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in CHAOS?  post #1 of 17 Thread Starter  I just finished reading
the article keeping the peace in this month's Mothering, about
the 3 R's (rules, rituals and routines, none of which we really
have) and I confirmed what I feared: we live in chaos. DH and I
run our own business, and before DS we were used to skipping
meals, sleeping late, living life as it presented itself. With
DS we have tried to have some sort of routine, but it just
doesn't work! I don't know if this is affecting him (he is
almost 4) or not, he has some tantrum issues once in a while,
but I don't think anything worse than other kids. I wanted to
convince myself that he could become more easier to adapt later
on in life (he often naps wherever he is when he is tired,
doesn't have a fixed bed time and we all eat whenever, but snack
if we're hungry, etc.) but after reading this article I felt
like I'm doing him some i