Can you tell me about your toddler's bedtime routine please? We currently go upstairs about 90 mins before bed, play for half an hour then have a bath. After that's it's into the bedroom, change into pyjamas, dim lights and have a breastfeed and books.
The last bit can drag on for an hour though with DS playing up. And it doesn't matter what time he goes to bed. On a good night he'll just keep asking for one more book until he accepts it's time for bed. Other nights he wonders over to his shelves and tries to start playing with toys (we've never played after bath) or he starts getting distressed and if you try reading a book he climbs down and wants a different book but then won't let you read that book either and you end up going round in circles with him getting upset - I think at this stage he is tired and resisting bedtime.
If I try and enforce bedtime he gets upset and I don't want to put him to bed upset. So we just keep going until he eventually gives in and points to his cot.
He's still in a cot which I don't want to change yet. Once in his cot he rolls over and goes to sleep independently ok.
Any tips on how to speed up bedtime? I'm happy to read a few books but an hour seems excessive and I'm shattered by this point in the day!