To not want an awake child around at 11pm when I'm on holiday PART DEUX

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First thread

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/4332702-to-not-want-an-awake-child-around-at-11pm-when-i-m-on-holiday

[quote PartyPotato]@1AngelicFruitCake imagine if she ghosts us and we never get closure 😩[/quote]
I won’t be able to move on! It’ll be a sad end for a great thread! I have faith in OP! I’ve been there since the beginning and I know she can do it!

I genuinely think the friend has found out about the thread

mumjustmum

I'm now understandably put off from reading the two how to talk books on my shelf - appreciate the warning!
Can anyone recommend a good book please? I have a 2.8yr old and twin 1.8yr olds. Thank you

You have three under three?

You don't need a book, you need alcohol. Lots of it

I disagree, as a parent of four under three (and then again three under three) we don't have the time or energy (physical or emotional) to deal with the Alyssas of this world. My friends with one have the time to pander, a strict ship works wonder.

@PartyPotato it may have been a temporary ban until they produced a drawing.

This reminds me of the time I offered to babysit a teacher's 5 year old child. The teacher must have been desperate to canvass her class of 16 year olds for a volunteer.

But as she was leaving the house I realised she hadn't mentioned a specific bedtimefor her daughter so I asked for some instruction:

'Oh Alexandra will tell you when she's ready for bed.'

Even as a 16 year old I knew that this would not end well.

Alexandra was never ready for bed and would not budge for love or money.

She was still awake at 11 when her mother returned (and was appalled to find the 5 year old awake).

What made it worse was that the teacher moaned about this state of play in to the whole class the next day:

'I'm a little disorganised becase Alexandra was so exhausted this morning. Lionheart babysat and let her stay up all night!'

*You have three under three?

You don't need a book, you need alcohol. Lots of it

I disagree, as a parent of four under three (and then again three under three) we don't have the time or energy (physical or emotional) to deal with the Alyssas of this world. My friends with one have the time to pander, a strict ship works wonder.*

What are you disagreeing with? A joke?!

OP come back!

@torchh

I genuinely think the friend has found out about the thread

Why do you think this? OP said that friend didn't even know what this site was.

Because where is the OP!

OP is on holiday. Most people on holiday with kids and friends aren't playing with their phones. I think those saying friend's daughter can't sleep and has special needs are ignoring the fact that her mum said she'd be in bed by 8. If I had a good friend who had difficulty getting her kid to sleep I'd expect her to raise this when a joint holiday was first discussed. We could then discuss strategies for dealing with it and I agree that not rewarding her getting up and us sitting reading our books or something and ignoring her rather than playing games etc would be part of it. The youngest child goes to bed and this sounds behavioural and learnt behaviour. The mother is the cause of this behaviour.

Oh I'm waiting for the up date as it's past bed time.

Oh wow there's Part Deux!

And I didn't even manage to get all the way through the first one

@torchh

I genuinely think the friend has found out about the thread

I'm thinking so too

[quote PartyPotato]@proudwomansexmatters banned from a gentle parenting group? Thats not very gentle of them is it. Didn’t they want to talk it through?[/quote]
Clearly not when They realised they'd broken their own gentle be kind rule 😂. It did make me LoL

Oh no!

Let's hope the thread doesn't get deleted!

I'm here with a wine ready to read through all of part deux, my Saturday night entertainment

OP hope you are having a fab evening drinking wine with your friend and A is in bed.

I'm clearly always very late to the party, so to speak

@torchh

I genuinely think the friend has found out about the thread

If this gets deleted we’ll know why 😩

I suppose the fact is hasn't been deleted means everything is ok

[quote PartyPotato]@proudwomansexmatters banned from a gentle parenting group? Thats not very gentle of them is it. Didn’t they want to talk it through?[/quote]

I’m trying to drink wine, eat pizza, watch a film AND check on this thread all at the same time. My concentration is waning.

How's it going, OP?

I hope op is having a great last night with her friend without A
I am surprised that she hasn't been on here for a while with an update, I'm actually disappointed

Anyone else feeling a bit rejected? OPs friend hasn’t been there, we have. We can’t offer the excitement of real life granted but We offered OP a series of comforting, happy (or so I thought) evenings full of joy. It looks like we’ve been discarded for a flash in the pan who hasn’t put the graft in that we have. We’ll still take you back OP but promise us we’re the ones who matter!😁

@TrufflyPig

What is the opposite to 'gentle parenting'? Am I a harsh parent because I make my kids go to bed at 7pm?! 😂

Actual parenting

[quote Yesitsbess]@PartyPotato it may have been a temporary ban until they produced a drawing.[/quote]
Has anyone checked in the inclusion room?