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From: steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Waking behavior in under-3 year olds
Message-ID: <213@luke.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 00:22:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: luke.213
Posted: Thu Jun 13 00:22:42 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Jun-85 03:29:26 EDT
References: <415@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: steven@luke.UUCP (Steven List)
Organization: Benetics Corp, Mt.View, CA
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Summary: 

In article <415@linus.UUCP> peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft) writes:
>Anyone else have young kids (under 3) who are very unhappy when woken up
>before they want to be?  Joellen is particularly unhappy when she's been
>asleep for less than an hour (i.e., fell asleep in the car) and cries without
>undertanding why.  I feel sure it's not a "voluntary" fit of crying - she
>starts crying before she's fully awake and can cry for 10 to 15 mintues before
>getting herself under control.
>
>This behavior has lessened as she gets older, so I wonder if it's some kind of
>age dependent thing.

We have two children: Sarah (4) and Matthew (2).  Neither of them EVER
likes being waken up before s/he is good and ready.  However, we have
chosen (generally) to accept the cost at bed time rather than in the
middle of the night or early morning.

Since both kids are now potty trained, we find that the only times they
have nighttime accidents are those evenings when we've chosen not to
wake them and take them to the bathroom.  In fact they also cry in the
same involuntary fashion as Joellen.  The crying stops about 10 seconds
after they are back in bed (unless fully woken in which case I recommend
heading for the next county to avoid the cranks and whines).  Again, the
cost is easier to take when we're conscious rather than in the wee
hours.

Parenthood is probably the greatest charge available!
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