kiskidee - i think most of us are doing some co-sleeping, but all differing amounts! my lo likes it a lot more than me, cos he actually gets to sleep when we curl up in bed together! id be a big fat liar if i said i hated snuggling up to his warm,soft body!
sounds like most of us had a bearable night last night. im scoffing some maltesters, and feeling a tad grumpy with dp. tuesday is my "special day" when he does childcare, but it was me that took the boy to the doctors for his vaccinations this morning: i did agree to it so that he could practise for his gig tomorrow, and when i got back at 11.30 he hadnt started making any lunch for the boy because it wasnt "lunch time", but i know the boy needs to start his afternoon nap at 12ish, oh, its so petty, but i had to think what to make him, make it, feed him, not get to finish my lunch, and then my dp is talking all about ' a couple of hours' of looking after him! when i am doing childcare i usually take him out to a babygroup or something to entertain him, my dp looks after him DURING his nap, will take him out in the buggy to make him sleep, and i am grateful, but i SHOULDNT be grateful, cos we are meant to be sharing, and 2 hrs looking walking a buggy about is still not 50/50!
probably feeling a bit cross cos dp is off tomorrow for 24hrs, and i know playing a gig is work, but its also FUN and its also drinking and partying and hanging out without talking about nappies and sleep might be rubbish cos you go to bed drunk and late, but thats still different to going to bed early and sober (ish!) and being woken up a million times by a screaming baby!! and he has to have time to practise, of course, but i havent played the piano or done anything creative since my lo was born, and maybe thats my fault for spending too much time on mumsnet!
feel better for that rant. (and the maltesters no doubt!)