Comments on: Wake up call

By: awalkabout

awalkabout — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:47:29 +0000

Men definitely have a different ability to sleep through EVERYTHING. For sure.

By: goodmum

goodmum — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:46:00 +0000

Oh boy. Are you absolutely SURE we aren’t parenting the same kid? I think we are. I think he’s this mystical creature who can carry on two lives, in two different countries, in two different houses, with two different families… I’m onto him.

C sounds awesome, truly. And so much like Little Man.

In case you’re trying to come up with a way for yourself to be oblivious to the callings in the night, my answer is called “doxepin.” It’s an anti-depressant. I, when I finally GET to sleep, sleep like the dead… Just sayin’…

It’s weird how alike they are, isn’t it? Why can’t you guys live next door? But they’d probably hate each other or something.

I might have to look into the doxepin. I am about the worst sleeper ever, it seems. I never recovered from the middle of the night baby feedings, I guess!

By: mama mara

mama mara — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:10:19 +0000

Your hubby is all right in my book. My wusband used to insert wax plugs into his ears and run a white-noise machine to ensure he had a good night’s sleep. You know, because he needed to be alert to perform his real job, while I just stayed at home all day with the boys and ate chocolates.

Well, I don’t know about you, but I eat bon-bons when I stay home all day. Yup, Husband is definitely okay with me. I think I’ll keep him.

By: BQkimmy

BQkimmy — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:02:24 +0000

It’s the opposite in my house. My son responds SO much better to his daddy in the middle of the night then he does to me. So I get to sleep and let daddy deal with it. I think his deeper voice just gets through our son’s night terror haze better than mine does. And if the little guy is truly awake he knows daddy is more likely to baby him and perhaps even let him up to play for a little while, whereas I tell him to go back to sleep.

Yahoo for Daddies who get up with their kids in the middle of the night!!!

By: therocchronicles

therocchronicles — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:42:01 +0000

So funny! My husband can sleep through everything coming from the monitor but when he is on call for work and his phone goes off he sits straight up!

Hmmm….what is up with THAT? It is funny what we hear though – I think we tune in to what we need to. I’m PRETTY sure if Husband was in charge of the monitor, he would hear it. But I probably shouldn’t test it just so I can continue to believe that.

By: FXSmom

FXSmom — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:13:59 +0000

i’d wake his butt up…lol. I must say after about the 2nd time I woke up with a kid I usually do wake up dh and tell him its his turn. It’s called coparenting

Yes, but we have an unspoken deal. He generally handles the throwing up (I don’t handle that very well), which is worth 10 zillion up in the middle of the nights to me! I’ll gladly take that trade. Truth is, I don’t sleep well anyway, so I don’t mind THAT much being up with C in the middle of the night if he needs it. And even if Husband handles it, it’s not like I sleep through it…I’m still awake anyway.

By: robinaltman

robinaltman — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:07:25 +0000

Guys are definitely bug wranglers. Luckily your husband doesn’t take the dead bug smooshed in a kleenex and chase you around the house with it. Around here bug wrangling is a mixed blessing.

He has only done that once. I don’t think the particular pitch of my screeching was worth the joy of terrorizing me in his mind.

By: hopeauthority

hopeauthority — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:04:43 +0000

Isn’t it great that hubby wasn’t awake enough to simply yell back: “So flush it!”? Of course, such a response would be grounds for kicking his tired butt off the bed…

May all your night calls be of the bug wrangler variety…

HAHAH! He actually did tell C that when he got in there, and when he came back to bed and told me what was going on, I laughed out loud…

By: T$

T$ — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:08:02 +0000

can’t take a leak with a bug in the toilet

Yes, apparently this is true. I did not know this. You learn something new every day!