Sleep tight!
Sleep tight! We have basic needs and one of them is the extremely underestimated sleep. The sleep that you may take for granted and the sleep that sometimes you do not have time to get. When we had children, there was something that just had towork and that was sleep. If I was going to be able to work, it was absolutely necessary that sleep worked for the little fart. I always want to find smart solutions to everything and after thorough searches I ended up in Anna Wahlgren's Children's Book. This became our bible for several years. A huge help but at that time I had no idea that it was such a flammable substance. Anyway, we invested in an old Emmaljunga wagon of the Danish model. In Denmark, these large models are used and the children sleep out in their pram as much as possible. I bought it at "Den blå Avis", Denmark's equivalent of Blocket. I gave a few hundred kr for it and exchanged my money for the wonder at Elsinore station. The carriage was like a huge schooner and once home we put it on the front porch. I guess the reason we do not have such carriages in Sweden is because we must always have the carriage in the car. We are simply moving in a different way here, of course.
The kid would sleep on his stomach and at fixed times. Out in the carriage during the day and in his bed at night and believe it or not, it went gallantly. I think that because we never hesitated for a second, it was just the way it was and we just kept the time, it all went smoothly. The biggest benefit was that we could dispose of and use our time efficiently because we knew when the kid was sleeping …… at the minute. The best thing about the "leftover time" was that we parents could talk to each other. We agreed on how we wanted it, how we should relate, do, manage, act… .. To avoid emotional discussions, we avoided talking to others about AW and her methods. We were extremely proud that we made it all work and and the boy slept safely in his bed. On the stomach. OMG!
Even today, we as a family put sleep high on the list of non-negotiable things and it works fine. The kids simply maintain good sleep hygiene and we hope that this is something they bring with them into adulthood.
Now in retrospect we look back on toddler time and think that we did a horse job but at the same time it was a huge well-invested force and in the end it is such a short time we are allowed to really take care of and be with our children in that way and you want to serve the best the opportunities they can get so that they can be their best selves according to their conditions. If you only look at yourself, you can easily see that without sleep we simply do not work as human beings. I never really realized what was so incredibly provocative. Was it that AW is a strong and eccentric woman, that the children would sleep on their stomachs or was it simply because sleep was put higher on the priority list than entertainment, flexibility and High life? In any case, the large Danish pram was used for three children who slept on their stomachs. Then the carriage had to move up to Skellefteå and I hope and believe that someone still enjoys it today.
The husbands muesli
This is what you need
• 8 dl oatmeal
• 4 dl rye flakes
• 1 dl sunflower seeds
• 1 dl pumpkin seeds
• 1 dl coconut flakes
• 1 dl chia seeds
• 1 dl flaxseed
• 3 dl nuts. (This time I took cashews and pistachios)
• 3 dl water
• l dl avocado oil
• 3 tablespoons honey if you want some sweetness
Set the oven to 225 degrees. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly in a bowl and then spread the muslin on a baking sheet. Put the plate in the oven and let it stand for about 30 minutes. Every 10 minutes, stir in the plate so that there are no damp lumps. Then you put the oven on hot air and lower the temperature to 50 degrees and after a quarter of an hour the muslin is ready to be enjoyed. Have a nice weekend!
