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Dec. 31st, 2007 05:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
I am the Magical Uncaring Bastard.
Corben has already learnt that Liz is more caring and pleasant than me. She recently put him down for a nap and he cried and cried and cried and cried.
She then suggests I have a go, as we have noticed that if put to bed by me, he gives up quicker, because he knows I am heartless and spiteful and will not return despite his wailing.
So, I go through, he's crying. Pick him up, he's crying. Cuddle and shush him for a few minutes. The crying gets worse. Put him down again, put his blankey over him, unceremoniously perch a toy rabbit on his head and leave the room.
Barely 30 seconds later, he's happily asleep.
It's good to be a bastard.
Corben has already learnt that Liz is more caring and pleasant than me. She recently put him down for a nap and he cried and cried and cried and cried.
She then suggests I have a go, as we have noticed that if put to bed by me, he gives up quicker, because he knows I am heartless and spiteful and will not return despite his wailing.
So, I go through, he's crying. Pick him up, he's crying. Cuddle and shush him for a few minutes. The crying gets worse. Put him down again, put his blankey over him, unceremoniously perch a toy rabbit on his head and leave the room.
Barely 30 seconds later, he's happily asleep.
It's good to be a bastard.
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Date: 2007-12-31 05:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-31 06:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-31 06:37 pm (UTC)yepyep ... I've totally seen that we all benefit from having different approaches :) I don't mind being a swine to him currently (he forgets these indignities so quickly at the mo :))... I'm guessing it's going to get harder as he grows...
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Date: 2007-12-31 06:49 pm (UTC)Happy New Year.
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Date: 2007-12-31 07:48 pm (UTC)The "Fatherhood" manual ...
Date: 2007-12-31 06:48 pm (UTC)THAT is the single most useful bit of writing that a new father could ever get his desperate, frustrated, sleep-deprived hands on.
The rest of the book's pretty useful ... all of it can be grabbed HERE (http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm).
Re: The "Fatherhood" manual ...
Date: 2007-12-31 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-12-31 07:03 pm (UTC)(Yes, doublebrick)
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Date: 2007-12-31 07:45 pm (UTC)(:3
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Date: 2007-12-31 08:44 pm (UTC)*dies laughing at mental imagery*
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Date: 2007-12-31 11:27 pm (UTC)Heh, evil parenting! Will make notes like Cav.
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Date: 2007-12-31 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-01-01 01:39 am (UTC)I'm usually good cop, although I pay less attention to her whining. Mummy is bad cop, in so far as she tells her off more, although Annabel has taken to simply wagging her finger back at Mummy and actually saying "blah blah blah blah" (you go, girl).
Annabel's main sleep problems (ie. causes of distress) are silence and darkness. Since we live Out In The Sticks, there are no streetlights, no noisy neighbours and rarely any passing cars. Essentially, there is a fine line between "cot" and "isotank", and it is understandably frightening to fall asleep in the former and wake up wondering whether you're in the latter.
Nightlights aren't good for babies' eyes, and I can't sleep overnight if there's lights left on, so we tend to turn off all the upstairs lights when I go to bed, and just hope she doesn't wake up before daylight - more difficult in winter months.
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Date: 2008-01-01 05:48 am (UTC)