watermelon sugar
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Good morning guys! Mini melon slept till 6.30 this morning so the Cheerios before bed seemed to work thanks so much nap police! X
Your husband is your biggest problem here. What the fuck is wrong with him? Going out boozing and carrying on like a man with no responsibilities at home. Fuck that.Help! Does anyone have any advice for what to do when your toddler's sleep goes to pot but you have a baby too?
Background - my two year old (nearly 3) has been sleeping well in his cot in his own room for ages. Kept him in a cotbed as he's super happy in it and doesn't climb.
Had another baby before Christmas who's in our room in a next to me but often ends up bedsharing in the night.
Husband is a bit of a twat - not very supportive and has been having a lot of nights out/ weekends away which has put the toddler in a tailspin. Couple this with my husband not being able to put any boundaries on our toddler or act like a parent, so when he's around its like they're playmates and my son bosses him around.
Husband has been sleeping in a spare room for a while - gets disturbed by baby and because he's been going out a lot and smoking I haven't really wanted him in our room either.
Problem is now my toddler yells for dad every night and instead of staying in his room and supporting him to sleep he just scoops toddler up and puts him in bed with him.
Cue last night - dad went to see Tyson fury at wembley and didn't return until Sunday dinnertime. Saturday night was a nightmare and I had to out toddler in with me as he was having a blue arsed fit, he then didn't sleep, kicked all night long, woke the baby and we were up for the day at 5am. Sunday night Toddler goes to bed ok but woke at 11 shouting for dad. Dad's too hungover and doesn't respond. I spent next two hours trying to settle him, backwards and forwards between him and new baby who was stirring too. Dad then swoops in and puts toddler in bed with him. So the two hours I spent on the floor was for nothing.
Wtaf can I do? My toddler's sleep was so good and this is so frustrating.
Problem is my husband is soon going to get sick of bedsharing and my toddler is getting crap sleep too, I could hear him talking constantly all night, then my husband is tired and pissy with him. More of a rant really but has anyone experienced this?
2 out of 3 of mine (the ones who can talk ) have been sleep talkers, interestingly both the girls are but not my eldest boy. Usually lasts until they are about 5, but I wouldn’t notice anything linked with stress necessarily. I sleep talk myself, and that would be worst at times of high pressure.Does anyone else have a sleep talker? I googled it ... big mistake... and it can be a sign of stress. And also pretty normal. So now I'm obviously panicking over what my toddler could be stressing about!
Toddlers differ so, so much. None of my older children spoke much at just 2 but my youngest child speaks in 6-7 word sentences at just 2. I wasn’t ready for her!Is there anything you did differently to bring on this progress? Mine was 2 in November and still only says Ga Da Ma Ba. He does only a few hours of nursery each week but I don’t know what I can do to help get just one word where he attributes it correctly. He understands me when I ask him things and so knows if I’m asking if he is hungry or wants water etc but has no desire to say anything other than his usual sounds.
My husband has about this much patience on a good day, he’s a rubber band ready to snap endlessly. Yesterday he banged his head and started complaining, and littlepotato went “you feeling a bit red? Do you need a timeout before we go on our walk?”Makes it so difficult when my partner is extremely shouty.
Because that's his first response every time!
Hopefully he'll actually listen when I've said we just don't react to it
Thank you all for the advice!
My 4yo one day decided she doesn't like cheese... Except babybells... And orange cheese.. And cheese spread...Or when they love something one day, and then you offer it again a few days later and they refuse it and act like you’ve just offered them a turd sandwich!
I don’t think anyone is being the nap police, maybe just giving their own experiences with sleeps?Do you think it's too long for your households day to day routine? The people on the Internet aren't the nap police.
My 2 year old would sleep for hours in the afternoon if they weren't disturbed.
Hi, thanks for sharing this with us and I’m sorry you’re going through a shitty time. You need to lay down the law with your husband - either he helps be a team and a parent, and be a family or you need to tell him to leave.Help! Does anyone have any advice for what to do when your toddler's sleep goes to pot but you have a baby too?
Background - my two year old (nearly 3) has been sleeping well in his cot in his own room for ages. Kept him in a cotbed as he's super happy in it and doesn't climb.
Had another baby before Christmas who's in our room in a next to me but often ends up bedsharing in the night.
Husband is a bit of a twat - not very supportive and has been having a lot of nights out/ weekends away which has put the toddler in a tailspin. Couple this with my husband not being able to put any boundaries on our toddler or act like a parent, so when he's around its like they're playmates and my son bosses him around.
Husband has been sleeping in a spare room for a while - gets disturbed by baby and because he's been going out a lot and smoking I haven't really wanted him in our room either.
Problem is now my toddler yells for dad every night and instead of staying in his room and supporting him to sleep he just scoops toddler up and puts him in bed with him.
Cue last night - dad went to see Tyson fury at wembley and didn't return until Sunday dinnertime. Saturday night was a nightmare and I had to out toddler in with me as he was having a blue arsed fit, he then didn't sleep, kicked all night long, woke the baby and we were up for the day at 5am. Sunday night Toddler goes to bed ok but woke at 11 shouting for dad. Dad's too hungover and doesn't respond. I spent next two hours trying to settle him, backwards and forwards between him and new baby who was stirring too. Dad then swoops in and puts toddler in bed with him. So the two hours I spent on the floor was for nothing.
Wtaf can I do? My toddler's sleep was so good and this is so frustrating.
Problem is my husband is soon going to get sick of bedsharing and my toddler is getting crap sleep too, I could hear him talking constantly all night, then my husband is tired and pissy with him. More of a rant really but has anyone experienced this?
I absolutely ADORE heading my kids laugh in their sleep!!!!! They have both done it since being newborns - and it carried on for a few years. No better sound that the pure joy of a child laughingMy almost 4yo sleep talks a little bit, I hear her laughing in her sleep a lot. I don’t think it’s related to stress personally.
I’m a single parent and my 3yo keeps telling me she misses her daddy. He sees her once a week for a few hours (his choice). It makes me feel like shit that she misses him and he doesn’t care.Does anyone else feel like their 3 year old prefers their other parent than them? Everything at the moment is Daddy and its getting me so down