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Toddler only wants mommy to put her to bed- Help please!

lhp1980lhp1980 member
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Hi!  We have a 2 1/2 year old and 7 month old and my toddler will not let my husband put her to bed.  Every night, she freaks out and cries and our bedtime routine drags on for at least an hour and I find myself having to juggle putting the toddler and baby to bed. Believe it or not, the baby isn't that fond of daddy putting him to bed too...So, has anyone else struggled with this?  How do we get past it?  Any advice is appreciated- this mommy is so tired by the end of the night.  The last thing I want is to screaming kids, b/c daddy is putting them to sleep
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Re: Toddler only wants mommy to put her to bed- Help please!

  • cmhicklincmhicklin member
    DD cries sometimes when I put her to bed- an improvement from what it used to be. It was because DH used to be the one to put her to bed all of the time. If she is whiny or flips out even, she doesn't get songs before bed. If she keeps it up, she doesn't get a story, and it straight to bed. Is she used to you doing it? I had to start doing the whole night routine more often to help her get used to it.
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  • cmhicklincmhicklin member
    Oh, and I would let daddy deal with the screaming. if you give in, she will do the same thing over and over.
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  • boggs507boggs507 member
    My DS is 2.5 and prefers me to do EVERYTHING - not just bedtime.  You name it, he flips if daddy is the one to do it.  I cannot think of any other reason other than I just am able to get down to his level better.  It's no fault of DH's, he just doesn't know how to relate to DS.
    I came into work early this morning, leaving daddy to do the morning routine.  This was explained to DS last night at bedtime - that daddy would be taking him to school.  He cried for me for 40 minutes this morning even though I wasn't home.
    I can't offer any help.  Just wanted to let you know you aren't alone.
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  • MeesheMeeshe member
    Same as the others said, my kids both always want me.  But when we are both home, we alternate.  Period.  So we just say, tonight is daddy's night and daddy likes to put you to bed too, and then leave to handle the other one.  If they really carry on we'd start taking away "bedtime privileges" (story, songs, friends, etc.).  Usually it settles down pretty quickly once I'm not there and if you just continue to enforce it, most of them time they stop arguing.  Good luck!
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