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to go back to bed at 9

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kitkey · 16/01/2011 07:32

DH is having a lie in -I had one yesterday am. I will wake him at 9 and go back to bed for an hour. I am up at least 2 times a night every night with DS2 who is 20 mths and needs reassuring, a dummy finding etc. It takes me a long time to fall back to sleep after being woken. DH is unaware of of these wakes ups and sleeps through them. DS then comes into our bed about 5 and shuffles until 6ish when he wakes up and I have to get up with him. DH is also unaware of this hour of kicking and face poking. DS1 (3) gets up about 6.30 and the bickering and fighting begins. I look after the kids by myself 6am-7pm 3 days a week and work the other 2 days splitting nursery pick ups and drop offs between me and DH. I also work one long shift every other weekend and DH looks after kids all day DH works hard 5 days a week so we both split our time fairly and both are quite rightly shattered. He has been away all week with work and I have had a bad week feeling ill, a bit depressed and having badly behaved DSs. I feel so tired and unmotivated - I am going to tell DH that I need another hours sleep when he gets up - Is this unfair as it eats into our family time?

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Rosebud05 · 16/01/2011 07:36

Of course it's not unfair. If you're tired, you're tired.

You'll probably have a better day all round if you and dh are as 'refreshed' as possible.

Rosebud05 · 16/01/2011 07:36

Of course it's not unfair. If you're tired, you're tired.

You'll probably have a better day all round if you and dh are as 'refreshed' as possible.

belindarose · 16/01/2011 07:39

Sounds like a good plan. We started doing the same a while ago as I do night wakings and early mornings. Makes me feel so much better if I know I can go back to bed sometimes. I wake him earlier than 9 usually though, especially if I've been up since 5. Hope you get a good sleep.

zazzabeans · 16/01/2011 08:30

i do this aswell Grin
i got up at 8 with the kids, dh has till 9 then i go up for an hour and a half (the 2nd person to go up always gets an extra half hour as it takes longer to fall back asleep Grin)so i wont rise again until 10.30 GrinGrin

we spend our sundays in pjs watching dvds and generally slobbing out Wink

seaweedhead · 16/01/2011 09:32

YANBU. You'll have better quality family time if you've had somewhere near enough sleep.

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