CD players and computer comfort numbers

My twins are now 2 years 8 months and have been falling asleep to their sleep CD for about 2 years 6 months 🙂

If conditions are right, they’re off to dreamland after about 1 – 2 tracks.

Well, the CD player in their room broke. From somebody’s enthusiastic handling of the machine.

We just put them to sleep without it but it’s been a lot harder. As in an hour’s chit chat accompanied by lots of giggles and other sounds of naughtiness.

Last weekend I really needed them to sleep quickly without all the shenanigans.

So I took my laptop to their bedroom to play the CD.

Because the laptop was with them and I have a self-imposed no iPad when I’m at home rule, I was forced to do something else whereas normally during their naps, I read a little and then veg, reading blogs on the computer.

This time, I tackled some organising in my study, finished some crafts, got birthday gifts ready, took pics for the blog, etc.

All this in two hours.

This is what happened to the felt placemat – I think it’s very cute!

In other words, I was super productive. All because I wasn’t on the computer.

Even I couldn’t believe it.

I used to have another rule – no more than two hours on the computer a day. That’s once I get home from work, of course.

I’m not sure when that one fell by the wayside… but I need to bring it back so that I have more time for reading, cooking, baking, taking photos and creating.

 

It’s tough but I know I can do it.

How about you?

What is your computer time comfort number?

PS the sleeping baby pic was taken this weekend. He never even stays still long enough to be held, let alone to fall asleep so I had to get a pic 🙂

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  1. At the moment I actually need MORE computer time at home! I am just not getting to all the work I need to do.

    The days are busy with shop stuff and often I dont even put my computer on during the day and if I do its to make a payment or design a pamphlet and then its off!!

    Evenings and weekends are go go go so when kids are asleep and all the chores are done I am just too tired!

  2. First of all, this pic is absolutely priceless! Love it!

    The key to get something done is to NOT turn the computer on when I get home after work, until I have accomplished what I want to do that day. If I tell myself “I’ll just check this and that and then clean the dishes”… well, the dishes never get done. So instead I put on my favorite digiscrap podcast and get to work!

  3. My new rule is to NOT turn on the computer until the kids are in bed. Mostly I’m very disciplined with that. During that time (i.e. before 19:30pm) I clean up (I do at least one room per day so that I have my weekends free), assist with homework, bath Child2, get clothing ready for the next day, sort out food and give supper, read Child2 a story. Once they are in bed then I turn on the computer and I try really hard to only do what I have to do. ie. check mails, blog, comment on one or two other blogs , maybe some admin etc. If I want to go to bed on time (21:30) AND fit in 1hour’s reading before that then I can’t really be on the computer for more than 40 minutes. I wouldn’t say that this is my comfort number but it is the number that allows for more of everything else. More reading. More knitting. More crafting. More of just being or doing absolutely nothing.

    Gosh. I don’t think I have a comfort number. I LOVE my computer and would spend ALL NIGHT on it if I didn’t need to work or have other stuff to do.

    • Marcia Francois says

      Shew, 40 mins is tight! I love how you said “More of just being or doing absolutely nothing.”

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