Indeed. I find myself in sort of holding patterns. My natural rhythm puts me going to bed later and my wife is usually in bed minutes after we've put the kid to

Indeed. I find myself in sort of holding patterns. My natural rhythm puts me going to bed later and my wife is usually in bed minutes after we've put the kid to bed, but he'll sometimes pop out and need something, so I've conditioned myself to just sort of have that in the back of my mind for about an hour or two after his official bedtime. Also, I'm an active participant in the play. I have voices to do, commentary to make, activities to perform. There's a whole universe of characters in his room engaged in various competitions. Ignoring him isn't really an option. Sometimes it really feels like I'm just switching between wife, kid, work, and friends.