My ds1 is 3 years old and has never been good at night time but never awful either. However after a couple of bad nights with his 10 month old brother followed by ds1 waking at 4 in the morning and getting himself worked up so much that he was sick everywhere I decided that he needs a better and more consistent bed time routine.
I've really battled to get him into his bed while I sit outside his bedroom door (in the past I had to sit next to him until he fell asleep) then if he wakes during the night he only has water offered to him (instead of more milk as he had before). It's only been a week but twice I've asked my oh to do things and he completely ignores the routine I'm trying to sort and does whatever he likes. Oh isn't home in time to do bedtime every night so I can't even turn around to him and say "that's fine but you deal with bed time from now on". I sometimes spend an hour sitting with ds1 both at bed time and then again in the night and trying to do that on top of all the other jobs I need to do in an evening just isn't practical.
How can I get oh on side? any ideas greatly welcomed please
I've really battled to get him into his bed while I sit outside his bedroom door (in the past I had to sit next to him until he fell asleep) then if he wakes during the night he only has water offered to him (instead of more milk as he had before). It's only been a week but twice I've asked my oh to do things and he completely ignores the routine I'm trying to sort and does whatever he likes. Oh isn't home in time to do bedtime every night so I can't even turn around to him and say "that's fine but you deal with bed time from now on". I sometimes spend an hour sitting with ds1 both at bed time and then again in the night and trying to do that on top of all the other jobs I need to do in an evening just isn't practical.
How can I get oh on side? any ideas greatly welcomed please
