JBJ offers mom tips with a strong dose of common sense and an unprecious style. The site's a bit confusing, but I think it promises to be a good venue for candid momtalk. The videos they have up there are lighthearted but instructive, with titles like "You're Not So Special," about the dangers over-praising tykes, and "Daddy Doesn't Do It Right," where moms admit to hyper-controlling Dad's parenting style and dads admit to opting out of the hard stuff in parenting.
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The "Sleeping Around" video is even-handed, allowing you co-sleepers to say what's nice about having a tot in your nest. But it's got stronger proponents of the other side: "I don't like sleeping with little people," one mom says. (Amen, sister!) There's another good bit where a sensible woman talks about ideal families being an inverted triangle with Mom and Dad on the top, and tot at the bottom, NOT sandwiched between, hogging the bed while the parents each cling to the edges to keep from falling off. To me that's a perfect metaphor of much of today's parenting approach, where the children are the center of everything, and Mom and Dad will maneuver themselves into the most ridiculous positions to ensure that nothing disturbs the child's comfort and contentment, and everything and everyone's needs must be sublimated for the child's immediate happiness. Phooey on that, I say!
Back to kids and sleep, certainly Crabmom's never been a fan of the family bed, or of any sort of gentle approach to getting tots to fall asleep. I know the fam-nest works for some of you, or so you say. But me? Far too crabby! Which is why I developed my own patented sleep method, Slap 'Em To Sleep®. Joking, mom-friends, just joking. But I do swear by being brusque with children after storytime. My own crabby mom told me "to be mean to them at night." And dang it, I have to admit that Mom was wise on that one. Nothing like a spot of hard-heartedness to get a good night's sleep for the whole family! If your children are afraid of you turning into "The Night Momster" (Mommy werewolf who morphs into an evil hag when woken up) they'll be far more inclined to sleep through the night! So there you have it—as always, great advice from Crabmommy to you, free of charge. Happy to dispense it, ladies. So glad to be of use!
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