“Should I go home before or after noon?”
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Sometimes you can’t figure it out on your own and you could use some advice. That is why every Tuesday a reader talks about her dilemma.
Sheila (28) is mother of Bailey (11 months).
“I’ve been celebrating New Year’s Eve with the same group of friends since my student days. At first in the club, but since the babies are coming we’ve been throwing parties at home. At least as cozy, and just as practical, with sleeping children in our midst.
This will be my first New Year’s Eve as a mother, and what I’ve been looking forward to for months, now that it’s just around the corner, suddenly the doubts strike. Is it actually still possible, over wine and karaoke, with a baby in a camp bed in a bedroom he doesn’t know at all?
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First old and new
My boyfriend doesn’t understand my insecurity. Babies of friends regularly sleep in our bedroom while we are having a party, so why not do the same the other way around? We have a paid Bob to drive us back and Bailey has always been an easy sleeper. We have often left somewhere late. Then he drinks his last feed there and falls asleep in the car home, where we can put him asleep in his cot.
“What if he wakes up with a fright from fireworks or a little too jolly cheering among the adults?”
But somehow it feels different on New Year’s Eve. That will be hours later than usual, and what if he wakes up with a fright from fireworks or a little too jolly cheering among the adults? Somehow I feel the need to just drive home sober before twelve, and quietly usher in our first New Year’s Eve with the three of us with a glass of bubbly at home. At the same time I’m looking forward to the party, I just don’t know if I can still enjoy it so casually. Do I have to celebrate with my friends until after twelve?”
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