Back when I was working, Gib's bedtime used to be 10 p.m. The latest he'd sleep was 10.30 p.m. and near to 11 p.m. on weekends when we had functions-or-such to attend. I don't know howww it happened, but now he's managed to stretch his bedtime to 12 midnight. It is soo not pleasant to have to force a 1-metre tall toddler (he's seriously tall for his age) into bed and into la-la-land. It is TOUGH. Very testing and irritating.
Yes some blame is to be put on us parents of course because we'd go out a couple of nights per week on family outings and such, and at times we'd arrive home only at 11-ish. Now the li'l fella thinks it's okay to stretch his bedtime till at least 11.30.
This started happening on a nightly basis ever since Gib moved onto his own bed. So while there is that perk of not having him do karate-moves on us in the middle of the night, it's much harder now to put him to bed now that he doesn't nuzzle into Mummy's arms to doze off. Now he'd rather roll around and put himself to sleep (which is something good, I'm told by many people), but helloo... I'd rather have him nuzzle against me for 5 minutes and then doze into deep sleep rather than have his rollllllll around endlessly on his little bed till he can't fight sleep off any longer.
Then there's the resilient-factor. Gibran is his own person. He's very opinionated and I don't blame him for that because Mom said I was that way too when I was little. Who am I kidding? I'm still like that! Well. H may look like Gibran but unfortunately (or fortunately??!) his resilience and somewhat-stubborn nature is so much like mine that Sister laughs when I scold him for being stubborn and exclaims; "It's like you're scolding yourself! Tuhan bagi kau rasa what it was like for Mak to handle you when you were little!". Hmmmmmmff.
When we say "Jangan... Gibran... You'll hurt yourself... "... will he listen? Nooo. He's got to do what he's got to do and hurt himself first, and then he'll stop doing it. And only for about a day or two, coz he'll start right back up reallyyy soon.
As dramatic as this sounds, I find myself "mengucap-ngucap" ("Astaghfirullahhh..." "Masyaallahhhh".... "Yaaaaa Allahhhhhhh..."...) and silently seeking for mental strength ("Ya Allah please give me patience..!!!!")... and then sometimes resorting to a smack or two on the bum in the end. Sigh.
Posing with my light hand weights while bugging me on a workout session.
All strippped and posing "macam Hulk!!" (as he exclaimed) before getting ready for bed.
The usual Spiderman-pose when one asks him to pose for a picture.
6 comments:
I know what you mean as well. I hate it when I am darn freaking sleepy but the brat still wants to fuss around and sing and talk stories at 12 midnight ... eeek!
How many hrs of sleep is he getting in total a day? I rmbr u said he's not a napping boy so I'm assuming he doesn't nap for long. He naps too late? Is that y he can stand till midnight?
Well, u can't expect him to fall asleep on his own if he's not too tired. Esp when there's many other fun things to do than sleeping. :D
:),senyum sorang i tgk gambar gib tu..gib mmg aktif kan?macam2 idea dia ada mesti letih layan dia satu hari:),tinggi muaz 94cm so lebih kurang la tinggi dgn ur son just muaz tu tak nak bercakap je lg :(
:) I can't help but smile.... I guess all boys are somewhat same ?? Reese is no different.... :)
You have a good weekend...and I agree the Kiara Park's playground is horrible...can't they just do something about it?
babe, part yg stubborn-natured to sound very familiar la ;P... reckon we're in the same boat....
can't imagine what will happen if we put both areya and gib in one room, sure havoc la.... with their 'menjawab' skill and mommies yg pening kepala.....
cute..cute..cute la gib especially yg macam hulk pose tu..... hiks
family first; thank god someone gets how i feel!! thank u!!
slavemom; he sleeps about 10 hours (or 11 hours if i'm reallyyyyy lucky) a night and naps about 45 mins to an hour in the evening at about 3.30 pm. some days he doesnt even nap!
hanum; i keeeep on forgetting to get in touch with u. pelupa macam anak dah 10 orang je :p bila nak jumpa ni... teringin nak jumpa anak anak u!
gift frm God; its a TOTAL disgrace! i was telling H we should take pictures and send it over to the papers or something la. so many kids there everyday and yet they do nothing abt it! what the...!!
anis; everytime gib meets a girl (my fren's anak or a cousin or whoever), i gotta warn him to be gentle coz boys dont hurt girls. hehehe. habih laa anak dara org kalau given a chance he would ask them to wrestle. seram..
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