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Original poster

to hate fucking bedtime...

43 replies

normaleggy · 08/12/2011 21:31

JUST SIT FUCKING STILL WHILE I BRUSH YOUR FUCKING HAIR!!
STOP CLOSING YOUR FUCKING MOUTH SO I CAN CLEAN YOUR FUCKING TEETH!!
STOP FUCKING WRIGGLING WHILE I PUT YOUR FUCKING PYJAMAS ON!!
DON'T KEEP FUCKING GETTING OUT OF FUCKING BED!!
JUST FUCKING GO TO FUCKING SLEEP!!

Sorry just unloading on here as I would obviously never say any of this in real life even though it is going through my mind.

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whomovedmychocolate · 08/12/2011 21:32

Yup. Ditto mornings for more of the same round here Hmm

BusyOrc · 08/12/2011 21:33

Your DH sounds like a twat, make him do it himself if he expects any fucking.

BlissfulMistletoe · 08/12/2011 21:34

normaleggy you sound stressed, make yourself a cup of tea or glass of something strong.

how old is DC

dreamfeeder · 08/12/2011 21:35

oh, but most of all, just GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP!!!! (lie down in your cot, pipe down in your cot and go the fuck to sleep!)

ChippingInNeedsSleep · 08/12/2011 21:36

You need to know that downstairs, in the fridge, is a Wine just waiting for you...

How old are the little devils darlings?

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normaleggy · 08/12/2011 21:40

DD is 3.9, DS is 2.2, I split from my exh in the summer and we are currently living with my parents, so it is all a bit stressful really. Not that the exh ever helped with the bedtime routine in anyway whatsoever the lazy fuckwit so no issue there, and generally they are really good kids, but after 6.30 pm they become posessed by the devil!

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normaleggy · 08/12/2011 21:41

Oh and can I just add AND FUCKING STAY ASLEEP!!

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WhoopsyLa · 08/12/2011 21:43

On those nights...when tis very bad, I don't do baths or hair brushing. Blush I just chuck em into bed. Saves time and stress...fling a toothbrush at them if pos.

hiccymapops · 08/12/2011 21:45

Grin say it as loud as you like, I have empathy (and wine) I'll be doing it all over again in the morning (without wine unfortunately Grin)

IwishIwasmoresparkly · 08/12/2011 21:47

YANBU.

I hope it gets easier soon and the Wine helps just a bit in the meantime.

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normaleggy · 08/12/2011 21:53

Whoopsy unfortunately it's every night they are like that and I do skip baths and hair brushing sometimes but dds hair is starting to look like dreadlocks and there have been cases of nits at her pre-school so am slightly paraniod about it! In fact dds hair is a whole seperate thread really!

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cubbie · 08/12/2011 22:04

I hate bedtime too, and my DH helps. They can actually more or less get themselves ready, apart from DS1 getting his own nappy on. (though I bet he could, they're pull-ups).

I just hate that dinnertime/bedtime time of night altogether, and I love my dc dearly, as we all do, I'm sure.

I will probably yearn for these days when they are stroppy teenagers (they are stroppy toddlers), but I so wish they would get into bed, stay there, and go to sleep. I'd love it if someone got me ready for bed, lifted me in, cuddled me, got me all cosy etc. I wouldn't need telling twice.

Time for that glass of wine, I think.
YANBU

WhoopsyLa · 08/12/2011 22:08

OP I also have a child that looks like a small brambly hedge...so I feel your pain. Curls entwined with old peanut butter and bits which I can't identify....I have no advice.

[still recovering from tonights two hour bedtime]

timetosmile · 08/12/2011 22:12

It does get better, honestly (mine are all between 11 and 4), not that that's of any immediate consolation.

Apparently (though I've never found it) there's actually a poem entitiled "If I ever leave them it will be at half past five".....

RealiTreeCoveredInTinsel · 08/12/2011 22:15

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normaleggy · 08/12/2011 22:36

Hmm..if only it were that simple..

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EnjoyResponsiblyIfSleighFlying · 08/12/2011 22:39

It's dinnertime I hate.

Next spoon DS.
Eat your dinner DS.
Next spoon DS.
Eat your dinner DS.
repeat....

Meglet · 08/12/2011 22:44

yanbu.

It's 90 minutes off hell / shouting / rugby-tackling / time-outs / retrieving thrown toothbrushes / screaming because one fecking atom of shampoo has gone near their eye / repeat toilet trips / don't want that story / where did you put your pyjamas / stay in your room.

Angry.

TeaCider · 08/12/2011 22:48

Oh the teethbrushing is a nightmare. I start off The bath routine all fun mum, sweetness and light, come teeth time the shrieks of "open your mouth please dd, wider I can't reach the back, open your mouth a bit more, do you WANT your teeth to rot? OPEN your MOUTH!" resound around the house.

Phew, getting stressed thinking about it. I get her daddy to do it generally, he is wonderfully patient.

TroublesomeEx · 08/12/2011 22:49

Tip - don't brush the hair before bed. I deal with all of the previous day's stickiness the following morning when I feel more capable.

Beyond that, nothing to offer other than more wine. Sad (don't know how to do lovely Wine emoticon.)

TroublesomeEx · 08/12/2011 22:49

OMG just did it! hooda thunk it!

TroublesomeEx · 08/12/2011 22:50

will the same magic work with Bear?

playdead · 08/12/2011 22:50

Are you me Normaleggy ???

Wriggling while curly wiry hair is being brushed -check
Clamping mouth shut while teeth being brushed - check
Getting out of bed - check
Me screaming inwardly - check

Hate bedtime. Sad Angry

TroublesomeEx · 08/12/2011 22:51

Oh it does!!! Huzzah!

Sorry can't be of any more help though Sad

LovesBloominChristmas · 08/12/2011 22:54

Thanks god its not just me....oh you forgot one Dont get up earlier than 6 fucking am