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Bedtime routine HELL

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SlumMumBum · 08/10/2019 19:46

I have two DSs, 3 and 6. They kill each other all evening and bedtimes are impossible.

We get home and within minutes they are fighting. Getting them to sit at the table is another challenge. I've almost ditched baths entirely during the week as they just argue and end up screaming. Then brushing teeth and getting dressed is another impossible feat. By this point one will have hurt the other again and then it all reaches a crescendo where one gets sent to their room.

The little one takes about an hour to fall asleep. So I try to put the big one to bed first but the little one interrupts and disturbs and so the big one feels cheated of a nice bedtime. They are in separate rooms. We tried to put them in the same room and they just didn't sleep.

Why is it so hard?! What do others do? I'm often doing bedtime alone and it is getting progressively worse. I hate it and I hate them having such a stressful end to the day Sad

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