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Won't settle for DH

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GloriaMumble · 06/07/2007 10:57

Any ideas how we can get DD to settle for DH? She's 7.5 months and for about 3 months now she won't settle in the evenings for DH.

The evening routine is supper (solids), bath, supper (formula) and bed. For me, she is a bit grumpy during her milk but calms down and most nights goes into her cot awake but drowsy and falls asleep. For DH she gets progressively more and more screamy and het up during her milk until (often 45 mins later) I take over a hysterical baby who immediately calms down and goes to sleep. During the day DD and DH get on great, in fact she laughs and smiles more for him than me when she's playing.

I'm supposed to be going on a big girls night out at the end of the month and don't want to have to arrive late and worry the whole evening that DD will wake up and won't go back to sleep. Has anyone else experienced this? What did you do, other than keep plugging away at it?

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moopymoo · 06/07/2007 10:58

i would maybe let him settle her every night for a while? tis very common that only mummy will do nothing to do with how attached to dad they are later

GloriaMumble · 06/07/2007 11:58

oh dear, it hadn't even occurred to me to worry that she might not get attached to Dh as she gets older... all I was worried about was my night out

do you think I should keep "rescuing" when she gets hysterical? I don't like not going to her when she's in that state but maybe its not helping when she knows I'll come to her eventually...??

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compo · 06/07/2007 12:00

Ca you start leaving htem togther on thier own more in the day maybe?
That might get her used to the idea.
Failing that I would just go out anyway, it's only one night abd if she and dh don't get that much sleep for one night it won't kill anybody

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