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If your younger has evening fussiness...

JDWNYCJDWNYC
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How do you get your older child to bed? My DS goes to bed at a very early 5:45ish, so we do dinner at 4:30, bath around 5:10, then the rest of our routine, but DD usually screams her head off this whole time of day bc she won't sleep unless being held and/or actively bounced or otherwise soothed. Thus far, I have had someone else in the house to help me deal with one child or the other, but that's not going to last forever. I can't let a newborn scream for an hour while I deal with my toddler, and my toddler can't focus on his dinner or getting ready for bed if we have a screaming toddler in a bouncy or something near us, and he is a former terrible sleeper so I can't buck his schedule (then I'll just end up with two terrible crabby crying sleepless kids and probably off a cliff myself!). How do you deal with this?
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Re: If your younger has evening fussiness...

  • mayowifemayowife member

    This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but unless your toddler needs to wake up early in the morning I would place priority on adjusting that bedtime. I guess it depends what your overall schedule looks like.

    For your baby I would try the Moby or the Ergo. It's really difficult to wear one child and still lift the other, but it can be done. I have a really bad back- but sometimes I have to do what I have to do.

    Is your SO at home in the evening during all this? I'm thankful that DH and I are both home in the evening most of the time. I know this isn't the case for everyone, especially with such an early dinner / bath / bed time.

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  • JDWNYCJDWNYC
    For us, later bedtimes mean earlier mornings (like 4am - right now we're at 5:30ish which works in our house) and night wakings, so we stay away! Later than 6 always causes a lot of trouble - believe me, we have tried later. DH isn't home until nearly 8, and just wearing DD doesn't keep her quiet - she just screams while attached to me. I wear her for a lot of her day sleep since she can't seem to sleep any other way, so I'm already pretty used to having to haul DS up by the arm to carry him when need be, but it doesn't help my bedtime dilemma. Ugh, this is the hard part I guess!!!
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  • moonfaeriemoonfaerie member
    Maybe eliminate part of the evening routine to make it quicker? Could you give DS his bath earlier in the day, or have DH bathe him before he goes to work? At least that would cut down on the amount of time your DD has to scream. And I know some people flame propping a baby with a bottle, but for your sanity you could try having DD drink a bottle in her crseat/swing/whatever while you go through the rest of your DS's routine.

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