Successfully? DH tries about 2-3 times a week to help me out but really he just ends up stirring her up more. I love that he tries but wish he could actually do her routine. It's very easy, he just doesn't understand the going down drowsy and tries to hold her until she's asleep...which ticks her off.
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Re: Does your DH ever put LO to bed?
No. DH has never put DD to bed. Not even once. One time she fell asleep after screaming hysterically in his arms while he waited desperately for me to get home...
DD almost always nurses to sleep.
A few people have been able to wear her to sleep and my mom has rocked her to sleep three or four times.
he puts them to bed every night.
i nurse them and pass them off for "daddy time" (which is cuddles in our bed) while i cook dinner. when dinner is done, he brings each baby to their crib...i usually give them a kiss in passing. as much as i love my babies, i also love passing them off at the end of each day - i always let out a sigh of relief.
It took a long time for my husband to get into the swing of things with bedtime. Mostly he just didn't want to (lame I know). After Tyler turned 1, he seemed to cooperate more and started doing is 1-2x per week. Now he does it every other night. It wasn't an issue of him not following the routine, he just preferred that I do it. Why don't you have your husband watch you as you do the whole thing so he can "get" the drowsy part?
These days we switch off so he does it every other night. Now my husband and Tyler have their own little bedtime routines and its very cute.
Yup same here. I sure wish he would at least try though.
I wouldn't be concerned. I put DD#1 to bed for a long time - almost a year, before DH started helping out with bedtime. It wasn't that he didn't want to do it, but more that it was just easier and took less time when I did it. Not a big deal to me.
DH has only put DS to bed maybe 3x? BUT, he pretty much puts the girls to bed every night. DS is just very attached to me right now (in that phase). All my kids went through this.
(m/c 1.17.07, m/c 5.15.07)
DS - 03.15.08
DD2 - 12.03.09
DD3 - 3.28.11
DD#1~8/17/96------DS~10/24/05