Dh is being unreasonable about this holiday isn't he?

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We go on holiday a week on Monday.
I've posted before about it and the tension and chaos that will be caused by family but hey ho. Off we go.

Talking to Dh about it today and he mentioned about Dd sticking to her normal bed time of 6pm latest. I said don't be silly, it's a holiday. You can be flexible. He wants to keep it like that so that when we come home, her bed time stays the same.

He is being unreasonable right?

Dd is 3 btw

I don't have much experience of Butlins type places, but there's one near us which we've been to for the evening on things like Halloween. This one has a special children's entertainment one night a week during high season which goes on to 11ish. The younger children, your dd's age, tend to disappear around 8, but the older children - 7 or 8 and above - seem to stay more or less until the end.

Flexibility. See how it goes. Maybe your dh will relax over his holiday.

We know Butlins. There are loads of things on in the evenings, tots discos and shows aimed at little ones. 6pm is definitely too early! The show for little ones usually starts at 7pm.

Wait until you are there.

When DH sees the amount of children's entertainment that starts around 6pm then he may change his tune, especially when he sees how much DD will probably want to join in. He might then realise that insisting on a 6pm bedtime would render him a misery guts.

If he does still try for this then let him be the one to tackle it every night. I doubt he would last long at it.

How is he "being unreasonable" just because he disagrees with you?

He has a different opinion, shoot him! Heaven forbid a male parent actually have an opinion...

The reality is that neither of you know how your DD will even react so I'd de-smuggify a bit. If you get there and your DD ends up having to be put down at 6pm because she's really unhappy, are you going to eat humble pie?

Please point out where I am being smuggy?

I had already said that if she is tired and cranky she will go to bed early but on holiday I would like her to have as much as fun as possible