elaineandmichaelsmommy
11-18-2006, 01:45 AM
Now don't get me wrong. My mil is a great woman. She loves the kids like crazy.She wanted dd to go to montissori preschool so badly and we couldn't afford it in our dreams. so she offered to foot the whole bill. i was so gratefull i cried. She also helps to get dd to the school every morning since the nursing home dh grandmother is in is less that 3 miles from the school and she's going that way anyway. Today she picked up dd at school and took her to the zoo.As if that weren't enough she got her lunch,and bought her and ds stuffed animals at build a bear workshop at the zoo. I was floored. She's very generous to the kids and I feel like a horses rear end for complaining.
BUT
Did the kids have to be up at 11pm???!! It's not hard to get dd to bed. Put her in her pj's, read her a book,let her have a glass of milk and put her in the bloddy BED!! It's not rocket science. DS is a little trickier since he nurses to sleep. But come on-her normal bedtime is 8:30. when we got home they were watching cars for the second time. That means she had almost 4 HOURS of watching tv. WTF?? This from the woman who is the biggest proponent of montissori i've ever seen. I don't get it. So we had to wait until the movie was over and grandma had left b4 we got her and her brother their story and she finally was tucked in by 11:45.GGGGRRRRRR. I don't know what to say about this.Obviously dh and i would like to be able to stay out a little later, maybe see a late movie. But we can't do that if she's not going to put the kids to bed. Given that she does so much for us I feel really awkward about addressing this. Any ideas.
Thanks,Jen
BUT
Did the kids have to be up at 11pm???!! It's not hard to get dd to bed. Put her in her pj's, read her a book,let her have a glass of milk and put her in the bloddy BED!! It's not rocket science. DS is a little trickier since he nurses to sleep. But come on-her normal bedtime is 8:30. when we got home they were watching cars for the second time. That means she had almost 4 HOURS of watching tv. WTF?? This from the woman who is the biggest proponent of montissori i've ever seen. I don't get it. So we had to wait until the movie was over and grandma had left b4 we got her and her brother their story and she finally was tucked in by 11:45.GGGGRRRRRR. I don't know what to say about this.Obviously dh and i would like to be able to stay out a little later, maybe see a late movie. But we can't do that if she's not going to put the kids to bed. Given that she does so much for us I feel really awkward about addressing this. Any ideas.
Thanks,Jen