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AIBU?

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To lie in bed til 8.30am on Saturday?

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superstarheartbreaker · 01/03/2014 10:06

During the week I get up at 6.30am. I have had a week from hell. I co sleep with dd who is 5 . This is not entirely welcome. On Saturday mornings she wakes up at about 6.30 and chatters and whines away. She winged that she is bored and wants to get up.

Aibu to lie in bed til 8.30 and ignore the winging? Today I was exhausted. I would put her in her own room but I'm too tired to get up!

Of course on weekdays I can barely wake her up!

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BasicFish · 01/03/2014 17:25

How about bringing a duvet down and dozing on the sofa while she watches TV/plays? Not quite the same, but will help you get some extra rest.

FoxesRevenge · 01/03/2014 17:48

No kids here, just spent the day in bed watching tv and napping. 8.30am is the middle of the night in my world

missmarplestmarymead · 01/03/2014 17:51

Ditto! Sometimes you have to let the world turn without you.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 01/03/2014 17:51

You need a TV in your room so you can doze off and she can watch Telly.

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 01/03/2014 17:52

Why do you co sleep?

Why on earth not? What an odd question

nennypops · 01/03/2014 18:21

I didn't suggest there was anything wrong with it, I genuinely wanted to know the answer. All right with you, Dame?

Crowler · 01/03/2014 18:22

From about 5 years old I told my children not to wake me on weekends. It's fine. That's what TV is for.

bodybooboo · 01/03/2014 18:25

na at 3 mine were expected to play/watch tv or a DVD until me and dh were up.

no whinging allowed at any time anyway morning or night.

don't let your kids rule the roost like this.

personally I couldn't sleep with a 5 year old in my bed unless unwell but that's your choice.

MorningTimes · 01/03/2014 18:26

I have a question about co-sleeping: when/how does it normally stop? I know a couple who co-sleep with their 10 year old & they often complain about disturbed sleep. I wonder if they have a cut-off date in mind but don't want to seem judgmental by asking!

MostWicked · 01/03/2014 18:37

*Why do you co sleep?

Why on earth not? What an odd question*

Not an odd question when the OP said "this is not entirely welcome"
Good question in fact.

8.30am is not a lie in. I would get her sleeping in her own bed and with something that can entertain her for a few hours so you can catch up on your sleep.

wonderingsoul · 01/03/2014 18:53

830 is a l ie in for me lol

in my old holuse i wouldnt/wouldnt do it.. i dont like them being on different levels when im asleep.

in my flat how ever,, my bedroom is righ tnext to the living room so i dont mind dozing in bed, how ever they normally come in put netflix on the computer in my room and watch a movie in my bed. which i personally love. cuddles first thing on a saturday is the best.

GiveTwoSheets · 01/03/2014 19:15

morning no set age for when co-sleeping stops with my 1st she was about 4 or 5 but that was because we had moved and took awhile to get bed &bedroom sorted and only time she wanted to sleep in my bed anytime after was when she was ill.

My DS was just before 2 again when I bought him a bed he was excited to sleep in it all though without fail he's gets in my bed in morning for cuddle, sometimes he wakes himself up during night and hear his feet running into my bed. But I'm a single parent don't think I could handle 3 in bed, i love my space!

GiveTwoSheets · 01/03/2014 19:16

And boo hoo I'm jealous of you who get to lay in until at least 0830am!.... My time will come soon hopefully!!

hiccupgirl · 01/03/2014 20:57

We have the same problem with DS 4. He sneaked into our bed at 5amish and went back to sleep, woke up at 6.30 and then was whining he was bored.

Have to admit that after he would not go back to his room when told, I carried him in and told him to stay there till 7.15. Then I went down and put CBeebies on for him.

I'm seriously thinking of giving him the iPad on weekend mornings to try and get a lie in past 7.

Original poster

superstarheartbreaker · 02/03/2014 08:30

I cosleep as im a working single mum and too tired to put dd back in her own bed when she trots in at 2am in the morning.
Will try sleep training again during the Easter holiday.

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Artandco · 02/03/2014 08:38

Co sleeping works wonders IMO. Ours don't actually sleep in out bed but have own toddler beds in our room ( because we live in a 1 bed flat). They are always happy to wake up and go back to sleep if they see we are still asleep. It's like they are reasurred we are still there. They know they can turn on a nightlight next to their bed and look at books if really can't sleep.

It's gone 8.30 now and both still asleep, but youngest did come out of bed about 5am and whisper to dh and I ' im just checking your still asleep'... Then went back

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