snakybus
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4-year-old: Goes to bed at 7 pm; then either talks non-stop till 8 or 8.30 to sister (2), who ignores her or says "sshh", or else tries to sneak out of the room three or four times, with varying excuses, such as needing a hug, needing to do a wizz, or wanting "the brown and white teddy" who DOESN'T EXIST. Might not sleep till like 9. In spite of the resulting late night, gets up at goddam 6 AM, before anyone else is awake--even the 6 week old, demanding that her long-suffering pater gets up. How does a kid survive on so little sleep?
2-year old: Also 7 pm, complains about having to go to bed. However, she conks out like a cannonball landing in a freshly-ploughed field till whenever she's woken in the morning (usually by the piercing sound of 4-year-old giving out to her long-suffering pater for "not smiling properly" or somesuch). She'd probably sleep till 7 or 7.30 only for that. Missing the half-hour's or hour's sleep that she does, then, makes her like the baby antichrist. "Bockle! Daddy! Bockle!"
6-week-old: will go to sleep at like 9 if you put her down, but starts going "ergh ergh ergh" after about 10 minutes. Complicated situations with soothers falling out and demand for boobage ensue throughout the night, of which I'm vaguely aware - but sometimes she'll just wake once at around 3.30, or sometimes she'll keep waking up. In spite of the fact that she can neither walk nor crawl, somehow she ends up in our bed, and if you're not facing her she hits you until you are. Gets up at like 6.30-7 or 8, demanding coffee, croissants, and the Financial Times.
2-year old: Also 7 pm, complains about having to go to bed. However, she conks out like a cannonball landing in a freshly-ploughed field till whenever she's woken in the morning (usually by the piercing sound of 4-year-old giving out to her long-suffering pater for "not smiling properly" or somesuch). She'd probably sleep till 7 or 7.30 only for that. Missing the half-hour's or hour's sleep that she does, then, makes her like the baby antichrist. "Bockle! Daddy! Bockle!"
6-week-old: will go to sleep at like 9 if you put her down, but starts going "ergh ergh ergh" after about 10 minutes. Complicated situations with soothers falling out and demand for boobage ensue throughout the night, of which I'm vaguely aware - but sometimes she'll just wake once at around 3.30, or sometimes she'll keep waking up. In spite of the fact that she can neither walk nor crawl, somehow she ends up in our bed, and if you're not facing her she hits you until you are. Gets up at like 6.30-7 or 8, demanding coffee, croissants, and the Financial Times.