Posts by beckington

Hi Tara - yup, I definitely feel bored at times. I also just have one kid - ds 2.5 - and my hubby doesn't work long hours etc so I also feel selfish for complaining - I know a lot of moms would love to be able to stay at home and can't....

I'm npt sure I can help with suggestions for sleeping because we are having problems ourselves, but I just wanted to say two things. One is that I know I was the one that mentioned the sleep thing, but maybe it does just suit him to go...

Well the night was a success! During the day ds and I talked about what stuff he was going to do with dh when I was out and he was excited about it. When I left he pretty much pushed me out the door! He got quite tired though so dh...

Thanks for the replies! Maybe we will just let him stay up and hope it doesn't result in a meltdown. It sounds so simple - I just have a tendency to overanalyse things! He's not likely just to fall asleep watching TV, though I think he...

Quote: Originally Posted by beckington My need is to go out tonight. His need MIGHT be for me to put him to bed, or it might not be - just depends on what he decides in the moment. OK, just rereading what I...

OK, so I'm spending way too much time here today reading all these lovely posts about consensual living! I'm trying to get my head around the ideas - I know I'm not a consensual parent but think there's certainly some important things I...

I'm right there with you - my ds sounds similar to yours. It's so hard, isn't it? At times I just want to hide under my bed and never come out! There's been a lot of great suggestions so I don't have much to add. For us, I find not...

Hi Someone suggested what sounded similar to a Playful Parenting technique for a problem with my ds I posted about, which I'm going to try. It got me thinking about the book again. I read it when my ds was quite young and loved it but...

Thanks! The roaring like a lion idea is a great idea - he loves to do that anyhow, so I'll try to work that in. The kicking with nappy changing usually occurs towards the end and he's usually happy to get his nappy changed - comes to me...

Thanks Becky and Em for the replies! We have oftened tried to honour the impulse - just sometimes in the middle of things I get so frustrated I forget or can't think of what would be appropriate! The stick thing is fairly...