Which child do you work round?
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Topic: Which child do you work round?
Posted By: Peanut
Subject: Which child do you work round?
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 7:46pm
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After a wee discussion in my thread i am curious as to what child you work round when you ahve 2 children?
DS2 is proving to be a more "needy" child and I am wondering if its becuase he gets interrupted sleep due to DS1's activities. So which child do you work around? -------------  
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 8:02pm
A bit of both but mostly Elias, I schedule Issys activities around his sleep times or on weekends when there are two of us. 
Day to day its who needs the most attention at that particular time and who I feel can wait till ive attended to the other. ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 8:19pm
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Yeah I work round both kids. Four mornings a week Jack has activities on so Ben just has to tag along but it can interrupt his sleeps alot so on the other days I try and stay put at home so he can catch up and Jack has to work around Ben. If I have to go somewhere that means we are in and out of the car or short trips I try and make them in the late afternoon because Ben doesn't sleep well then anyway so it doesn't matter as much if he is interrupted ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: bub
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 8:53pm
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yeah i work round both but i have always liked my girls to have there sleeps in routine im bit fussy with that prob bit much sometimes. ------------- mother to Brianna, Amelia & Mathew. http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 8:58pm
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I mainly work around Jake, and Morgan just has to fit in. But in saying that if she needs to be fed I feed her, and Jake has to wait. And if we're going out I will try to time it so Morgan can have a nap in the car on the way there or back if she is almost due for one. Jake sleeps for about 3 hours in the arvo and it really is not worth mucking that up!! ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 10:25pm
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I work around both kids aswell.
I just tend to who needs me the most at that particular time etc. ------------- |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 08 November 2009 at 11:38pm
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I have it easy ...Caitlyn is at school from 8:30 to 3pm...will be harder once we have number 3 . ------------- 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:21pm
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Both, but Ava if they're both crying for food or whatever (although I do aim to have snacks available for Jack at all times). Toddlers can wait a bit longer than babies.
But... when I take the kids to DC Ava's routine gets messed up and TBH I don't care because I need to get to work as quick as possible. I wouldn't wait for her to finish a nap or anything before we went, but I do try and time her first nap so she's waking from a sleep cycle anyway. Ava's a lot more needy than Jack was too, I think its because you don't devote every part of their waking moments to them. Atm Ava gets fed then popped on the ground while I tend to Jack, and picked up when she starts getting cranky. |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:29pm
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Yeah I tend to work around Lukes activites - which means that Amys daytime sleeps have been timed for those. Because of that we sometimes have a tired cranky baby - which means we might need to have a day off and hang around home or take it easy.
ETA: the above might be read wrong, I meant to say that Amys needs have now become part of the routine. They both sleep at 12pm, so we are home from any morning outing in time for them both to go to bed. If we start a day cranky (either of them really) then we can easily stay home. I am a bit of a stickler for the kids getting at least their main day sleep in there own beds (if poss) ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 09 November 2009 at 2:29pm
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Depends on which childs needs are more urgent, whether i've paid for activities and whether DH is available to tend to one or the other (or i can rope mil in to help). So it's all about give and take here. ETA: DS has a routine which we stick to despite DDs activities. Sometimes it means he doesn't sleep at home at all but he still sleeps at the right time (generally). -------------  
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