Lie-ins and children

Buttonmoons

Everyday I get a lie in

DD doesn't get up until about 10am, she is 3, and normally goes to bed about 8:30 - 9, which suits us fine, means she has time with her Dad when he gets home from work.

Must admit, If OH came through shouting and moaning about DD's noise, because he wanted to sleep longer, I'd be :mad: Luckily, OH can sleep through anything.

Doesn't seem fair Beccles, you have uni, a job, plus the kids and the dogs. I think it's high time you got a lie in.

bestpud

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:

How old is she?

Sounds to me like she should be getting herself up! Doesn't she have an alarm clock?

That said, I can't lie in bed and let mine see themself off in the morning, even though I don't do anything for the older one - I have to at least say good morning and show my presence. That's a personal thing though - not saying it's right.

Becles - you are too soft and your OH is bang out of order for shouting at you and the children. I agree it's time you had a lie in and forced him to appreciate what you do for him every weekend morning!

RoxieW

Deleted_User wrote: »

suppose whilst i am having the moan, on his lie in, kids are breakfasted, dressed, kitchen cleared from breakfast and if going out preparations made, on my lie in, kids are breakfasted. I guess i can't sit and see all this stuff around me that needs doing and he can.

ah yes - i get up - feed kids, dress kids, clean up, do dishwasher, sort washing and drying. he gets up - feeds kids, plays computer games.

Running_Horse

Wow, the things people choose to get upset about. In our house it is usually whoever is least totally exhausted (depending on work) gets up. The other then tends to get another whole hour. Maybe we just worry about the things that matter.

Curious_George_2

jennieshrew wrote: »

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!!

sorry but you and I would not get on for long!
if its my turn for a lay in and OH kept bringing me things "as a treat" and "popping up to see how im getting on" i would stay in bed longer... infact you would be lucky not to get your head bitten off
see how hes getting on with what? the sleeping he was happily doing before you walked in again??

in our house if its your turn for a lay in you get left alone til your ready to come down... if they are still asleep at 10, 11 OR 12 well then they are obviously tired and need the catch up!
we arent quiet downstairs, kids make noise, the washing machine goes on... we tiptoe for nobody! (i think it makes good sleepers! lol)
if we want to go out... we go out, wheres the problem??

last weekend i padded downstairs at 10.30 to find an empty house as he had taken the kids shopping, i had a nice cup of tea and read the paper in peace for the first time in i dont know how long!
we all get up early at the weekend during the summer as we are car boot fiends... winter is time for hiberbnation!

*Louise*

jennieshrew wrote: »

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!!

So you sleep till 9am on your day but you start bugging him at 8.30am on his day?? That is so mean!!:eek:

To me, a long lie is after 10.30am - DD usually sleeps till 10 at weekends, (god bless the inventor of blackout blinds!):D the boys are a bit older and will go downstairs to make cereal and watch cartoons.

I usually get up at 10 with DD and leave hubby sleeping till 11 on a Sunday...or even till midday if we have no plans. He works flipping hard all week and deserves to sleep in. Obviously it's different if we have things to do, then we normally both pitch in and get organised.

tiff

I dont see why people need to lie in for so long? There are many people who get up and on with things the same as any other day despite working full time. I would have thought 9/9.30 was a good time to get up at the weekend.

poet123

tiff wrote: »

I dont see why people need to lie in for so long? There are many people who get up and on with things the same as any other day despite working full time. I would have thought 9/9.30 was a good time to get up at the weekend.

It is a personal thing though isn't it? I am at work by 8am in the week, so I am up at 6.30am, at the weekend I like to stay in bed until I want to get up, may 10am may be 11am, occasionally even later if I hae had a jectic week and we have no plans.

Our kids are older now, so there is no problem, when they were younger we took it in turns to stay in bed. OH is an early riser, but he wouldnt wake me unless I had told him to do so.

feelinggood_2

tiff wrote: »

I dont see why people need to lie in for so long? There are many people who get up and on with things the same as any other day despite working full time. I would have thought 9/9.30 was a good time to get up at the weekend.

Some people need more sleep than others, and if they are woken early in the week, it is nice to have a 'catch up' sleep. Lie ins are enjoyable for many.

pulliptears

goodness, reading this makes me realise how lucky OH and I were! Both our DS and DD loved (and still do at 17 and 12!) their beds from tiny babies. I recall DS at about 3 weeks old still being fast asleep from his 11pm feed the next morning at 9.30. I hadn't woken up either and the first I knew was my Mum flying in my room thinking I'd put him in my bed, rolled on him in the night and squashed him!!

DD was much the same and not only slept through, but slept until at least 9am as a tiny baby. As they got older they continued in the same pattern and now would happily laze there all day (as teenagers do).

The issue of lie in's never really arose between OH and I because we were usually up before the kids lol