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since this is a mommy rant, i put it behind a cut
i get so frustrated when family members (chris's parents and my parents) do not follow the schedule that we have for jakie. i had a christmas dinner last night, so his parents were to watch him. i was to pick him up when over. i call at 7, he's back at tims (chris's brother) and they will be back at 8. but jakie wants to spend the night. i say ok, remind of rules, bed time 8:30, etc.,
call at 8:20, no jakie, still back at tims. call back at tims, tell jakie to get back up to grandma's, it's bed time. i assume jakie will call me when he gets back to grandmas, he doesnt, that is ok. no worries.
i call this morning, 7:30, a time when jakie BETTER BE UP ON A SCHOOL DAY! he's still sleeping.
m - what time did they get back
g - around twenty til nine
m - did he go to bed then?
g - no, he wanted to watch a christmas movie
m - so when did he go to bed
g - when it was over, i guess around 10, so he's still sleeping
m - you need to go ahead and wake him up
g - WANTING TO ARGUE WITH ME says well i figure the extra 30 mins will get him through the day
in my head i'm thinking, if he would have gone to bed on time, he would be fine!
i drop it, will let chris handle it.
i called, jakie said he was too tired. i told chris b/c he stayed up to late and asked if he got on to his parents. he said yeeeep (and i didn't even have to ask him to) and he said his dad was back in the barn so he wasn't there, but he told his parents this is why jakie can't spend the night during the week. so i'm glad for that.
jakies bed time (and he knows it) is 8:30. that way, we get bedtime stuff done, any reading, etc, and he's laying down, lights out at 9. and works well for us. he's up between 6:30 and 6:45 each day.
we have dinner nights a couple of times a week with beth, the duguids, sometimes bill and heather, sometimes my sister, we usually have something every night. no matter what, we end the night by 9 at the latest. usually by then jakie and jadyn are barely keeping their eyes open anyway. even when someone is at the house (jamie and jenna usually stay late) jakie is in bed at 9. bottom line.
why can't other people grant me that respect, the respect of MY RULES for MY CHILD! they aren't that hard and certainly aren't out of line!!!
i get so frustrated when family members (chris's parents and my parents) do not follow the schedule that we have for jakie. i had a christmas dinner last night, so his parents were to watch him. i was to pick him up when over. i call at 7, he's back at tims (chris's brother) and they will be back at 8. but jakie wants to spend the night. i say ok, remind of rules, bed time 8:30, etc.,
call at 8:20, no jakie, still back at tims. call back at tims, tell jakie to get back up to grandma's, it's bed time. i assume jakie will call me when he gets back to grandmas, he doesnt, that is ok. no worries.
i call this morning, 7:30, a time when jakie BETTER BE UP ON A SCHOOL DAY! he's still sleeping.
m - what time did they get back
g - around twenty til nine
m - did he go to bed then?
g - no, he wanted to watch a christmas movie
m - so when did he go to bed
g - when it was over, i guess around 10, so he's still sleeping
m - you need to go ahead and wake him up
g - WANTING TO ARGUE WITH ME says well i figure the extra 30 mins will get him through the day
in my head i'm thinking, if he would have gone to bed on time, he would be fine!
i drop it, will let chris handle it.
i called, jakie said he was too tired. i told chris b/c he stayed up to late and asked if he got on to his parents. he said yeeeep (and i didn't even have to ask him to) and he said his dad was back in the barn so he wasn't there, but he told his parents this is why jakie can't spend the night during the week. so i'm glad for that.
jakies bed time (and he knows it) is 8:30. that way, we get bedtime stuff done, any reading, etc, and he's laying down, lights out at 9. and works well for us. he's up between 6:30 and 6:45 each day.
we have dinner nights a couple of times a week with beth, the duguids, sometimes bill and heather, sometimes my sister, we usually have something every night. no matter what, we end the night by 9 at the latest. usually by then jakie and jadyn are barely keeping their eyes open anyway. even when someone is at the house (jamie and jenna usually stay late) jakie is in bed at 9. bottom line.
why can't other people grant me that respect, the respect of MY RULES for MY CHILD! they aren't that hard and certainly aren't out of line!!!