Solo bedtime with baby and toddler? Help!

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How do you put a toddler to bed when you have a baby?
I have a 2 month old and husband's work is changing so he will be on late shifts soon so solo bedtime for me. At the moment, baby feeds whilst I read to toddler then we take one each.

The toddler took 20 mins to settle tonight with cuddles etc. How do I do that when I've got the baby too? Put him in his crib and leave him to cry?! I need tips on solo bedtime routine please for the next few months (they don't bath together yet).

Baby in the sling was how I did it when my second was that sort of age

Sometimes baby in sling. Sometimes baby in rocker chair thing on floor of toddlers room. The most successful was probably making a "tent" for toddler to "camp" in by putting a sheet over the couch. Then I'd BF baby and they'd nod off snuggly there and lift them into bed after. Sometimes I resorted to putting them both in the car and driving them to sleep.
In truth, mine were both non-sleepers so, sometimes nothing worked and I cried along with both of them.
Just do whatever gets you through.

I set up at camera through our iPads and let Ds watch tv downstairs whilst I watched him through the my ipad. He knew he could come upstairs if he needed me. I then fed baby and put her to sleep, then put Ds to bed.

It's really tough OP. I'm almost out the other side with baby 4.5 months. He no longer cries and demands a feed when I put toddler to bed and instead hell sit on my lap/lie on floor whilst we get dressed and read stories etc.

Get a bouncer in the toddler room so baby can be put there... Feed whilst reading stories.... It's really tough to juggle them.

I still avoid bath time for the 2 of them

I think I would just snuggle up, the three of you in one bed, even if you are sat up feeding the baby, the toddler should nod off if it's dark and quiet?

I had 2 horrific sleepers (both turned out to have SN).

I used to put DS2 in a sling and pace around DS1'S bedroom until one of them fell asleep. This often would involve lots of crying from all 3 of us.

If id had my wits about me and hadn't been sleep deprived for 2.5 years already id have put them both to sleep in my bed with me in the middle then moved them when DH got home.

Put toddler to bed whilst baby sits near you in bouncer, on blanket etc. Then concentrate on baby. Babies at that age don't really need to go to bed at the same time as a toddler and can be settled later without distractions.