On Sunday I’m going to sit in silence for 4 hours

[Drinkandknowthings]

I have a 3 & 6 year old. I’m a SAHM. The schools shut here in Ireland March 12 so the girls have been home full time since then. My 6 year one doesn’t stop talking - ever.

On Sunday DH is taking the girls to visit his parents (allowed here) and I’m just going to sit in silence while they’re gone!

I miss my bike rides when they were at school. I'd like to be on a desert island for a few hours right now. Don't care what the weather is like, I just want peace and quiet.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I love it!!!

Have a lovely peaceful few hours. Am very slightly envious.

Very envious! DD didn't speak until she was 3.5, she has more than made up for it in the last 12 weeks. I am desperate for quiet.

Nice! Do it.

When I was at school we used to do sponsored "hush in" days
they raised loads of money
and now as an adult I can see why the teachers loved them .....

Maybe get your kids to do a hush competition one morning ?

listeningquitely I timed DD6 one morning to see how long she could stay quite (she knew I was doing it). 2 minutes 47 seconds. (DD3 lasted 15!seconds!)

@1forAll74

I know two people who are totally deaf, and I am hard of hearing a bit, so we would like to hear some normal types of noise.

The OP is talking about a few hours. And when you've had constant noise, it can be overwhelming at times.

I, too, wear hearing aids as I'm partly deaf. I also like some peace at times, and in fact, will be going to my room shortly to read in quiet.

OP, enjoy your peace and quiet.

Oh OP, ENJOY!! I had half an hour to myself last night and I just sat in absolute peace. It was amazing.

So so jealous. Mine are driving me mad.

Yep I hear you! 15, 9,6 and 5 here, if they're not talking they're either arguing,eating (don't get me started on the fucking eating) or just basically causing a trail of destruction.....

I wish my husband would do the same for me! Enjoy OP!

Uneccessary comment from 1forAll74.
Your post made me smile and think about the time we bundled DD 2yrs into the car, riddled with chicken pox but otherwise ok, for a 5 hour drive to our booked holiday cottage. Chicken pox or not she literally did not pause for breath for the whole journey. I was knackered when we got there!

Enjoy the peace OP.

I can totally relate to this. Very jealous. Hope you enjoy every minute!

If anyone has already said I apologise for not having RTFT but
Make sure you turn off all your phones etc so you can absolute stick to it and enjoy every second!

Enjoy!!!

Don't waste it arguing on here!!

How long has it been allowed there?

Can he book Sunday dinner with them every week?

I stay up far later than I should because the silence is so wonderful.

Ds 8 talks/shouts/sings from the moment he gets up until he's asleep. About 15 hours a day. Non-stop. No matter what he's doing.
He doesn't always require a reply thankfully. He just seems to need to narrate his life or he has a daily word limit he has to hit, so I stay up late and spend my days tired 🤷‍♀️.

It’s been allowed since Monday here. 6 people can meet indoors. There hasn’t been a case in our county in almost 3 weeks.

Drinkand
Could you do your kids a start chart and see how long they can stay quiet for twice a day - as a competition?

They are allowed to be doing a non electronic activity
such as a jigsaw or colouring or reading or playdoh
but they have to see how long they can stay quiet.

Its a good mental discipline and can help make a difference to the days

I stay up far later than I should because the silence is so wonderful

Me too! Otherwise 90%of my waking hours are narrated by DS’s (11) humming. If I stay up late, it’s only 75%.....

I'm a lone parent to an 8 and 3 year old and this is exactly what I done on Monday when my parents took them for a 3 hour walk. I didn't even switch the TV on I went to Mcdonalds drive through, came home and ate it in silence and had a nap.

They will be doing the same on Sunday probably and I will be sitting in silence again. I have a load of TV programmes I have to catch up on, one of the bedrooms needs gutted, a cupboard needing cleared out and I could really be doing with having a massive toy clear out but I don't want to waste my precious quiet time on any of this stuff .

listeningquitely DD6 doesn’t do well with star charts - they just seem to add pressure to her and she ends up sobbing if she doesn’t get a star (have tried them in the past)
DD3 would probably try and eat the chart (she’s my wild child)

I'm often up until 1am at the moment, just sitting, in blissful silence.

fedupoflockdown our McDonald’s opened recently as well - now you’ve given me an idea for Sunday!!
I desperately need to clean/cull the kids room but like that I just can’t face it the first time I have time to myself!

Drinkand
Make cupcakes, put them out of reach, whoever is quieter longer gets to pick first ?

And YYYY
NO TIDYING at all
in your shoes I'd sit in the garden and listen to the birds / rain and do a sudoku