Quote Originally Posted by friendowl
anyone with any good input feel free to add....

my lil bit of parental advice is this ,

if you put your babies or lil kids to sleep early
like at 830 every night , when they get older
they will stick to that pattern and leave you in peace
if you let your kids stay up with you , after some time
you will go crazy cuz you need time by yourself

another thing is dont let them sleep in your bed with you
they will get used to it and never leave
i made the mistake of letting my lil son sleep with me
and know he hates to be alone in his room at night
but my lil girl who has slept alone since day one
wont sllep anywhere but in her bed
lol.. my grandma let me sleep with her everynight... then i got older.. and i was scared to be in my own room (like to the point where i'd spend five minutes in there and run the fuck out with my adrenaline pumping.. like if i was being chased by some psycho with a big ass knife) got 10x worse if it was dark... i was even scared to be alone in any dark enviroment... didn't get over it til i was like 16-17 it sucked, and no matter how many times i told myself i was gonna get through it and just sit there and not run out, i always ended up doing so...

so yeah, definately don't let your kids sleep in your bed with you...

oh yeah, our son stays up til like 11-12... but he gets up between 7-9 religously..