Good points flying butter- I was being a bit tongue in cheek! I know babies do more than just sleep and some don't sleep peacefully And I must admit I hadn't thought of a huge poo scenario!! So would you recommend waiting until baby is at least 9 months or so rather than 4 months or do you think its doable to study with a 4 month old - just not at lectures or field trips? How did/do you manage study with Liebling- ie. do you wait till he is asleep or do you get up early etc?
I did a lot of reading when Liebs was a baby, but he really didn't sleep and would have me up for several hours at night, so couldn't study when he was tiny. I went back to school when he was 2 to study chemistry. I dropped him at Nursery an hour early and used that time to study/write essays/do homework, I sometimes picked him up an hour late and used that hour too - I liked to leave when lectures finished and sit in the nursery car park and get my homework done. I wrote up lab work in the evening and at the weekend. I did get up early, as he did 5am wake ups some days. Waiting for him to sleep was never a sure bet either. He often went to sleep after me. Still does, sometimes.
Liebling likes us to "work together" now - so I can sit and write/type/mark and he will do the same. Or sit and colour. It's together time, that's what counts.
It really depends on the baby - I know some people who can study with a 4mo because they are "good" babies (unlike evil Liebling, who was clearly mugging grannies at that age - sorry, I have a bee in my bonnet about the word "good") - that is, they sleep in expected patterns, don't demand 100% attention during all waking times and are fairly calm - or will do alongside activities (so give them a crayon and some paper while you write and they're happy). But it does depend on the baby. While I could (and did!) read just about anything to Liebling, just so long as I was reading to him and holding him, others don't have that luxury.
Thanks for your reply, those are really good strategies, very organised but also quite full on- I see I'll have a lot to learn. Its also good to know that I really do need to be realistic and just wait and see, I won't know how baby will sleep until I come to it. I think I will need to just calm myself down a bit and see how I go
Liebling will be miles ahead in chem given all his early tutoring! I wish my mum had done that for me.. as a pharmacist she could have imparted so much knowledge- but I ended up having a chem tutor!
I agree that labels like good and bad, naughty etc are terrible for people/ babies and particularly destructive once they get to toddlers.
Last edited by shells79; November 12th, 2012 at 09:03 PM.
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Reply With QuoteAnd I must admit I hadn't thought of a huge poo scenario!! So would you recommend waiting until baby is at least 9 months or so rather than 4 months or do you think its doable to study with a 4 month old - just not at lectures or field trips? How did/do you manage study with Liebling- ie. do you wait till he is asleep or do you get up early etc?
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