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What do you do when your toddlers (or older kids) come into your bed in the middle of the night? Are you used to it? Does it drive you crazy? Todd and Cathy discuss night-time options and their own personal experiences. They also discuss why making casual negative remarks about your kids in front of your kids (i.e. “I can’t wait until this guy goes back to school…”) may be harmful. They also discuss wool turtlenecks and Cathy’s 38 year old stuffed animal named Monkey.
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Are you guys serious? I can’t believe that ANYONE would lock a toddler out of their room or prevent them from entering it. It’s perfectly normal for little kids to want to be with their parents at night sometimes, particularly when their parents sleep together. I think it’s absolutely insensitive and cruel to force kids to be alone at night if it distresses them. If parents are sleep-deprived they need to find another solution. Locking them in their rooms or out of their parents’ room is just as unacceptable s spanking in my opinion. We got double beds for our kids and if they want some company at night we sleep with them in their beds. They do sometimes come into our bed (which is fine) but mostly they are happy to stay in their own beds with one of us. I appreciate that mums/parents need to sleep but parenting doesn’t stop at night. It’s really not that hard to get a big enough bed for everyone to share and be comfortable..
Jen,
My apologies for taking so long to respond. i had a problem with this email account. I think we’re on the same page. many parents on a much different page however. thanks for listening and taking the time to comment. if there’s any topic you’d like us to discuss, please let me know and we’ll do our best to work it in. thanks again!
Todd