Do/Did you ever sleep while your YOUNG kids were awake???

well her kid was only 1 year old when she was sleeping while she was running around the house doing and getting into everything that she wanted to. i dont see why it is a problem if they are 9 or 6 yeears old they are old enough to know better. to me i guess i am ranging it from birth - about 5 years old. they are still learning and i think they need mroe guidance. even a 6 year old i think might do things wrong but with an older sibling it might be diffrent. do not get me wrong please. everyone and every parent has a right to their opinion and they can raise their kids as they want to i am jsut interestedin hearing what other parents in the same situation would do. that is good that they know better than not to do those things :) that means you have done your job and they have learned :)

i do not agree with a child watching over a child but i guess some parents have their own way of doing things but to me that takes a lot out of your children. i have seen cases where the older child was taking away from her life and she did nothing but have to watch her sister and her brother. that just isnt fair. that is not why we have kids. we have them love and take care of them ourselves. not to have another child watch them as you do what you want. you are right that isnt your job and you shouldnt have had to so this. that is so unfair to you. things happen and if your mom was watching them then maybe that wouldnt have happened you were a kid your self. i can see why you feel so strongly on this subject.

that is very true but i see it or hear it happening all the time. i do not think it is right to leave their kids to their own specially when they are young. i will say i have accidently fallen asleep on the couch for 5 minutes at the most but i wake up to every movement and when that happens i get up and find some thing to do to help wake me up and that way i am there for my kids.

i agree there is no way of knowing what is going on while you are sleeping and you can not keep them very safe while your sleep and they play. i will admit that i have accidently fallen asleep on the couch for afew minutes here and there but at that point i try to get up and do things to stay awake. also when this happens my kids are in the same room so i wake up to everything that i hear. some people do not realize that their kids are their responsibility and without out guidance they will not learn the right and wrong things to do.

my kids get into everything lol so we have to keep a close eye on them so going to take a 1 hour nap while they are up is just asking for me to have more work in the house to do so that is just not an option haha. now i will admit that i have sccidently fell asleep on the coush while they watch cartoons or eat breakfast but that is never more than 5 minutes and then i try to get myself busy so that i can wake up. i have also fallen asleep while trying to put one of my children asleep but usually at that point they play beside me or do things to me also haha. my oldest has actually pryed my eyes open haha it was actually cute even tho it hurt a little. my kids are very good at waking me up if they get up before me or if i have fallen asleep by accident. like i said it usually isnt for that long but i am glad i have gotten them to wake me up so they dont do anything. one time i woke up in the morning to milk and eggs all over the kitchen floor. i was soooo mad at them but they helped clean it up and ever since then they started eaking me up. that is to cute i actually LOLed at the dipers on your head haha the stickers i am not so sure about lol i bet that was hard to get out of your hair lol yes anything and when i say anything that is what i mean. they could drop a glass nad break it on themselves. i mean yes they know what they are not suppose to do but without supervision kids get curious and they want to check out things they arent allowed to usually so i agree - WHY TAKE THAT CHANCE??

that is a good way to run things and they have lots that they can do to stay busy and active. my husband is usually at work when i am tired. i wasnt to tired to watch them it was more or a figure of speech. now i have been to tired to hold my eyes open before but i was talking to my neoghbor at that point and shed take them for a short while. lately if i am really tired i just get up and get active or play the Wii to wake up and then i start my day :)

i will say and be the first to admit that i have accidently fallen asleep on the couch in the morning a few times and only for a few minutes. i always wake up to every thing i hear also they are either just waking up or eating breakfast and i cant stand that because while eating breakfast they could choke. when i notice myself that tired i get up and find things to do so that i can wake up. there are a lot of parents that do this and i agree with you it is not the responsible thing to do. no your not alone but there are not that many people that think as we do. they think it is ok specially if there is an older child who can watch over the younger one. which is something else i do not agree with. i have had people tell me that i am crazzy and to protective but i think the way i run things is just fine. even if i am a little to prtective atleast i know they are safe and nothing will happen to them. as they get older yes there will be more chances that you can sleep a little longer or that you can relax a little on the rules and not so "over protective" as some people call it but when they are little that is the time to teach them the way things need to be done. i agree my kids are worth a lot more than takin the chance of something happining tp them. i dont know what id do without them.