Lie-ins and children

welshmoneylover

lol, what's a lie in? Mine is 7am, me and my OH get up at 4.30am most days!

The_Banker_5

We're ok tonight....daughter is sleeping at her friends and son is sleeping at his girlfriends.


Ahhhhhhhh peace.:D

bestpud

Gosh, I think I've forgotten what a lie in is!

The answer seems simple to me - you have your lie in on Saturday and he has his Sunday.

If he wants to change to a Saturday then he accepts he will have to get up for 9am.

If you want him to change to a Saturday then he gets to lie in as long as he wants.

Can't you make an agreement like that?

We are all different and relationships are about compromise after all.

Alternatively, could you take the children to the park or something, if they are itching to get out?

[Deleted User]

Thanks guys maybe i was being too bossy, i'll suggest we swap days and get up by half 8 in time to leave by 10am, we are going out as a family for the day, so taking kids out for the morning wouldd negate that.

Thanks for the thoughts.

The_Banker_5

During the week OH gets up at 7.00am to wake daughter up for school and after half a dozen shouts she finally wakes up and turns her music on really loud.

OH then comes back to bed and complains about her loud music and the constant thump thump thump, bang bang bang but she wont tell daughter to turn it down because she says at least if her music is on loud she knows she hasnt gone back to sleep.:rotfl:

So we lie there in bed unable to get back to sleep and OH keeps saying "Is it 8.15 yet?" When she finally turns her music off at 8.15 to go to school OH always turns to me and says.........."Thank f00k, I'll have half an hour now":rotfl:

Spendless

How old are the kids? Ignore just seen on your signature that you're talking about tots.
My husband used to ask for Sat lie-in and I could have Sunday but then when Sunday came he didn't use to get up - leaving me getting narked and asking him when he was going to, and then I was too wide awake to go back to sleep. :mad:I sorted it by saying I was having Saturdays instead.

[Deleted User]

yes spendless, too little to leave by themselves downstairs yet, 3 and nearly 2. A few more years we could send then down to have cereal and watch tv for an hour.

jennieshrew

Sounds just like the arguments my husband and I have at the weekend. I have my lie in on a Sunday and I just cant stay in bed after 9 so I always get up then. He likes to stay in bed until gone ten or 11 which really annoys me and I start taking cups of tea up from about 8.30 "as a treat" and popping up to see how he is getting on, hoping he will get up! I know that must annoy him but I just want him to get up. Especially when I have had to get up with toddler at 6am, it seems like half a days lie in to get up at 11. Seems to waste the whole weekend!!

eklynne

The_Banker wrote: »

During the week OH gets up at 7.00am to wake daughter up for school and after half a dozen shouts she finally wakes up and turns her music on really loud.

OH then comes back to bed and complains about her loud music and the constant thump thump thump, bang bang bang but she wont tell daughter to turn it down because she says at least if her music is on loud she knows she hasnt gone back to sleep.:rotfl:

So we lie there in bed unable to get back to sleep and OH keeps saying "Is it 8.15 yet?" When she finally turns her music off at 8.15 to go to school OH always turns to me and says.........."Thank f00k, I'll have half an hour now":rotfl:

Ahh, the joys of having kids who can get themselves up and out. We've paid our dues!

DianneB

OMG my youngest is 14 and I still don't get a lie in EVER just the odd Sunday, she has to be down at the stables for 8 am and I have to do her physio and meds before she goes (cf) she has just told me she's arranged to go riding with a friend on Sunday as well!! Think I might just have a nap on the sofa while the rugby is on tomorrow - roll on half term. By the way we aren't posh horse owning types she volunteers at the local RDA and gets rides for free!!