crib. It just took so much time to get him back down to sleep every night. Forty-five minutes to an hour, and that was so disruptive of your sleep pattern. And even if you did get him down, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't wake up ninety minutes later.

Seriously. I want my bed back, but you know, I don't want to blow all my vacation days JUST trying to get my kid to sleep without me.