Do you check on your children at night??

tabskitten

i have no kids but check the puppy!!

can you not pop your head in without touching him so that you have no chance of waking him?

Artytarty

I always did this, and I just assumed any caring parent does.
Its for peace of mind really, and to see how lovely they are! and also I suppose in case anything has gone wrong and they are running a fever or been sick and I hadnt heard. Keep on 'doin wot ya doin!

Teenie_D

Both my DH and myself check our wee one who is 2 1/2 every night-I love just looking at her beautiful peaceful little face while she is sleeping and usually give her a wee kiss on the cheek and whisper "love you". I imagine I will do this for many years lol!

shazrobo

i still check on my 14 year olds before i go to bed, make sure they are covered up, no tv or games left on

brians_daughter

pigpen wrote: »

I check mine are breathing, covered up, not suffocated in pillows or teddies or cats and they are in their own beds!!

LOL, do we live in the same house? This is my check list too

I have stopped checking on my youngest (he is only just 1) in the night, as it does wake him. By waking i mean full blown, wide awake and a full hour to settle him back down again. TBH i wake him up even by going up the stairs. He is such a light sleeper and even a car pulling up outside and a car door shutting wakes him up.

On the other hand, the eldest, who is goin to high shcool this time, but seeing as they sleep so deeply i always check on them when i go the loo, or go to bed.

I dont actually think anything will have happened to them (except the occassional TV being turned back on after lights out) but i think it is one of the most precious times, when they are asleep and peaceful - i could stand and stare at them for hours whilst they are sleeping

sooz

I check on my older children. The baby has a habit of waking & not going back to sleep if we open the door to look. Instead she goes from fast asleep to wide awake, standing up, & screaming for breakfast! No amount of persuading otherwise will work...if you've woken her up, she wants feeding :rotfl:So we listen outside to check for her snoring, & then go to bed. We also hear her snoring & snorting all night through the monitor. Occasionally singing.
The older ones look lovely when asleep. It's the best time of day when you get a chance to forget what little horrors they've been all day & remember how much you love them really.

jackomdj

I check on both mine (5 & 3 on Sun).

The other night I went into the 5 year old & it was a bit smelly, I thought she had had dihorea (sp?) so I woke her to go to the bathroom for a check, she had a small bit of sick on her top, also a bit on her bed. So it is worth doing.

Similar happened when she was younger, except then she was face down in a puddle of it. If I had not looked she would have been like it till morning...yuck!

Teenie_D

jackomdj wrote: »

Similar happened when she was younger, except then she was face down in a puddle of it. If I had not looked she would have been like it till morning...yuck!

LOL that's what happened to me this morning. Wee one was a bit sick during the night/early morning and there was a nice neat little puddle for me this morning :eek:. Luckily it wasn't too bad but she is a bit poorly today

ragz_2

jackomdj wrote: »

I check on both mine (5 & 3 on Sun).

The other night I went into the 5 year old & it was a bit smelly, I thought she had had dihorea (sp?) so I woke her to go to the bathroom for a check, she had a small bit of sick on her top, also a bit on her bed. So it is worth doing.

Similar happened when she was younger, except then she was face down in a puddle of it. If I had not looked she would have been like it till morning...yuck!

I once came home after leaving DH to mind sleeping kids and immediately went up to check on them (1 and 2 at the time). 2 year old had done a messy poo and it was EVERYWHERE, clothes, bedding, wall, hands...
Had to strip wash the poor child while he was half asleep then shower him off. No one's fault of course (he was a heavy sleeper so it didnt wake him) but I felt awful...

I always have checked them all several times a night, and on my way to bed - couldn't sleep otherwise. Am even more paranoid with the baby, have to constantly check she's breathing, I got worse after DS2 had sleep Apnoea (sp?) as a baby and actually would stop breathing for a while. (Doctors would ask how long he stops breathing for at a time and I would reply - Until I poke him of course, I'm not going to sit there counting!!)

It is totally natural to check on your kids, in days gone by we'd all be in the same room but these days they can feel so far away in their little lonely beds...

Lotus-eater

Every single night!

Both of us normally One after the other. Can't sleep otherwise.
I've even been known to come home late and check them both as they are close to getting up, while I'm going to bed still tuck em in and check they are OK.