LONDON (Reuters) - Half of British fathers either continue to doze or pretend to be asleep when their babies cry during the night, making many mothers resentful, a survey released on Thursday shows.
In addition to the 52 percent of dads who do not get up with their wailing children, a further 22 percent only get up after their partner has already crawled out of bed.

The lack of support leaves six in 10 mothers feeling bitter toward their partners. Restless nights also mean 86 percent of mums prefer sleep to sex.

"It's amazing so many relationships survive the onslaught of a baby, but sadly, some never recover. And the problem is compounded because so many couples with a baby now both work and they feel ravaged with tiredness," said Elena Dalrymple, editor of Mother & Baby magazine, which carried out the survey of 2,000 parents across the UK.

The research also showed that most babies are about five months old before they regularly sleep for seven hours a night and a third don't sleep through the night until they are 18 months old.

(Reuters)

<font color=lime> [img]graemlins/hidesbehindsofa.gif[/img] The baby cried all nite? I had no idea sweetheart! Im sorry...........Hey babydoll, how is your headache feeling this morning?... [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] </font>

I dunno, how does your breakfast taste this morning dear? oh I am sorry, did I get to much rat poison it it? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color=lime> [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img] I will get you for that sweetheart!</font>

heh, you asked for it [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Calm down children, we know better than to poison each other [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color=lime>Ah, dad you're no fun ! :( </font>

but he started it! daddy, he was being mean [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Kids, how many times have I told you?

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what an intelligent conversation, I have so much to learn from you guys [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

watch it, or you might get some of the breakfast LK had <u>vaseline</u> [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 09-11-2004, 03:19 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

we do? *shrugs*

Do you realise that people will use the spam picture or the no spam picture to actually spam? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Do you realise that people will use the spam picture or the no spam picture to actually spam? [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Like you are? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Do you realise that people will use the spam picture or the no spam picture to actually spam? [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]Like you are? [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]and you are too [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color=lime>I...refuse to...be....sucked into.....this......damn! Fine! http://bdtzone.com/gfx/layout/anti-spam.jpg

Now I am going get a lecture from Choc as well! Thanks alot guys!
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it was your own fault dear LK, for allowing your weaker mind to try and influnce those of us who control the spam... :D sorry forgive me, I am a wee bit drunk now :D

<font color=lime>Actually, its your fault. If you would just have believed me in the first place about me not hearing the baby, you would not have poisoned me, and I would not have a foggy brain right now! [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

[ 09-12-2004, 12:54 AM: Message edited by: LordKathen ]

LOL! well, see I have an excuse on not hearing the baby, what was yours? [img]tongue.gif[/img]

<font color=lime>Hey, you still online here? I dont see you listed as logged. Are you hiding from me? [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] </font>

I stay hidden [img]tongue.gif[/img] I get asked that alot, lol


but I am off to bed now, so night night [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ 09-12-2004, 02:12 AM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

<font color=lime>Well fine then, party pooper! [img]tongue.gif[/img]


Nitey nite.... [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] </font>

ahh.. a wonderful intellegent conversation of two IW's repected members [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

<font color=lime>Do I sense some underlying sarcasm? [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>

No, you sense overwhelming sarcasm [img]tongue.gif[/img]

she hides on yahoo messenger too! i think she only doesn't on msn cause then you can't talk. and as far as men not getting up....

nathan didn't with erilyn unless i was bawling and screaming with frustration. he was in the army tho and had early mornigns and pt.

with carol we switched nights/waking periods. we took turns so much neither of us got good sleep, but she did sleep through the night at 6 weeks, so all became well relatively quick.

Great Spam picture!!

Okay, so now that they took our jobs and put the apron on us, they want us burping the baby all night too, huh?

Boy do I envy my father's generation. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

hey, don't give out my secrets [img]tongue.gif[/img] I prefer to be hidden and no one know I am there :D and here you go telling everyone that I am on yahoo, but hide? sheesh [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Do you not love us anymore, Stormy?? [img]graemlins/crying.gif[/img]

S'okay, though, I don't use yahoo! :D

Hmm...does this constitute yet ANOTHER reason that the English should not have children? ;)

you spammers!

honesntly, it has nothing to do with you guys [img]tongue.gif[/img] if I could hide on msn too I would ;) but it is mostly because of annoying people who imed me, and then won't shut up :D so only my close friends know I hide and they can im me anytime they want to [img]smile.gif[/img]

honesntly, it has nothing to do with you guys [img]tongue.gif[/img] if I could hide on msn too I would ;) but it is mostly because of annoying people who imed me, and then won't shut up :D so only my close friends know I hide and they can im me anytime they want to [img]smile.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]So thats how our friendship is eh? That's why you constantly ignore me, fine then, I can do the same [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D

lol sorry stormy.....you know you can block people

So thats how our friendship is eh? That's why you constantly ignore me, fine then, I can do the same [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D </font>[/QUOTE]me ignore you?!? who was the one bugging who yesterday? as I recall it I was the one iming you, and pming you, and anything else I could think of [img]tongue.gif[/img]
and most of the time Rev, I still like ot talk to them, I just choose when to do it. I have only blocked 3 people on any of my messangers, and that was for reasons other than a little annoyence ;)

So thats how our friendship is eh? That's why you constantly ignore me, fine then, I can do the same [img]tongue.gif[/img] :D </font>[/QUOTE]me ignore you?!? who was the one bugging who yesterday? as I recall it I was the one iming you, and pming you, and anything else I could think of [img]tongue.gif[/img] </font>[/QUOTE]A secret admirer or so I'm told, aren't you married Stormy? :D

A secret admirer or so I'm told, aren't you married Stormy? :D </font>[/QUOTE]:rolleyes: only in your dreams <u>kiddo</u> you are a little to young for my taste and yes, as a mater fo fact I am married

[ 09-13-2004, 01:20 PM: Message edited by: Stormymystic ]

A secret admirer or so I'm told, aren't you married Stormy? :D </font>[/QUOTE]:rolleyes: only in your dreams <u>kiddo</u> you are a little to young for my taste and yes, as a mater fo fact I am married </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, Snap!! ;) [img]tongue.gif[/img]

A secret admirer or so I'm told, aren't you married Stormy? :D </font>[/QUOTE]:rolleyes: only in your dreams <u>kiddo</u></font>[/QUOTE]As you would have it :D

A secret admirer or so I'm told, aren't you married Stormy? :D </font>[/QUOTE]:rolleyes: only in your dreams <u>kiddo</u></font>[/QUOTE]As you would have it :D </font>[/QUOTE]better in your dreams than my nightmares [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Stormy, honestly, must I use my blackmail on you so soon? ;) :D