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To be asleep in the hallway

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HMSDeptford · 17/11/2013 03:19

We have a family member (BIL) staying who has got very very drunk. He's already fallen over, half asleep, into my son's (8 months) bedroom door, waking him (thankfully only briefly) and walked into hallway table, causing quite a crash. I am unable to get back to sleep now and am probably being silly but I am worried for my son having someone so out of control in the house. Currently sleeping outside son's bedroom to guard him (!) but it's not that comfortable! We don't have a monitor as it's a tiny flat. Am I safe going back to bed? PND so inclined to overreact, so please be kind! Husband sound asleep, very heavy sleeper. BIL is gentle kind guy and this is quite out of character.

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katese11 · 17/11/2013 07:51

Did you get any sleep OP?

D011Y · 17/11/2013 07:53

So now he is not only pissing on the baby but also curling up in the cot? Then she probably had no choice! Grin

shushpenfold · 17/11/2013 07:56

…….had an old boyfriend who slept in the shower tray once. Upon getting up he exclaimed the immortal words 'huh - thought the bed was a bit lumpy'. I don't take anything for granted around 6 foot drunk people now.

BuzzardBird · 17/11/2013 08:00

Part of being a good parent is preventing.

D011Y · 17/11/2013 08:02

Did you fall asleep at the keyboard buzzard?

BuzzardBird · 17/11/2013 08:03

Zzzz

BuzzardBird · 17/11/2013 08:04

No, I am boring myself so just thought I would stop Grin Op is obviously still asleep, the floor must be more comfortable than my bed?

QuintessentialShadows · 17/11/2013 08:09

My niece did that, went to wee in my sons room when he was 6 months old. She mixed up the rooms, and sat down to wee in a small armchair in his room. Baby dint not wake up. She was not drunk, just sleepy in unfamiliar surroundings.

I hope you managed to get some good sleep. Your bil is lucky to have a brother that would take him in when he had been do silly. Hopefully he will be told it can't happen again. He needs yo learn to take responsibility for himself. He is an adult!

softlysoftly · 17/11/2013 08:26

I was staying at dsis house with tiny dd1 in travel cot when dbil came in drunk.

He loves the kids so kept coming in to give her kisses night night, and became convinced she was cold so tried piling blankets on her (already in grobag).

So no not irrational or down to pnd op, some drunks are silly oafs (and feel very red faced in the morning! )

softlysoftly · 17/11/2013 08:27

Oh and as for corridor sleeping, possibly not the most rational choice but which of us hasn't ended up sleeping in odd locations rather than wake a sleeping baby.

It's called desperation!

HMSDeptford · 17/11/2013 13:29

Thank you, the hall floor wasnt too bad actually but I did move back to bed when it got light (thankfully DS gave us an 830 lie in!). BIL remembers nothing and doesn't even have a hangover, grrr! He did leave us with the parting gift of a stinky, skiddy alcohol shit in the loo though

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