Hi there,
I've got a 20 month old daughter and she has always gone down equally well or badly at night for my husband and I. We recently went camping and i put her to bed every night for the 5 nights we were camping, as we sleep in the van together, while husband and stepson sleep in tentbox. I stayed with her in the van until she fell asleep, usually only about took 10 mins after lights out - we never stayed in the room with her to sleep at home, but i couldn't just dump her in a van alone. When we got home, i became ill, and husband put her to bed for 4 consecutive nights. Since then we started sharing again and doing a night each, and she will settle for him and go to sleep within 10 mins or so of him reading to her, but with me when i leave the room she rolls, climbs around, cries briefly, etc for up to 50 minutes, meaning sometimes i have to go back to resettle her. Any ideas what's going on, or advice? She also says daddy 100 times more often than mummy so may prefer him although she never does anything to reject me so I can't be sure.