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I am so sick of my sister.
Jul. 3rd, 2013 11:07 pmEva racked up 30 latenesses last year. Thirty OFFICIAL latenesses, that is, as compared to coming in after the bell but before the teacher finished taking attendance.
Why? Because she had a hard time getting up in the morning. Why is that? Because when you wake her up at 7:20, but she didn't go to bed (go to bed, forget about falling asleep, because nobody falls asleep the second their heads hit the pillow!) until 10:40, she got only 9 hours of sleep. And at seven, she needs more than 9 hours of sleep! How do I know? Because she's tired and cranky the whole day and can't get up in the morning!
Ana, of course, has been getting migraines. That's why Jenn wants to do this whole elimination diet thing, but has put the entire onus of recipes on me. ("Well, I said you can buy some new cookbooks!" Fuck you, it's your idea, YOU think up the recipes!) I suggested that she should go to bed on time, and let's really use that month to be on top of bedtime. "Oh, Ana doesn't have trouble with getting enough sleep!" Given that she, too, doesn't wake easily in the morning I find that highly debatable, but at any rate, is it that unreasonable to try a set bedtime? Two known triggers for migraines are insufficient sleep and lack of a consistent sleep schedule. Why NOT start with the easy thing, with or without changing how the entire family eats?
I signed them up for the free swimming classes at 9. Why 9 in the morning, a time MOST people would consider it is reasonable for children to be up? Because that's when the class is offered. I spent the past month, the past MONTH reminding Jenn that this summer they were going to maintain their regular morning wake-up. She swore she understood. I was down with my mother, and when the girls came down at 8:45 I said they needed to go upstairs, brush their teeth, and get ready for bed.
I went up at 10:30, Jenn was sitting on my bed playing Internet scrabble, and when I asked why the girls weren't in bed she said "oh, they're on the toilet!" Now, I don't know about you, but I would get a little concerned about a marathon pooping session that lasted an hour or more. Happily, the girls weren't sick and hadn't fallen in, they were just playing, which anybody could have ascertained by, you know, checking on them.
I reminded Jenn about the wake-up time tomorrow, and apparently this is TOTALLY unreasonable because, when we were kids and visited Belgium, we never went to bed before 10. Not only do I simply not believe this, but that would be a far more compelling argument if I hadn't spent the last ten months bringing Eva in to school late, without her breakfast, because Jenn couldn't be bothered to put them to bed on time.
"Oh, but after we turn out the lights, we talk!" All the more reason to put them in bed ON TIME, right?
Why? Because she had a hard time getting up in the morning. Why is that? Because when you wake her up at 7:20, but she didn't go to bed (go to bed, forget about falling asleep, because nobody falls asleep the second their heads hit the pillow!) until 10:40, she got only 9 hours of sleep. And at seven, she needs more than 9 hours of sleep! How do I know? Because she's tired and cranky the whole day and can't get up in the morning!
Ana, of course, has been getting migraines. That's why Jenn wants to do this whole elimination diet thing, but has put the entire onus of recipes on me. ("Well, I said you can buy some new cookbooks!" Fuck you, it's your idea, YOU think up the recipes!) I suggested that she should go to bed on time, and let's really use that month to be on top of bedtime. "Oh, Ana doesn't have trouble with getting enough sleep!" Given that she, too, doesn't wake easily in the morning I find that highly debatable, but at any rate, is it that unreasonable to try a set bedtime? Two known triggers for migraines are insufficient sleep and lack of a consistent sleep schedule. Why NOT start with the easy thing, with or without changing how the entire family eats?
I signed them up for the free swimming classes at 9. Why 9 in the morning, a time MOST people would consider it is reasonable for children to be up? Because that's when the class is offered. I spent the past month, the past MONTH reminding Jenn that this summer they were going to maintain their regular morning wake-up. She swore she understood. I was down with my mother, and when the girls came down at 8:45 I said they needed to go upstairs, brush their teeth, and get ready for bed.
I went up at 10:30, Jenn was sitting on my bed playing Internet scrabble, and when I asked why the girls weren't in bed she said "oh, they're on the toilet!" Now, I don't know about you, but I would get a little concerned about a marathon pooping session that lasted an hour or more. Happily, the girls weren't sick and hadn't fallen in, they were just playing, which anybody could have ascertained by, you know, checking on them.
I reminded Jenn about the wake-up time tomorrow, and apparently this is TOTALLY unreasonable because, when we were kids and visited Belgium, we never went to bed before 10. Not only do I simply not believe this, but that would be a far more compelling argument if I hadn't spent the last ten months bringing Eva in to school late, without her breakfast, because Jenn couldn't be bothered to put them to bed on time.
"Oh, but after we turn out the lights, we talk!" All the more reason to put them in bed ON TIME, right?
