25 Learning about bedtime
Posted on: October 1, 2009
So, I start my life with 4 kids. We start getting into a daily routine. The trips to all the fun places are over – thus the honeymoon has ended. What the hell do I know about raising kids? About the same as any other new parent – maybe a little less. But when you bring a baby home from the hospital they don’t have the ability to move around like 4-8 year olds do. When you put them to bed they stay there. They may scream but they stay in bed. Now i’ve got all these kids I have to bathe and get to bed. I soon learn that bedtime sucks. At the time Joe was working second shift and I was working first shift. That meant getting these 4 kids to bed was all my responsibility. How do you get kids to stay in bed? How do you get them to be quiet. Will they ever go to sleep? I just wanted a bit of quiet time before heading off to work the next day.
At the time we lived in a cape cod home. The kids slept on the main level and Joe and I had a room upstairs. So the kids would sneak out of their rooms and watch the TV that I was watching. They would get up and pester me about all kinds of things. I was losing my patience – and fast!
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October 1, 2009 at 9:36 am
I love the new look of the site!
Also, I can feel your pain about bedtime. You’re tired, the kids are tired and everything gets on your last nerve – it just isn’t right. Kids should like going to bed!! Where is my magic wand when I need it?