DS is 10 months. I've always usually been the one to put him to bed at night, though DH does it every couple of weeks or so with no problems. Over the last few weeks, though, DS has absolutely refused to do the bedtime routine (bottle, story, bed) with his daddy - he screams hysterically until I come to take over. If I come in to calm him down and then leave him with daddy again, the screaming resumes. This evening we tried it again, and he screamed so much he was sick everywhere. The minute I took over, he was fine.
Generally, daddy's very popular with DS at the moment - lots of big smiles and chatting. But it just seems to be something about bedtime. He's been more clingy generally lately, with signs of separation anxiety, but is quite happy to be left alone with his daddy at other times of day.
I really don't know what to do . I don't want to get into a long-term situation where only I can put DS to bed. DH thinks we should try cold turkey and just refuse for me to take over if he screams, but there's no way I'm going to leave him to get that distressed, and in any case it seems pointless because I don't think he was ever going to calm down the way he was tonight. Is this just a phase that I have to wait for to pass, or is there something I can do? Has anyone else been through this?
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MrsBumblebee · 23/07/2008 21:44
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