I just need to vent

chloe has been so sick in her life as well that i have given her meds i mean antibiotics u name it but not to sleep!!!

Julz hahahaha i am laughing now, this post has been so quiet the whole day and now look

anyways i am sure we can all agree that its wrong to do it just to make ure kid sleep and thats the only reason.

I am outta here, have a great evening all u moomies

ashbabe - in winter I do the sam, often it's lovely.

Hubby and I can go out anytime we can organize one of the grannies. We are not very trusting of others quite yet. Jade has started sleeping at her grannies. Troy still bf so I express all week long and try to avoid the pump on weekends.

We go out for early dinners and take him with. He is still at an easy age.

Most of my friends have small kids too so we limit outings at night - it's just a bit much all of them together. We tend to spend alot of time with my folks and my kids bath etc happily there.

Ok, I give Hannah her bottle, she falls asleep in my arms and then I just cuddle her for a bit (bout 10 mins) then put her in her bed. some nights she sleeps through, othertimes she wakes just for a feed and then I feed, burp and put her into her bed where she sleeps again.

In answer to your questions RM, yes, when DH and I go to supper alone we leave the girls at my parents and I'm perfectly comfortable to do so and know that they are good. Hannah will fall asleep in her bed and Mia falls asleep on the couch or folded up duvet in the lounge.

At friends, they are no trouble. If they need a bath, they have a bath and then carry on playing quietly. Most of my friends have kids, and those who don't sit with me while I bath or fed them because they're interested.

We don't normally go out during the week, and on weekends we take the kids with us if we go to breakfast or to friends.

As I said, I'm with Jems, Attachment Parenting. The nights are and weekends are my time with my girls and that's exactly what I want to do, spend time with my family!

And if you're worried DH doesn't get time with Mia in our bed, how do you think we made Hannah??

I really have not hassles with how you want your child to go to sleep at night, but just not with meds.

I also give Dylan calpol if he is rediculously miserable. I have been a mom long enough to know my child.

Ya sure give them ecstasy when they are sulky unhappy teenagers! Surely that's the same thing. I can't believe parents actually give their kids meds to sleep. There, pop a pill and it's all better now

i had chloe - wait for it ladies

in my bed til as far as i could remember - out with the old and in with the new hahah (hubby was kicked out of our bed) and she was put in and boy oh boy did i struggle to get her to sleep in her own bed

i still do but we dont fight etc and i love falling alseep with her and cuddling her and lying next to her, thats our time, we read, we sing, we "scratch" its our special bonding time and i truely treasure having that time with her every day.
its my special time and i cant wait to bath and get into bed with her even if that means i am in my pj's at 7 - 7.30

I think we all pretty much agree that dosing your kid is wrong.

I'm into "attachment parenting". That makes me, hubby and kids happy. Having kids and giving up a few things ie. space in the bed in my case, go hand in hand in my opinion. I have realistic expectations and I know that my 13 old daughter and son won't want to sleeping in my bed!