I’ve been feeling a little anti-social lately. I won’t even answer the phone. It’s impossible to be completely anti-social because whenever I turn the corner in my house my adorable Little Monkey pops out and says “Hi G.” I’m not sure why he calls me G, but it works for him. I know who he is referring to…his wonderful mama! Little Monkey keeps me from completely withdrawing from society. He loves to go to parks and unfortunately sometimes I have to interact with other people even though I don’t really want to.
Little Monkey has slowly but surely changed his bedtime on us. I’m not sure when or how this happened, but the hubby and I have just noticed that we haven’t been able to get him to go to sleep before 9pm. Little Monkey is usually down for the night between 9:30-10pm. This was the same child that up until a year and a half would have a major meltdown on or around 7pm if we were anywhere but home because he wanted to wind down for bed. Sadly, I remember complaining about that…oh if only I had known I would have appreciated that more. The hubby and I are exhausted tonight since he went into work an hour early and I happened to wake up an hour earlier than usual. Not cool – and, of course, this would be the day that Little Monkey sleeps until almost 9am! I think we’re going to start working on a bedtime for this little guy because we are all needing our sleep around here.
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Good luck on the bedtime routine! My boys didn't go to sleep at 8 until they started school. They were like boomeranges (sp). They kept creeping back. I'd call it a stage that is very difficult to overcome:)
ouch! a later bedtime. my little guy tried the same act on us but we finally got him tricked into an early bedtime again!! good luck.
Feeling anti social isn't necessarily a bad thing…maybe you're just such good company, that you don't need other people around:-D
Good luck with bedtime. I have 10 kids, and for me (when they were all still little) bed time and and nap time where a MUST. If you are consistent and don't overreact, after a week or two, things should be going very smoothly!
i go through times when i feel anit-social too! i think it is normal of rus stay at home moms because life can get into such a rut. i know that somedays i just plain have nothing to talk about and just dont feel like getting dressed so i just say who cares? hehehehe
my little one still goes to bed @ 7 we have a great bed time routeen right now that works. but i am dreading when she decided that she needs to stay up later with mommy and daddy.good luck
I feel for ya!!. Im lucky that Lyndsey crashes at 8 sharp but Kaylie she wont go to sleep until 11. It drives me nuts lol
Geez! I bet you are tired! I think I'm running on adrenaline! It's after 10… I've been up since 6 and have to get up at 6 again tomorrow… Hmmm… I think I need to get into a 'work' routine. Too bad I'm still in denial that I'm a working mom! Hehe! Hope you're having a better night!!!
I get anti-social too. It's okay I think it happens when we need to recharge, just take a moment for ourselves.
hi joanne, its been along time since my kids were little,but i do remember they never wanted to go to bed early,,but once they started school ,they were pretty tired and they had no problem going to bed…hope you will feel better about being anti -social..