I am looking for any tips or advice that might help with my son’s bedtime. For info, my DS is 2.5 years and my DD is 5 years old. Me and my husband alternate bedtimes with each child so they each have one on one time. My daughter is no problem at all for either of us. My son is fine when I put him to bed but an absolute nightmare when it’s his dad’s turn. Constant screaming from the second he realises it’s daddy’s turn until he’s in bed. There’s no obvious differences with the bedtime
routine that we each do and it’s roughly 50/50 split between me and DH.
My DH is very hands on with the kids but he works full time whereas I’m part time so I naturally spend more time with my son on my non-working days but then my partner spends more time with him over the weekend. My son loves daddy time at any other time apart from bedtime. I can’t think of anything obvious that my partner can do differently that sits with our working pattern (he does a reasonable share of nursery drop offs, medical appointments etc). My DH is generally relaxed at bedtime so even though my son is screaming he doesn’t appear to react to it and fuel the situation. It has been going on for months now though and it’s starting to get DH down a bit. I was just wondering if anyone had any suggestions for anything that might help? Or just similar experiences that the little ones have grown out of to give us hope! Thanks all