I am absolutely at breaking point with bedtime. Is ten to nine and i’m writing this while still waiting for 6yo ds to fall asleep after 1.5 hours of dicking about from him and his 2yo sister.
It’s mainly the toddler that is the problem - she takes FUCKING FOREVER to get to sleep. Ds will wait very nicely and quietly in her room for me to get her to bed BUT he won’t just go in his own bed and fall asleep while I settle her, he has to have me next to him. I have tried getting him to go in his room and ‘popping’ between them but it just prolongs the agony.
They are usually both ready for bed by 7-7.15 and we go into the toddlers room for a last story and bed. She won’t lay down, plays, screams, tries to climb out of cot, demands milk, toys, walks around, you name it. I think part of the problem is she isn’t tired enough as she naps in the day (only for about an hour max) but she isn’t ready to drop the nap. She’s only 25 months, not close to 3.
I suppose the main problems are her bedtime naughtiness ancthe fact that ds wont entertain the idea of falling asleep in his own room. I need a solution as i’m Drained beyond belief and although i’m patient for about the first hour, after that I am getting angry. I just feel that I’ve been going all day and I just need a break and yet they still want more and more and more of me. And neither one sleeps through either. Clearly i’m An inadequate parent but WHAT do I do.
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PenelopeChipShop · 22/05/2018 20:56
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