why are teenagers so much more tiring than babies!
May 2, 2010 at 5:42 pm 1 comment
Granted it will be more of a “big sigh” with me after having 4 of the little blighters! Lovely though they are, she adds hastily!
Son No 1 (but child no 3) is now 17 and has begun working shifts for a catering company … last night he was working at a wedding but it didn’t finish til 2am and then he had a half an hour journey home. Yes, I know the sensible thing would be to have gone to bed … but NO, the old parental caring thing kicked in and I went to bed at 2.30am once he was home safe and well!
Yes, ’tis true I have been through all this twice before … I have tried to go to bed and sleep through trusting they will find their way home safely but my automatic parenting body clock always, and I mean, always wakes me up at the time they are due in and then I can’t get back to sleep once they are home as I’ve already had several hours kip! I have tried staying awake and then going to bed just before they are due in so I will be so tired and will fall asleep easily – never works! I have found that the only thing that really and truly works for me me is to just stay up until they are home!
Thankfully instead of thinking I’m a total freak, having spoken to other mothers of teenage children, I have realised that I am not alone! Yes, there are some who can just issue a key and say “see you in the morning” but by far the majority are the same as me … not quite able to detach the final remains of the umbilical cord inspite all good intentions … it’s just an involuntary reflex that cannot be switched off!
Arghhhhhhhhh … I need a nap!
Kx
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Naturally Difficult | May 2, 2010 at 5:50 pm
You shouldn’t feel any guilt for doing what is instinctual to you. It sounds like it is a a part of who you are and as far as I am concerned a damn good parent on top of it. My parents would never of let me come in after work (was a grocery cart pusher for four years in high school) and let me just head to bed. Things like that have made me the parent I am today.