How do you do it??

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From one exhausted single parent to another, what's the routine or best practice for a toddler just turned two and new horn at nighttime??? I seem to have the hang of things then it falls to s**t.

My toddler has a strong will and if doesn't fall asleep whilst having milk at night then it takes a while for him to settle when in bed (cot bed). Baby feeding every three hours. On 4oz of milk every 3 hours, might up this.

The struggle is madness, so tired 🥱

You must be superhuman. I've got a 3 month old and honestly I'm at my wit's end. We no longer think we will have another child as it's just soul destroyingly gruelling. I think we are going to have to use cry it out to get some sleep, it's just a question of when.

I did this with my first (older child), hated every bit of it. Not done it since but might introduce it later on. Wee one only a month old.. while to go yet 🤪

I'm in a similar situation with a 20 month year old and newborn (2 weeks). Luckily my toddler is a good sleeper once she goes up to bed at 7. I think I was very anxious to get her in a routine and she was formula fed as well but she generally does 7-7 unless ill teething etc. Obvs we are spoilt rotten by this and used to sleeping so newborn weeks are a shock to system (colicky baby 1am-4am).
I think babies are all different and sometimes you just get a good sleeper. However I used the routine in a book called something like 7am-7pm baby by Charmaine mead. I didn't follow it religiously but generally from about 8 or 12 weeks and that worked for us. She's also on Instagram. It's doesn't recommend cry it out but just a sort of common sense approach about waiting 2 mins to see if baby settles before automatically picking up etc

Now all I need to do is accept that every baby is different and that this newborn won't typically be as good a sleeper etc....