Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 30 Nov 2005 09:46:54p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sarah
> bennett?
>
>
>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed 30 Nov 2005 09:32:08p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it sarah
>>>bennett?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Dan Abel wrote:
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>>>>>In article >,
>>>>>Julia Altshuler > wrote:
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>>>>>>(babies will fuss and cry at times) and how much can be (even babies
>>>>>>learn quickly not to fuss and cry when they know they'll be removed
>>>>>>if they do).
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>>>>>
>>>>>You and I have butted heads over the little ones before. I guess it's
>>>>>time again. Babies don't learn behavior patterns. They are busy
>>>>>learning much more basic stuff. It's the job of the parents to
>>>>>recognize when the baby is losing it, and to take action (like
>>>>>removal). I'm guessing that you've never had babies. They don't work
>>>>>like that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>or when you have a three year old like mine, who wallops you with a
>>>>punch, and then giggles and asks if you are angry. Babies and kids
>>>>freak out. I'm not abouty to inflict that on those who have chosen to
>>>>be free of such obligations
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I know there are many mothers like you, Sarah, but there are still not
>>>enough. :-)
>>>
>>
>>Heh. Tell it to my next door neighbor, who keeps pounding on the damn
>>wall when kidlet's being difficult about going to bed. (because that's
>>how you get a kid to sleep, apparently- scaring the bejeebus out of
>>them, right?)It doesn't seem to matter that I have apologized 8 trillion
>>times, and asked them nicely to please not pound on the wall. I mean, I
>>understand that if our kid is screaming, it's hard to hunker down
>>yourself, but what am I supposed to do? let her stay up as late as she
>>wants? I mean, now that I have a job again, I'd like to stay employed,
>>and not get fired for oversleeping *again* because I was up till 2 am
>>with an insomniac preschooler. Then again, without any income on my
>>part, we would get evicted, and then the neighbor's problem would be
>>solved. (These people have a child themselves, or maybe I would be a bit
>>less bitchy about it)
>>
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>
> That kind of situation is difficult if not impossible. I can't think of
> any better way to deal with it than what you've already tried.
>

Well, we explained that he was cranky just like her . She is going to
bed at a much more reasonable hour now (unlike her mother, who is
yawning atm and should get off the damn computer :> )It would have been
better if we could have gotten her sleep schedule straightened out when
I was having to get up at 5 am, though.

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