to sleep in the garden?

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libertine73 · 16/07/2013 03:48

so, went to bed at 12, tossed and turned till 1 when ds got up for a drink and a moan about being hot, back to bed for dd to wake up like it's morning have tried putting her back twice to near hysteria from her (and me a little bit) oh has 5 am start for long drive tomorrow so can't have her kicking off, an going to try and get her in with us in a minute, but just having her on my lap is boiling!

AIBU to go and sleep in the garden? it's getting light and I'm knackered

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JenaiMorris · 16/07/2013 04:38

YANBU, although I hope you've all managed to doze off by now :)

FunInTheSunD · 16/07/2013 04:48

good idea, but to be honest it depends where you live!

sashh · 16/07/2013 07:08

I did that a couple of years ago. I'd never slept 'under the stars'.

Ticklemonster2 · 16/07/2013 08:21

We contemplated sleeping in our son's wigwam last night due to the heat!

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libertine73 · 16/07/2013 12:24

Finally got DD to sleep in her cot at around 4.30, tried the co sleeping, but she wants to be so close, was just too sticky, was up at 6.30, urgh, roll on autumn!!

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libertine73 · 16/07/2013 12:25

I want a wigwam!!

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Fakebook · 16/07/2013 12:30

Do it! We used to do it when we were younger with my mum and my dad used to work night shifts. I saw so many shooting stars one year and it was like an adventure. I don't know, maybe your children are a bit young for it though.

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libertine73 · 16/07/2013 12:32

Oh shit, have they got to come?

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EBearhug · 16/07/2013 12:35

I try and sleep under the stars at least once a year. Fortunately, my back garden is quite sheltered. If I wake up when it's light but still early, I'll usually go back inside and finish sleeping on (not in) my normal bed.

The first time I remember doing it, I was 13 and it was the summer holidays, and there was a meteor shower, so we had the sunbeds out on the lawn, and lay looking up at the sky, counting shooting stars. I got to over 100 before I fell asleep.

Some of the houses I've lived in, I wouldn't have felt either that it was dark enough (light pollution from street lights), or that I wouldn't necessarily have been safe (cheap accommodation isn't always in the best area of town.)

If you're prone to mossie bites, you might want a net, and/or insect repellent.

Fakebook · 16/07/2013 12:37

No they don't have to come! If you're lucky and they sleep through the go for it!

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