Our toddler is 2. I'm a stay at home mother. Husband works full time and sometimes world very late into the night. DS used to go to sleep for me but recently started refusing to go to sleep until husband is home. We've tried shortening his nap from 1 hour to 30 minutes to see if that would help but he did not react well. He is visibly tired at night but will jolt himself awake to avoid falling asleep. We've tried more one on one time with him and dad before work but it doesn't seem to help either.
He's very anxious when his dad leaves for work and it takes nearly 30 minutes to calm him down once dad leaves. When he is calm he sometimes just stops what he's doing very suddenly and says "I want dad." Very sad like and it breaks my heart.
But his dad is exhausted when he gets home but has to put him down immediately. His bedtime is supposed to be 8 but he's been sleeping in later and later because he's not properly sleeping! Sometimes he goes to bed as late as 1am!
Please any suggestions would be welcome.