It's a disciplinary issue

[ailbhe]

How does one impose nonviolent discipline on children at 4 am? Given that these days I swear generously when woken up and am very inclined towards physical violence?

I want to get Linnea one of those clocks that lights up when it's a civilised time to come into her parents. I want to cut Rob's soft palate out of the back of his mouth and plug his nose with it. I want a night in a hotel all by myself with earplugs and sleep drugs.

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Kate has now been trained to stay in bed (mostly) until either Andy or myself are up, but she is 5. Holly (aged 3 today! yay!) gets up between 1 & 2am every single night & comes into our bed. I have learnt to either sleep through it or go straight back to sleep, but it's taken a long time for me to get to this point. I now also have back ache as Andy stayed in bed this morning (normally he goes into Holly's bed) as I ended up sleeping half hanging over the side of the mattress.