Dd is beginning to drive me crazy on an evening. We have been doing a routine for her for weeks. Bath, massage, bottle, cuddles. Must be nearly 8 weeks if not more but still she refuses to go to sleep. I put her in her cot and she wakes up instantly!
When she was in her Moses basket she would fall asleep on her own in a dark room. She's now in her cot and will not go down on her own without hours (from 7pm till 11pm) of hugs, bottles, cuddles etc. She sleeps well once she finally goes to sleep but this is because she's so exhausted because she doesn't nap for any longer than 20 mins once a day. She's not the only one who's utterly shattered.
I could handle this for a while but dh and I are getting no time together at all! We're either dealing with dd, ds (6 and a terrible sleeper). We're never in the same room on an evening as while one of us has dd the other is dealing with family phone calls, bills, washing or dh is out running/ on his bike/ in the bath etc.
In mornings ds wakes at 6am and is very demanding so we get no quality time. Its a constant tag team and Im running out of patience. Weekends are taken up with parties, homework and family demands. FIL having cancer treatment, DM recently widowed, DF ill and needs support and help in his house. Friends and other family all seem to have been hit by some crisis recently such as redundancy, illness, house problems. There is no time left for just us.
It's seriously getting to me now. Our relationship is suffering. I have PND and need some time with DH as I can feel I'm beginning detach from the relationship.
How do we get dd to go to sleep before 11pm on an evening.