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Bedtimes - take it in turns or do it as a team?

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emkana · 30/07/2011 22:24

what do you think works better?

Or do you do something completely different?

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oldsilver · 30/07/2011 22:28

2 minutes cuddle with mummy (more like 15). Then DP takes DS upstairs for teeth cleaning, jim jams on and story.

I only do bedtimes when DP is out for the night. At first it was the chance to give DP proper DP/DS time and for me to put my feet up for 5 mins get tea on the go. It's happened this way now for 5 years Smile

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Mummyrev · 30/07/2011 22:31

We do it as a team because we are both knackered by that time in the day and it is tough on your own. We have dts age 4 and ds2 age 2. But we are fortunate to always both be home by 6pm which means we can do it together.

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thisisyesterday · 30/07/2011 22:32

dp normally does bedtime here. i've generally just had it with the kids by that time, so i get to sit and have a cup of tea while he gets them all to bed

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sittinginthesun · 30/07/2011 22:34

I have boys aged 7 and 4 and have done almost every bedtime single handed since birth, except when grandparents are over. DH used to get in such a tizz, it was easier to do it myself and we just in the habit.

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megkat · 30/07/2011 22:49

Take it in turns. All the time. Even have bathnights on Weds Fri and Sun then it's alternate weeks to do that too :)

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DillyTante · 30/07/2011 22:49

One each, but dd2 is still fed to sleep so I do that and dh sorts dd1. With just dd1 we would take it in turns.

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MyNameIsInigoMontoya · 30/07/2011 22:58

We usually all eat together, so then one does bedtime while the other clears away the mess from tea. More often than not DH does bedtime and I clear up though, because I have more often been with the DCs all day and am happy to tidy up in peace, while he's up for some playing with them in the bath!

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TanyaBranning · 30/07/2011 23:01

If we are both in the house at bedtime we tend to take different 'bits' of the whole palaver e.g. one of us will do bath/teeth/PJs and the other will do story/tuck them in. If one of us is really knackered, then the other will take over completely. I have to say, it is the bit of parenting I find hardest as I am always knackered by their bedtime, so if DH is in, I am always really grateful if he does it and lets me have wine tidy up instead.

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