I went back to work last year, after 5 years off with DC. She started school YAY! But she is a terrible sleeper - well terrible at falling asleep unless either me, DH or DD (17) lie with her and so we sort of rota that 7 nights a week.
it’s becoming a bigger and bigger issue and that’s despite a good routine, two stories, a 2 min chat and lights out- she can literally wriggle around for over an hour. Two last night and we stuck there until after 9 some nights.
the rota is a pain as if I’m lying with her no house reset gets done - dH just scrolls his phone and avoids tasks and so I am getting back up and tidying up / lunches/ dishwasher etc and that’s if I don’t fall asleep in the bed and waken up at midnight . When dH does bed - I can rattle through the jobs but he invariably falls asleep too.
I like to run but after work but increasingly missing more runs as all this nonsense goes on and I just don’t know how everyone else copes. I work for myself and am also a bit overcommitted and so also have some work stuff slipping in whenever I finally sit down.
does anyone have any suggestions,? We are trying to distance ourselves from the actual bed and have managed to settle her whilst perched at the side tonight- so that’s a small win!
DH also has an aversion to rotas and so instantly snubs anything that feels orchestrated- that’s quite the issue with planing as you can imagine! What a mess we are in!