Daddy's Little Girls--Is Restful Sleep Possible?
Submitted by anthonyromanelli on April 11, 2008 - 12:52pm.
Honestly, I feel that though I am not truly burning the candle at both ends, this week has been BRUTAL beyond measure. One wakes up, cries, so the second one wakes up...one goes back to sleep, the other one wets the bed. I have been in a nonstop haze all week and I am just looking for some advice as to how to either:
A. Catch up on sleep (not likely)
B. Keep from going bonkers
C. Ignore them completely (prob wont work)--not to mention that my wife wont let me...darn, that responsibility thing...
D. Shove an entire pillow in through my one ear and pull it through to the other side
***Please just dont tell me, 'It gets better...' bc I already know that--- 'It's getting better all the time"---The Beatles
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nice tips
great idea - I'm going to have to do the dixie-cup thing and double up the sheets as well.
Also, I've heard others on the savvydaddy facebook page suggest a "reverse date night" - have the babysitter/grandparents take the kids out for a date, while you and the wife rest/hang out at home.
Glad I could help.
Reverse date night is cool! My parents will sometimes take the kids for a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Man, that's nice once in a while!
-pc jr
Sleepless
I have my own issues with insomnia and adding in the extra bit with the kids just makes it hell!
I think you have to get to the bottom of WHY they are getting up so often. It may be different reasons all the time. You have to be able to discern if they are legitimately ill, or upset, or if they just want attention from daddy.
My girls are starting to play all those nighttime games: "I'm thirsty!", "I can't sleep!" "Can I sleep with you?" - That stuff doesn't cut it in our house. (Well, sometimes I sleep with them) If that's the case, get some earplugs, send them back to bed and let them cry themselves to sleep!
(I just bought some dixie cups and a dispenser for their bathroom. and that pretty much cured the "I'm thirsty." routine. They can just go get a drink themselves)
As far as the bed-wetting. That does suck. You just have to muscle through it until they can handle it themselves. My wife used to double-up on the sheets (with a pad under each) So when our daughter wet the bed, all we had to do was change her pj's and then pull one layer off the bed and tossing the dirty one into the washer in one single action!
Naps are also KEY!!! sneak them in whenever you can!
Obviously, if you think there is a serious health or behavioral problem, see your pediatrician.
-pc jr
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