Wait till Saturday…
Bedtime is a breeze with the Other Angel who truly values sleep and is trained to :
1) fall asleep on her own without the need of a soother or pacifier of any sort, and that includes patting, swinging or dancing. Basically, I put her down to her cot and she will go to sleep on her own.
A very dear lesson learnt from my experience with the Angel who has been giving me a hard time getting her to sleep / nap.
To put the Angel to sleep, the bedtime ritual will usually include :
1) reading at least 3 books
2) an arm to cuddle or touch till she is asleep;
3) talk and talk till she is tired out;
Recently, I’ve been trying to put a stop to (2) and (3) as it really drags sleeping time. Instead, I use the time for talking to the Alternative Dad and we call it dad and mom’s time.
Tonight, the Angel, in order to have my attention instead, tried to convince me, “You really shouldn’t be talking to each other now. You will be very tired tomorrow morning.”
“Angel, when then will I have the time to talk to dad? I hardly have the chance to talk to him!”
“Wait till Saturday.”
SATURDAY!!!!
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Yah, wait till Saturday, Mom!!! Hahahaha……Oh gosh, I can’t believe your angel needs your arm too??? Tee is exactly the same!!! Demands for story after story and negotiates like mad, and then talks non stop – NON STOP. It always results in me raising my voice before the chatter dies down. And finally, the hand…..my hand is morphine to my girl. She even knows how to joke about it, “Give me my drug, Mom.”
hahaha poor MOmmy
Welcome back! I’m so looking forward to reading new posts from you.
For Ryan, we used to do 1. and 2. as well. With the arrival of Ralph and co-sleeping with him, we gradually dropped 2. out becos depending on which side I’m nursing Ralph, there are times that I can’t stick the other hand out for him.
Well done for making changes for the other Angel. For Ralph, I haven’t done anything different, I still nurse him to sleep.
Thanks for your comments on my blog, thought it might be easier to reply here.
Time flies and I’m sure things are now easier for you since Angyal is now 1. We really had a great time when we met up with you and I’ll definitely setup another meeting with you if we happen to be back.
His eczema seems to be triggered by the sun. Sounds really strange isn’t it? It seems to get worse on sunny days and gets better on rainy days. A mommy friend recommended me to put sunscreen on Ralph when we are out and his condition seems to have improved. But sun doesn’t do his skin any good, it always appears red and blotchy and he feels uncomfortable.
I haven’t started him on solids so I don’t really know what he maybe allergic to. As for breastfeeding, whatever I eat doesn’t seem affect him at this point in time.
His fingernails are sharp so although they are filed so they are still a problem as he has a lot of scratch marks on his forehead with his constant scratching. He still sleeps with Scratch sleeves, can’t do without them.
Hugs to you and your two precious Angels.
Hi,
Firstly, congrats on no.2!!!
And glad your blog is coming back alive again!
Its not the lack of your org skill, if you don’t have a maid/helper and you need to look after 2 kids, its perpetually doing stuff the moment your eyes are open till you are “konk” out at nite! I am beginning to feel the drain of energy, doing menial chores, and left with little or no time for the kids!
How is your Angel no.1 coping with eczema now that you have returned for more than a year to Sg?
For me, big headache.
No.1′s eczema is triggering due to the warm spring/summer season now
No.2′s eczema is subsiding due to the warm spring/summer season now
See my dilemma. I am basically busy thru’ out the year helping one of the kids to cope with eczema,