So, a bit of back story, I have one dd who is 4.7 and one ds who is 2.6. Neither are very good when it comes to bed time and both heavily rely on me laying down next to their beds before they will go to sleep. Often it can take up to an hour for them both to drop off which leaves me really frustrated, trying to tidy up after them, get things sorted for work/school the next day and have some relaxation time.
Anyway, last night after laying with them for over 45 minutes my husband came into the room, told me to go downstairs and told the kids that it was bedtime and that mummy would not lay with them. They were both screaming and crying and after about 5 minutes I went upstairs to check on them (without them seeing me) and my dd was sat on her bed, hitting herself and saying that she was horrible.
I quickly went to her, explained that she was NOT horrible, but that mummy was tired and had a lot to do. she went to sleep fine afterwards, but I keep seeing her little face in my minds eye.
Were we wrong to try and get them to go to sleep on and have we damaged my poor girl???