Hiya,
Sorry to launch straight in! Bit of background: 1 & 3 year old with DH of 4 years, plus 10 year old SD who comes to stay in holidays.
Now that she's 10, however, SD stays up later, and makes a real fuss at bedtime if she's told that her bedtime is earlier than ours - crying, and having a full-on tantrum. So much so, that in the end, by the time she's finished doing her thing, me n hubby are so knackered, it's bedtime.
We have a lot on at the moment, and need to have some time to ourselves to keep things moving along (house renovations, work amongst many other things).
I keep telling myself it's only for short periods of time - either 2, or 4- 6 weeks at a time, but I must admit I find not having any time to 'download' with my husband very difficult, and I get really annoyed!
Also, at 10, isn't it time to stop having tantrums?!
TBH I think I'd feel exactly the same if our kids were also up later, so it's not all about the step situation, but how can me and hubby get an hour or so a day of 'us' time into our day? Or is the reality that you just don't when you have slightly older kids?
It's affecting our relationship, as everything just boils up until we have a big row to clear all the things we should've spoken about days ago.
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decaffeinated · 02/08/2011 08:09
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