Has anyone else found that their partner can’t put the baby down. I went out this evening and came home at 8pm the baby has been crying for nearly a full hour as he’s trying to get her to bed. God knows if she was crying before that. We had an argument before we went out and he won’t let me take over but she’s literally breaking her heart. I left them to it for 20mins then offered to help as he needs to be able to comfort her but this is absolute torture. I think I’m trying to distract myself from this. 😥
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Ooo that’s so tough, I couldn’t do it, he’s tried but that would probably be about my limit. It’s basically sleep training at this point lol how do you normally get her to sleep? Have he tried carrier? Pram in the house ? Does he take on board advice or is he being abit stubborn. How old is baby?
I ebf and cosleep and my husband likely couldn’t put our baby to sleep unless he took her for a walk in the pram and she was shattered. I don’t think we haven’t really tried it much but she’s 7 months.

I think she can feel his negative and stressed energy unfortunately. The silver lining is that hopefully this can be a learning opportunity for him and eventually a positive experience for her with him. I know it has to be hard for you though, I'm sorry.
usually lullabies, massage breastfed but I do bottles sometimes then down. She will sleep in the carrier but he is absolutely too stubborn and because we had an argument he just refused to give her over which felt a bit of a red flag tbh. She’s 3 months now
Yeah I agree with this. She went down after about an hour and a half but I think she tired herself out at that point and went to sleep 😮💨 I think if he’s going to do it again I need to be out of the house

My partner is the same
I think because I have said oh I’ll do it and took over a lot because I knew he hasn’t had much experience with babies , I just thought it’s easier if I do it
Now I’m at the stage where it’s annoying me that he sort of expects me to now, I know it’s my own fault but yes I’m trying to not get up as fast when the baby cries to give him a try
The more they try the better they will become over time
We’ve just got to give them a chance , and give them little tips without it sounding condescending😭😭🙈🙈🙈