He's finally told her not to wake him before 8am, but sometimes he doesn't get to sleep before 1 or 2am (his fault). She rarely sleeps past 7am, even on weekends, so will have to entertain herself for at least an hour. He doesn't feel she should have to do this for longer than that. She's an only child.

I agree with you completely, it's very frustrating how concerned he is with her being happy every minute that she's here.

Sadly, not much will ever change in the way he parents her. He's afraid that if she's not always happy here, she may not want to come over as much when she's old enough to have a choice.

Both mom and dad coddle her, and it's mainly because they don't want her to love one of them more than the other. It's ridiculous.

I guess that's the thing, he functions on a lack of sleep all week and tries to get a little more on the weekends.

I wanted to stomp in there and say,"O.k., that's enough lovey dovey for tonight!! It's late!"

But I couldn't. She's not my daughter, so it's not my call.

She has all those things in her room, she just can't go too long without being entertained, and FDH doesn't think it's fair to make her.

Just another case of guilty daddy I guess.

Maybe that's why I'm not in any rush to marry him.

Thanks, and I wish I could have gone out last night!