Comments on: Nightly conversation

By: Su Z Beth

Su Z Beth — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:18:16 +0000

HILARIOUS!!! I can definitely relate to ALL of this – loved the rotisserie cliche – CLASSIC!! I went thru all of this – mine are 21, 19 and 15 now tho – NO MORE!!! (and guess what? I. DON’T. MISS. IT!!!!!)
LOVE YOUR JOURNAL!!!

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 02:55:45 +0000

My son does the rotisserie trick as well, but my husband calls it the alligator death roll. (Have you seen that on PBS or the nature channel or something?) By the time he’s rolled all the way around two or three times, I’m ready to kill him.

By: charruff

charruff — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:25:49 +0000

GUM has been our saving grace. For each two nights our little darling in pink pjs stays in her own bed, she gets a piece of gum. She loves gum thanks to the bad influence of our weekly play date friend who is allowed two pieces of gum daily. And has forced me to now keep gum in my arsenal. And to endure a 4 year olds whiny “I WANT GUMMY” at any hour of the day. And once in the middle of the night, she said “Mommy, can i come in? I don’t really like gum anyway”. Until the morning when the tears fell like a fountain…

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:56:56 +0000

Oh yes. Would you believe it is my 8 year old who appears in my bedroom most often now? I think it must be a cyclical thing because right around 7 years old my oldest daughter did the same thing. It happens around 4 and then again around 7, at least it seems to in this house, and since I have one around each of those ages sometimes I have two little wiggly heaters in my bed. They BOTH slept in their own beds last night, though, and that’s happening more and more. Dare I hope?

By: Carol

Carol — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:25:13 +0000

When we were at this stage of parenthood my husband had what he called a “pallet” beside the bed. It was several layers of blankets and a sheet. When the kids came in they laid on the pallet and we all slept much better.

By: chewymom

chewymom — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:45:17 +0000

I feel your pain, except that my bladder DOES knock on my door in my forties. My four-and-a-half daughter does the same thing, only instead of wiggling, she hooks her legs over my body. Drives. me. insane.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:53:15 +0000

Oh, I hear you on this one, sista! My now almost-eight year old also “rotisseries,” as you call it. We have named her The Flailer. Usually she ends up perpendicular to both of us, making a giant H. The fleece has been our salvation. Whether it’s in her bed, our bed, our floor, or the family room, she is to stay ON THE FLEECE. Or else. So far, so good.

By: Anvilcloud

Anvilcloud — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:48:27 +0000

Our youngest would wander in too in search of human contact. We made a place for her on the floor. She seemed content with that.

By: Karen L

Karen L — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:38:30 +0000

I feel you on this one, really I do. My two and a half year old “somehow” ended up in bed with me last night (this occurs about every three days) and I woke up with her arm slapping me across the face. Not to mention the throwing of the legs into the air to pull the covers down…augh. I have an intense dislike for sleeping with my kids…because all the sleeping is done by them.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:32:38 +0000

I go back and forth. One one hand I cannot stand my kids sleeping in my bed. I also don’t get any sleep when they are there (they are 12 and 10) But then I think “they aren’t going to want to do this much longer” and I break down and let them. At least for the hour or so and then I kick them out (no plopping them back in their bed for me, I make them take themselves back….after all, horizontal is good at 3:00 in the morning!)