more easily!
She is almost 4 and still needs daddy to put her to bed. He has to lay with her and tell stories and play, and this goes on for HOURS.
He usually falls asleep on her bed and we end up with no time alone together EVER.
The only time i get any time on my own with DP is if we stay up til stupid o clock and then end up feeling like shit the next day.
The thing is, i cannot get through to him that this HAS TO CHANGE. DD is going to be starting school in september and a 10pm sleep time is going to cripple her. DP seems to think that her starting school will sort things out.
DD absolutely runs rings around him, if for some reason he is home late and I put her to bed, she tries it on but i can usually have her asleep by eight o clock. So the obvious answer ? I put her to bed? Nup, she absolutely will not have this if daddy is home. She plays up like mad for him, but adores him and its mutual - she is his little princess but how do i get him to realise that he is doing her a huge disservice by allowing this to go on.
Tonight was awful - it ended up with him shouting at ME in front of DD and her in a complete sobbing state.
He absolutely will not do anything like controlled crying - which its too late for anyway, or anything that involves lots of crying and tantrus - even though what he does results in upset pretty much every night because she gets over tired and strung out.
Please help - im at a loss as to how to deal with this. Its like i have to deal with the pair of them. I have been told to just let him get on with it, but for one thing, this is BAD for DD and another - i miss my man.